Got a splinter in the head uncovering it .

On 3rd to 5th March, Rebecca and I tramped Mt Arthur and the Tableland near Nelson. Photos here.

Got my hedge and the tree in front of my house trimmed. Pulled a selection of light switches and plugs out to check the wiring has PVC insulation.

My cellphone died, and being busy I hadn’t checked messages for a few days. Dad and Suzanne came round Saturday the 4th expecting to find me dead. Sorry about that! Tim has since given me his old cellphone, so I am TXTable again.

The next day had Griffs and Heather over for lunch. Suzanne created a garden for me which is still alive a week later. And Heather and I unpacked my stuff from the boxes and found places for everything. I’ve set up the front room as an office with the bed back from the street where it is a bit quieter.

Good Friday the Electrician checked my wiring and found the old fabric wiring is only looping from the meter to other parts of the board. Everything going back from the switchboard is PVC insulated, so it is ok. Also managed to get the oven working by bypassing the timer on it.

Had friends over for a BBQ on Saturday. The last BBQ of this summer. Went pretty well I think. Some people were pretty determined to sit outside even in the rain, but in the end we gave in and moved inside.

Today (Monday) Michelle, Brian and I tramped the Panto-Parau-Farley tracks in the Waitaks. A decent 4 hour walk, with some nice views, tree cover and interesting fungi.

The inorganic rubbish collection is due on my street. Collection day was notified as being today, but I don’t think they realized it was a public holiday. There must have been at least 100 vans/trucks/cars cruising up and down looking for good stuff. It’s interesting what they think is worth taking. I had a small rusted thru piece of roofing iron, it’s gone. And an old chest which was once very cool, complete with the airholes for being locked inside; but now is borer-infested and falling apart; and that’s gone too. Though they’ve dumped the plaster board I had in it on the ground.

OK, now this blog is up to date!

Dear readers

It’s a shock, but it seems I have readers. “Give us more posts about Oliver, like the one from last Saturday” they demand. Well OK I’ll do another post on my cat sometime this week. I owe my niece some photos of him as well. “and fix the tabs for IE7 too” they cry. OK I’ll have a look at that too.

Strange noises

I didn’t sleep that well last night, but tonight it is cooler and am hoping to get more restful zzzs. It wasn’t just a problem with the heat, but having the windows open makes every little sound seem like it is coming from within the flat. I was sure I heard someone moving around about 12, and then at 3am there was someone softly calling “Amy, Amy” and the sound of someone stumbling around. But in both cases, there was no one in my flat or in my yard, so I went back to sleep. So, if you’re breaking into a place, just call out “Amy, Amy, I’ve lost my keys” and everyone will figure there’s nothing sinister about your activities.

Happy Birthday Roger

I’m just back from Roger’s Birthday BBQ. Ate a very nice meal cooked on Rogers huge brand new BBQ and watched his kittens catch an devour a couple of baby birds. Mostly it was just Ginger, the other kitten Patch wasn’t quite so blood thirsty. “Dinner and a show”. Caught up with the others from New Years and swapped blister stories.

Yes OK, more about Oliver soon.