We are now servants............

 
 
 
 
......bring it on......this is "The Stables", our house, on our next blog we will show you "The Big House"!!! This is our lounge and our private courtyard at the rear, leading to the heated pool which we are using every day, summer has finally come and we are making the most of it. Our day consists of what we used to consider weekend recreation at home! Finding the rhythm has been the trick. This ain't your standard 9-5pm. We do a 40 hour week but the temptation to work longer and even harder is always there because it's easy to forget you are working. Scary for me when I'm cooking for a luncheon party and I know the piece of salmon I'm cooking cost over 40 quid!!! But, not to boast, it came off 'bludy beaudyful!!!!' It's great being a 'can do Kiwi' in England!! Everytime Rod has a space in his day (which happens quite frequently) he disappears in the direction of the rose gardens, secateurs in hand mumbling about dead heading the roses. Some of the other staff are very curious about our 'status', today they were quizzing Rod on his job title - what was it??? "Anything I'm asked to do" was his reply! They are still trying to figure out how that works!!!!! It's fantastic being back online, we've missed the emails and the communication so .....we wish you were here.... there's a bed or two or three...love you lots xxxxxx