Day 157 Nubeena Sunday 3rd July 2011

Hi readers,
For once the sun shone only briefly today and we had a few showers, which reminds me I better see how much they topped the tanks up being that the pump from the stream is still away after getting caught in the flood. Answer not much. Still no need to panic yet the motel is quiet although we do have 4 rooms in tonight and they are multiple night stays which is good since we don't have to make the rooms up tomorrow, which is doubly good because it is only Susan and myself on duty.
I had my customary wrestle with the goats this morning. They have the uncanny knack of doing exactly what I don't want them to do when I am moving them around. It has got to the stage where I am afraid to carry the 2kg hammer out to bang their stakes in in case the urge to smite them becomes overpowering.
Funnily enough the main stay of the paint I am using to "refresh" the house across the road is the colour "kid leather". Maybe it is prophetic. I almost managed to finish a complete bedroom in one working day not bad considering I brush painted the ceiling. The motel has accumulated many cans of paint over recent years however of the paint suitable for inside we have a small amount of a nameless colour we have used in the sleepout, a bit of stuff currently used in the motel which I don't want to use and about 60 litres of kid leather in 3 batches. 2 of which are the same and the other slightly different so the house will end up looking rather the same through out in the main living areas.
Susan has been painting in the office and observed today that it looks as if the walls in our unit which were wood panel have been painted with undercoat. Looking at them I have to agree. For some reason some of the beading and the beams that hide the seams in the hard wood ceiling have been painted with ..yup you guessed it kid leather. To say the painting is rough would be an understatement. In fact i would have to say the general standard of painting here as performed by helpexers is diabolically bad. I remarked how good the painting was in our original room and Susan commented "yes it was done by tradesmen" Therein lies the drawback of the helpex syatem. Most helpers are young and do not have the skill level required for many jobs. There are some advantages in being old. Chief one is to be able to recognise when you have reached your level of incompetence or even better the limit of your competence.
We had another good community tea tonight all 5 of us. Suzanne once again hit the spot baking a loaf of bread and making burgers from pork and beef mince. We also had the leftover soup from the drumming last night.
All in all a pleasant day of modest achievement.

Night folks

Cheers Simon

PS I think I better get some pictures for tomorrow to break the monotony of the writing.