NOT REALLY DOING OUR BIT

 

With the current fuel situation, I've been mindful of not wasting petrol.

Because we only buy small amounts of groceries at each visit to the supermarket, we are going more often. Not exactly saving petrol eh?

Stew eats a shit load of fresh fruit.  So he seems to need to buy more every 2-3 days.

Today, when we go to the supermarket, I'm going to try and find alternatives.  Some fresh, some dried and some tinned.  Hopefully that keeps us out of the damn supermarket so often.

We are trying to combine several trips into one... like supermarket/K-mart for more knickers and so on today.  Oh and yeah, Stew has a hankering to have Subway for lunch.  So we shall do that while out too.

Thank you for the suggestions for Mc Dreamy.  Unfortunately (or should I say fortunately?), he is already back in Auckland!  He got taken back yesterday afternoon by the owner of Sewing Machine World.  AND I've been assured he will be looked at by the technician URGENTLY.  

I am NOT holding my breath on him coming back any time soon.   I will ring Neil and suggest the foot pedal idea though.

I have not unpacked my sewing trolley from yesterday yet... I just kept looking at it yesterday afternoon/evening and thinking... yeah nah.  It can wait.  I shall get to it sometime today.  I will also sort out the next 2 Tote Bags to make... probably using more animal fabrics, cos I've got quite a lot of them.

ABOVE: The haul of Cheese/Onion and Bacon scones I made last night.  They are all in the freezer now.   And on the shopping list is plastic bags, cos I only just had enough for that lot.

Well, that's me for now. 

Catch ya later.

ONWARD...

It was 'bring and swap' day here in the Village this morning.  I took down a couple of things, and scored a lovely picnic basket.  (photo later, I can't be arsed getting up again right now).

We went and did our jobs out and about.

Went to K-mart for the knickers I like to wear, more like cycle shorts, but lightweight.  OMG, that section of the shop was in a terrible state!

It looked like someone had been through there and just thrown shit all over the place.  There were three ladies in there, trying to sort it all out.

And, they had none of the knickers I like, so I shall go out to The Warehouse later on this afternoon, as they probably have something similar.

We had a Subway for lunch, which was very nice.  Then on to the supermarket for the basic supplies.

And now... home, feet up and relax for a moment, before I go down to the Community Centre, as one of the ladies is bringing down fresh eggs/potatoes and carrots to give away.

That happens with surplus fruit/veges etc all the time.  It's lovely.

ABOVE: We got a few monster feijoas at the supermarket... can't say I've seen them this big in a while.  They need to ripen up still... I'll be keeping an eagle eye on them.

ABOVE: This is the other end of that Braid Runner that I repurposed into a Tote Bag.  I'm adding some extra length to it, and it too will become a Tote Bag.  

ABOVE: And we went from one extreme to the other!  I've never seen such small eggs. They are from 'fresh layers', so like, very young chickens.

And super fresh potatoes and carrots, all from a resident's son in Ohakune.  So kind they give us these for free.

I am totally done for the day now.  Well, for the time being.  I'm bound to get a second wind a bit later on, and head into Crabby Quarters. 

6.30 pm, and I've just come out of Crabby Quarters.  I got that second Braid Runner Tote Bag finished.  I'll show it to you tomorrow.

Steve called in with something for me as well... and again, I'll show you tomorrow.

He scared the hell out of me when he came into my sewing room!  I wasn't expecting him, and he just stood in the doorway and said "Hello Mother"... and I think I screamed "JESUS CHRIST" very loudly.

Instant HOT FLUSH... grrrr.

He was SO KIND, and waited until I'd finished sewing the seam.  Pfffft.

I am super jumpy at the best of times with unexpected things happening!  Even Stew has to give a whistle or pretend cough before he comes into my sewing room, so not to scare me.

😊😀  Some excellent news:  Stew got on the exercycle this morning, and got FULL ROTATION (on the backwards motion).  He said it hurt like buggery, but he pushed through it.  He also has not used the crutches AT ALL today, even when we were out and about.  So, he's coming along well.

It's time to sign off for the day, it's been an awesome, productive day.

Catch ya tomorrow.