We have FINISHED and performed a miracle

After getting up at 6am and painting by 7am, working in searing heat all day with hardly a lunch break and finally collapsing around 7pm, we have finished performing the miracle of renovating the cottages in such a short time. I have to say I have never met a tradesman with such a fabulous work ethic and professional standards as Shane.

This young man and I worked 9 days straight for very long hours. Without him I would have been totally stranded. I will be recommending him to everyone I know here on the island. For me it has been almost a month from the start of the whole idea. I have crawled under, over and into spaces I thought I could never fit in. I have scraped, brushed and stretched until I thought I would burst. It has been like working in a sauna for 12 hours a day! I have given up saving my tea shirt and favourite sarong; the paint won't come off so they have been sacrificed as my "island painting clothes!" What a surprise my Papa will get when he comes back to the island. Brand new bright and happy cottages!!

I need to take more photos of the finished cottages so you can see our handy work but for today I am going to the beach and just resting! My body feels pretty exhausted but what joy there is to complete such a project and doing it as a labour of love makes it even more special.