A WHOLE MONTH!

Today Stew starts his long overdue HOLIDAY.
And it's a MONTH long holiday!

That's the longest time off he's had since 1997, when we took our long overdue 'honeymoon'.  lol.  We'd only been married for 10 years by then, but who's counting.

At least this time we don't have to ship out 6 kids to various friends!

This time around, we are going to have our trip to Australia, then a few shorter trips around here.  

ABOVE:  I'm NOT paranoid about catching Coronavirus while away.  But, I am going to take sensible precautions while at the airport, on planes, buses, trains etc.

The only hand sanitiser I could find anywhere was that cheap brand, which no doubt has been hurriedly whipped up by some place here in New Zealand to fill the demand.... but at least it's something.

I'm going to saturate the wipes with some of the sanitiser, and carry a plastic bag full in me handbag for wiping surfaces, and our hands.

The soap is for hand washing and so on.

I think I'm prepared as I will ever be.  I doubt we will wear masks... even if we could buy any.

Now, how about I show you the MADELYN Cot Quilt:

ABOVE:  Another one I really LOVE!  I must admit I do get a little thrill every time I finish one and stand back and look at it.  *smiles*

The plans for today are to get the lawns mown, cover the pool, tidy up the house a bit (washing and so on), get everything we will need for our trip into the spare bedroom for packing,  and tidy the Studio.

Also, by today Lacy might have her stuff ready to move over here?  We need to use the trailer for her bed, drawers, lounge chair etc. 

So, a fairly full day ahead.  Catch ya later.

ONWARD...

1 pm:  And the day is ticking over well.   I got some mending done on a couple of items I will be taking to Oz ... one was a fairly newish top that needed taking in a bit.  NO I didn't lose weight, it was always too big.

We are waiting for Lacy to come around so we can get the trailer and go pick up her stuff.  

After that Stew will mow the lawn.  

ABOVE:  And the tart has moved in TEMPORARILY. She's house sitting while we are away, and when we get back she will be moving to somewhere else.

Luckily I have no more work to do in the studio for a few weeks.  It was the only place to put all her stuff.

Now... Stew is having a go at installing the dining room blinds.  Something that has been on the 'TO DO' list for ages.  And as the sun is now lower in the sky, it's beaming in those windows in the afternoon and evening... making it damn hot as hell in here.

BREAKING NEWS HERE IN NEW ZEALAND....
ANYONE returning from overseas into New Zealand as of Sunday night will have to SELF ISOLATE for two weeks!

Which means, when we get back from Australia on the 28th of March, Brylee and Lacy have to be staying somewhere else, so Stew and I don't 'potentially' infect them if we come back with Coronavirus!  And we have to be at home, in isolation for 14 days.

Which also means we can't go do all the other things we want to do with Stew's holiday time off.

RIGHT... I'M OFF TO BUY FUCKING LOO PAPER!!!   joking.

LOTS to think about right now.
Signing off for the day.