Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our friends and family here in Fiji and around the world. Arthur and I have been very fortunate this year to be able to celebrate the season with Siana, Marc, Kinesi, Ateca, Brendan and many of our Fiji family in our new house. Our kids arrived...
I can’t believe that is been well over a month since I last did an update to my blog. What can I say but its been incredibly busy as we’ve all been working hard to get the house ready before Christmas. We’re almost there. I would be very remise if I didn’t acknowledge all...
I’m sitting here in my ATV writing this blog, enjoying the sea breeze and sunshine while the work crew is hard at work on the house. Siana and Allan arrived in Fiji about a week and a half ago and then arrived home to Mudrenicagi Estate a week ago ready to get started. ...
Another month has gone by and life continues to be as busy as ever. We started the construction of our house with the post holes being dug for the main part of the house. Arthur brought a power auger from Canada which really helped with the digging. The digging crew appreciated the assistance. Footings...
Its already been two weeks since I’ve been back to Fiji after my 6 weeks in Canada. I thought that my visit to Canada went quickly but the past two weeks has been a whirl wind. Arthur has so much on the go right now so it’s been challenging for me to get caught...
We have been very busy during the past two weeks trying to get a lot done before I head back to Canada. Arthur will need a well-deserved rest once I leave this Saturday. I’ve tried to upload a few videos showing our progress on a number of projects on Vimeo as well as YouTube but...
As I see from the date of my last blog, it’s been over a month since I’ve posted an update on our adventure. As per usual we’ve had a very busy and challenging month. The first challenge for me was the extreme hot weather that followed TC Winston. There was about 2 to 3...
I celebrated my first birthday in Fiji this week. I’d like to thank everyone that sent birthday wishes. It was great to hear from so many of you. I had a great day cooking up a storm for a large group of people that came over in the evening for a kava drinking session....
First of all I’d like to let everyone know that Arthur and I and all our family in Fiji are well and doing okay after the category 5 tropical cyclone Winston hit Fiji on February 20th. Secondly, this is my 4th attempt to post this blog but due to limited and variable internet access...
I’ve had some questions sent to me about if I’ve been able to do any quilting yet. The simple answer is not yet but it got me thinking about writing a blog about how we are managing our power requirements. Firstly our location is approximately 30 kms away from the nearest power grid in...