She loves her animals

Eliza loved the trip we took the other week to the Shearers Quarters where she got to get up close to and feed the animals so this week after dropping Cassidy off we went back there just the two of us. The whole time we were there we didn't see another visitor. Luckily we didn't have any escaped goats this time, instead it was pesky chickens who kept trying to reach up and peck Eliza's fingers for food. She didn't seem too bothered by it though and just turned around and shouted "no icken" at the ones who got too close. We sat in the cafe with the farm's cat and had a babychino and latte while Eliza tried and failed to explain to the cat that she needed to "hop down" from the table and sit on a chair. She loved feeding the donkey as much as she did last time although since then she's insistent that horses say "eeyore". A big change for us that happened over the last couple of weeks is that we now have a house to ourselves. Jono quit and after not working for 6 weeks has finally moved out. He didn't sort most of his stuff out though or do any of the cleaning he should of done when leaving which was rather annoying. After he said he'd taken all he wanted I just gathered up and chucked the rest of his stuff outside and Bruce got some of the farm boys with a trailer to pick it up to either put in the bin or burn. We found $58 dollars in change though which I consider our tip for having to do that. It also turns out that he hasn't been paying his electricity bill even though we have been paying him for what he claimed was two thirds of what he was charged each month. It does make us wonder if those numbers were accurate so I did ask to see statements from him but seeing as he hasn't responded to my last 5 messages it wasn't surprising that we didn't get a response to that. Luckily Bruce caught the power company coming to turn off our power and there and then managed to switch the power into his name for us and tell them where to find Jono now to get payment. The only good thing is that we haven't paid Jono for October yet and don't intend to until he proves that what we paid him in the past was correct. It's a shame it ended quite sour but after 6 weeks of him being home 24/7 not working we are quite relieved to have the space to ourselves even if it is a mess. He had until this Friday to clean it and hasn't so Bruce has notified him that professional cleaners will be coming and the bill will be taken out of his final wage. It is nice for us both to come home and relax without someone else there, even if we don't have a sofa to relax on at the moment. On a real plus note I managed to get a whole organic free range chicken reduced to $6 so we had a rather tasty roast dinner this week which was pretty special. With us working so much most days we eat simple easy meals so it's nice every once in a while to have treats like this.Weiterlesen