Thursday

I took Totty out for her walk and got caught in the only shower we have had all day!!!


When I got back I tried calling various washing machine repair people as the spin is not working. A man is coming tomorrow but it is $55 plus GST (VAT) for call out and then $12.50 for every 10 minutes he is working on the machine after that!!!! I think I might have to stand over him to make sure he doesn't stop!!!


Kirsty called and we were talking for nearly two hours about her job and their trip down here which is not long now. They have booked the Neighbours Tour for me and have paid for it for my Mother's Day present which is very kind of them. James is coming on it but Jon isn't.


I then went out to the supermarket and checked the post on the way back but still no letter from the consultant. Jon is getting cross about it but there is not much I can do. The secretary said it is waiting to be typed. I should have suggested I go up to the hospital and type it myself!


After lunch I went to pick Margaret up and we went over to Tay Street Beach and met Carol and we spent the afternoon chatting until the flies got too annoying. Carol is being very brave about her family leaving for Australia, she is going to miss them very much.


Bronwyn came across this evening to pay me for the whiskey and Drambuie we brought back for them and she stayed for a chat.


I cooked prawn and salmon stir fry tonight but Heather didn't like it. I remember these days so well and how I had begun to hate cooking for the family with their likes and dislikes. she made herself some chips and a chicken thing in the end. I bought her some pasta meals today as that is all she seems to want to eat and I can't be bothered trying to change her because Jon and I are not enjoying our meals so I will just keep on buying chicken nuggets and such like for her.


We had a downpour tonight and it is still very hot and humid but I didn't get Totty out for her walk.


The Canterbury earthquake has been on TV pretty much all day till 8.00 tonight and the stories and pictures are heartbreaking. I just don't know how those poor people are coping.


WEATHER
Cloudy to start then 26 degrees