Went to see the builder again this week, since really have to get my head round the dates. It looks as though I may just be back in time to be back here when the electrics go in. Regardless, I am getting the electrical plan, & will then specify my changes. Hilary has very kindly offered to check that they get it right if it does all start to happen before Christmas. Plan now is to start the earthworks at beginning of October, with ‘slab down’ being week beginning Oct 17. The roof will go on 5 weeks later, & the roof shortly after. ‘Lock-up’ should be shortly before Christmas. Fortunately they have summer holidays round Christmas so things may at least slow down for a couple of weeks. The whole thing should be finished in early March. Since I plan to come out immediately after Christmas & then stay next year till early June this will be fine, gives me a little time to live in it before I hopefully rent it out till the end of 2009, when I’ll be back again hopefully.
I have been using the ‘TradeMe’ site (NZ eBay equivalent) to buy yet more wool to keep myself occupied. I plan to knit myself a ‘wrap’ in brown shades for my theatre visits chiefly, and then a striped cardigan for Erola, because she admired Elisha’s. I will bring this wool home to do, it will be a surprise for her when I come back, a late Christmas present. I finally finished Charlie’s ‘Sonic’ jumper, & Elisha’s pink striped cardigan & sent them home, hope they arrive, I STILL have NO post at all from UK, despite Emma sending me 2 packets in late February. Nobody seems to know where they’ve gone, my sister bought some shoes when last in the UK (surprise, surprise, she has over 70 pairs!) and they took 6 months to arrive, so I’m not giving up hope yet. It is rather strange but very restful not getting any bills! Fortunately everything is handled by Direct Debit so should be OK. But I might have won big on Premium Bonds & not know! (unlikely, but I do win the odd £50 from time to time). Emma is now empowered to open anything of a possible ‘joint’ nature, since it seems pointless sending stuff which is never going to arrive.
There was a big storm on Tuesday night, & the next day the beach was covered in driftwood, some of which was huge, see above. I am going to collect some of the smaller stuff for kindling, then we won’t have to buy any, it is quite dry & like balsa wood. Here, you are allowed to take anything from the beach, I believe this is not true in the UK .
Erola’s friend Judith Fuge owns a dance school in Paraparamu & one of her groups was performing in Coastlands Mall on Friday, so we watched, they are very good, hip-hop style. We were invited to go to her house for the evening, to watch the final of ‘So you Think you can Dance?’, an Aussie sort of Pop Idol for dancers, which Erola (& by default, I) have been glued to for the past few weeks. The right person won, a guy called Jack who was at the same Sydney dance school as Erola’s son, Ginner, it’s such a small world out here!
The Wellington International Comedy Festival is on right now, so on Saturday evening Hilary, Ali,Erola & I went to a performance by ‘The Lady Bunch’, 3 NZ comediennes who were actually really funny, we all enjoyed it.
I have been using the ‘TradeMe’ site (NZ eBay equivalent) to buy yet more wool to keep myself occupied. I plan to knit myself a ‘wrap’ in brown shades for my theatre visits chiefly, and then a striped cardigan for Erola, because she admired Elisha’s. I will bring this wool home to do, it will be a surprise for her when I come back, a late Christmas present. I finally finished Charlie’s ‘Sonic’ jumper, & Elisha’s pink striped cardigan & sent them home, hope they arrive, I STILL have NO post at all from UK, despite Emma sending me 2 packets in late February. Nobody seems to know where they’ve gone, my sister bought some shoes when last in the UK (surprise, surprise, she has over 70 pairs!) and they took 6 months to arrive, so I’m not giving up hope yet. It is rather strange but very restful not getting any bills! Fortunately everything is handled by Direct Debit so should be OK. But I might have won big on Premium Bonds & not know! (unlikely, but I do win the odd £50 from time to time). Emma is now empowered to open anything of a possible ‘joint’ nature, since it seems pointless sending stuff which is never going to arrive.
There was a big storm on Tuesday night, & the next day the beach was covered in driftwood, some of which was huge, see above. I am going to collect some of the smaller stuff for kindling, then we won’t have to buy any, it is quite dry & like balsa wood. Here, you are allowed to take anything from the beach, I believe this is not true in the UK .
Erola’s friend Judith Fuge owns a dance school in Paraparamu & one of her groups was performing in Coastlands Mall on Friday, so we watched, they are very good, hip-hop style. We were invited to go to her house for the evening, to watch the final of ‘So you Think you can Dance?’, an Aussie sort of Pop Idol for dancers, which Erola (& by default, I) have been glued to for the past few weeks. The right person won, a guy called Jack who was at the same Sydney dance school as Erola’s son, Ginner, it’s such a small world out here!
The Wellington International Comedy Festival is on right now, so on Saturday evening Hilary, Ali,Erola & I went to a performance by ‘The Lady Bunch’, 3 NZ comediennes who were actually really funny, we all enjoyed it.
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