I have been spending far too much time selling wine. It has been fairly successful thus far, will see if my luck continues.

Aside from that I have spent a fair amount of time working on my house. I had a few deadlines, which helped, my sister left for London and I am storing/using some lovely pieces of furniture and I had a visitor arriving two days later. The pressure did help.

I now have a fully furnished house, maybe overly furnished, I have three dining room tables, I can seat 79 people and I have three ovens, another on its way..... my kitchen is still needing a lot of love... which may happen in about 2.5 weeks when some wonderful people are visiting from Sydney for a working weekend.

While my kitchen is not yet renovated it is still functional. My Italian guest has been teaching me to make some wonderful meals. I have been teaching the art of making sushi and some asian meals.... a lovely swap of recipes.

I should try to take some photos of the house soon....