Phai never stops looking for things to change. Today she had them tear down the rice storage shed next to the old house. Believe me when I say it would have never fallen down on its own. It was constructed with extremely heavy wood and solidly assembled. Phai will turn that into a new driveway so we can get cars onto the property near our new house. There is already a fence with a gate so it is a secure entrance to the old property. Her son, his friends and her brother in law did the tear down and it took most of the day. Our cost was some food, beer and whisky for them. In Thailand wood is short supply so all the wood will be saved and used to build other things.
Phai conducted a couple more tours of the new house today. The word is out and a lot of neighbors and friends in the village are curious about they call "the falang house". Their reactions are very positive and make Phai feel terrific. Phai is an incredibly hard worker and never stops looking for things to do. Of course what she wants done usually involves other family members. Today I had the idea to add some PVC to our downspouts rather than have a big garbage can catch the rain in front of our house. I described what I wanted to son in law via gestures and translation from Phai and within a few hours it was done. We did get just a little bit of rain today and it was overcast most of the day.