THANK YOU BIG TIME

Thank you to all our wwoofers, we have fond memories of many of you and we really appreciate the HUGE contribution you have made to the building of our house, and friendships and the memorable quality of our life.

But at this time, I must say a special thankyou to Jeehun, Haji, Damian and Melanie, whose time frames all overlapped and added up to nearly 5 months of wwoofer time...so a BIG TIME thankyou for your contribution to bringing the house near to completion.

Melanie

Melanie's time coincided with Jeehun and Damian. Melanie could turn her hand to anything and is singlehandedly responsible for changing the house from looking like a building site to actually looking like a house. She masked and painted the kitchen, the office, the bathroom ceiling, Shannah's room and a number of doors. Melanie went to Christchurch for a few days to see a show then came back and worked at a local strawberry farm while staying on at our place. It was all just a plot to get her "R" I think.

Either that or she just got too fond of her hottie.

David

David came while Rusty was in Japan so it was great for Wal to have his company. They made significant progress on the last room, which is Wal and Rusty's bedroom. Up till now it has been the storeroom but it was cleaned out and David helped Wal plaster the walls again. Wal has since tiled the floor and put in a doorframe and it now really looks like a room.

Gemma and Andrew

Wwoofers number 73 & 74 were Gemma and Andrew, and wwoofers number 75 & 76 were Gemma and Andrew. They took a little break inbetween visits- so they got code "R" in the logbook for "Returnees"!!

Gemma helped me finish the mosaic in the lounge floor and Andrew helped Wal adjust the solar panels. They also did some painting, weeding and treeplanting and had lots of fun with the girls.

Damian

Damian came for three days as he was stranded and bored at Christchurch airport ...and ended up staying for over a month! He was here with Jeehun and Damian and we all had a fun time. Damian was skilled at carpentry so he made a huge contribution with some made to measure furniture including a wardrobe each for the girls, and some bookshelves for Shannah's birthday desk, a spice rack for Rusty and a kitchen shelf and he spent a lot of time watching paint dry...and playing with Jess...

Jeehun

Jeehun did so much in the two months he was here. The thing we will treasure the longest is the "MADE IN KOREA" toast slicer he crafted for us out of plywood. It is made to fit the bread from our breadmaker and it really helps to cut nice slices when the bread hasn't had time to cool.

Jeehun kept us entertained with a variety of magic tricks, some of the m fluent enough to leave the kids gobsmacked- especially the one where he puts the coin into his arm.

The installation of the solar hot water heater was a highlight while Jeehun was here, but he also contributed so much doing everything from lawnmowing to mudding, gardening and painting ETC, ETC, ETC

HAJI

Haji stayed nearly 2 weeks, but it seemed longer as Jeehun was here the whole of that time and then Melanie came too!

Haji helped out with a variety of jobs including cutting timber, painting, plastering, making compost and digging...I can't quite remember what?

We enjoyed Haji's quiet humour and had him on about his appetite, as you can see from the photo.

Haji also enjoyed a belated birthday party (only cos he didn't tell us on the day) and so got code "B" for "Birthday" in the logbook. It is mandatory to declare if you are having a birthday so we can make a cake and have a party!