QUIET DAY PROBABLY

So yeah, I am anticipating a quiet day.

I am going out first thing this morning to pick up the lamp I won off the Facebook page 'Pay It Forward', then I have another appointment in town.  Nothing worth mentioning here.

Like, some things remain private *smiles*.

Once home, I do have some housework to do.  Then if it's not too hot I will think about making a cushion cover or two.  

I think I've given away the idea of making more placemats for now... me heart ain't in it.
And I still have a good amount of market stuff to sell, so no rush.

There's a good chance we will end up in the pool for part of the afternoon... making the most of it as we are due some cloud and rain by the weekend!

That might just be a welcome relief, cos OMG it's been hot.  

NOT as hot as the likes of what other places get, like Australia.  But still blinkin' hot.

Bex sent me a few happy snaps of the kids yesterday:

 ABOVE:  Steve is back at work now, so Bex and the kids just do day trips to local places.  Yesterday Bex took them to the local beach.  They all got drenched... but clearly had fun.

ABOVE: That's where I hung the new painting.  I did a white wash on the frame as it was a bit too distressed for my liking. It goes really well there.  Would you believe it was only $31!  Such a bargain.

ONWARD...

Picked the lamp up, got it home and the main light didn't work.  OK... probably needs a new bulb.  So we go into Hamilton to buy a bulb.  ($12).  

While in Hamilton we go out to the cemetery and Stew tidies up his parents grave.  Then we have a lovely lunch at the Hamilton Gardens.

Come home.  Replaced the bulb... and it's still not working!

So in other words, that woman just passed on her junk to us.  NOT IMPRESSED.  She even said as I was carrying it to my car that she wasn't sure it still worked!
I should have left it there obviously!

I've of two minds to return it to her, MINUS the new bulb. 

What would you do?

So.... I shall wait and see if Steve can fix it.  I've since posted several things to give away on that site.  Paying it forward, even though I got a dud this time.

Amazingly, our weather is changing tonight. It's clouded over... looks like rain ... and it's cooled down, which is a huge relief.  It got to around 27 C today, so warm!

It's been a quiet day as I thought it would be.  Stew is talking about us going down to Tokoroa in the next day or two to tidy up my family graves.  So... that's what we shall do no doubt.

Signing off now... we are just relaxing for the evening, enjoying the cooler weather.