emember ages ago Lytteltonwitch and I were down in Alexandra, and I said we’d greatly amused ourselves by walking backwards out of a maze, and I promised to show you a video? And then I didn’t? Well, finally I managed to get the video edited (mainly just removing the “um, I think I’m recording, I’m…
I just noticed something very strange. My last week’s worth of posts only show up when I’m logged in. If I’m not logged in, I can only see posts up until 6 February, even though all of my posts are public. Logged in view of my homepage: Same page, but not logged in: A completely…
was confused last night to hear a strange booming noise in the distance. It sounded like fireworks, but Classical Sparks was last week, so I couldn’t figure out what it would be. I looked out the kitchen window, because sometimes fireworks in town are just visible from there (Hagley Park is about 5 km away…
ust got a call from the builders – they finally got the results back about the asbestos testing (only a week after they said they’d have them…) The bad news is, they found asbestos. The good news is, it’s going to be a simple job to remove the offending panel, so they’re going to do…
ear Diary being down yesterday has thrown me off completely, because I (re-)posted yesterday’s entry this morning, which means I’ve been thinking all day that I’d already written a post today, so I haven’t been keeping an eye out for something to write about. So now that I’ve finally remembered that this morning’s post doesn’t…
DD was down most of yesterday, so I had to post yesterday’s entry on Livejournal instead. But look, proof I really didn’t break my daily posting streak: Anyway, here’s a copy and paste of what I would have written yesterday if the site had let me in: A few interesting recent catches: My Favourite Wife…
Seven jars of apricots bottled this morning. That hadn’t been the plan for the day, but Dad and Stepmother stopped in on their way through town this morning and dropped off a box of fruit. It’s been really hot again, so the apricots obviously weren’t going to last long enough to be eaten fresh, so…
The latest bird in flight, a peregrine falcon. Which puts me way ahead of where I should be in the quilt-along, but the more I can get done now while life is relatively quiet, the less pressure I’ll have towards the end to get it finished. I’m not entirely happy with my work on this…
aitangi Day today, our national day and anniversary of the signing of Aotearoa New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi. So of course, it being the national day, everyone attends lots of patriotic events and celebrations… actually, no, most people just enjoy having a free day off, and otherwise try their best to ignore…
ot a call this morning from the builder that the insurance company have appointed. They can’t start work on repairing the damaged eaves until they’ve been tested for asbestos. Because of the age of the house, it’s very likely the material the eaves are made of (which looks kind of like thin concrete) is fibrolite,…