May 15, 2013

  • Wednesday 15th May

     

     

     

    I tried all day to get time to have a shower.
    But things kept coming at me and I never got there until mid afternoon.

    First I went to use the washing machine and discovered we had no high pressure cold water.
    That stops all water usage in the wash house and back door taps, so no toilet flushing, washing machine, etc.
    I called up Anson & Graham.
    Graham had already been down but I had not known in time to catch him.
    He came back down to help.
    Anson was already busy in woolshed pressing bales, so he came and helped Graham.
    It appeared that when they fixed the burnt pipes a large airblock had occurred.
    They finally got some water flowing and left all the taps open for a while to clear it.
    The washing finally got done later in the arvo.

     

    Mahalia & Helene went out to shovel up horse poo from all over the lawns.
    That was dumped on the rhubarb so hopefully we will have a fantastic crop soon.

    Helene carried on with painting Azzan's room.
    Unfortunately she is running out of paint, but we will do some improvising with colours.

    Azzan woke up feeling yuck so stayed in bed for a while.
    Marah came round with Anson and she jollied him in to wellness again.

     

    My day just seemed to be taken up with trying to solve problems.
    Just seems to be so much to try and deal with.
    I am trying to not let it all overwhelm me but some things have to get done.
    I am trying to run a business with people who are letting me down bigtime.
    That is becoming very concerning and I am having to make some very serious decisions.

    Funnily enough there was a TV mini series called 'The Foundation' many years ago with a central character called Davinia Prince.
    After her husband dies from a heart attack she aspires to lead her husband's business empire.
    Tim would often josh around and refer to me as Davinia Prince.
    Little did he know :-/

     

    I had a long conversation on phone with the guy from Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust who flew in to rescue Tim.
    I just want to endorse this amazing Trust.
    They are wonderful.
    Compassionate, efficient, and human.

    I am digging deep right now and uncovering some major stuff re the accident which needs to be dealt with so no one else has to endure what we did.
    It basically all is coming down to major budget cuts which allow for serious failings in the system.
    The 'system' being government funded public service organisations.

     

    As well, we are in the midst of a huge major house clean up so there are piles of stuff everywhere as we continue to sort and move furniture and boxes around and out.

    The kids loaded a lot of the 'out' stuff into the back of our vehicle so it is already for taking to recycling.
    Trouble is the back of the Regulus is half full already and there is a heap more to go out and we also need to pack our own town bags in there somewhere.
    Could be a cosy trip to town next week!!

     

    On top of all this I have a young daughter who is not coping well with her grief and emotions and is taking her sadness out on us.
    I completely understand but I cannot cope with division.
    We have to hold close right now.

     

    Shoshannah is cooking up some very interesting food as she is wheat and yeast free.
    She is also eating her main meal at breakfast time so saves dinner for the next morning and eats breakfast at night.
    She is prepared to give anything a try to get on top of her health issues.
    I'm just thankful she is independent & capable of doing all of this for herself.

    Mahalia & Helene went fishing off the wharf again.
    They brought up some lovely fresh fish.
    Mahalia had filleted it beautifully.

     

    Mahalia went round to spend the night with Marah & Anson.
    I fried up her fish, boiled some pumpkin and made a salad.
    It was a most delicious dinner.

    Helene, Shoshannah and I watched 'Cowgirls and Angels' while we ate.
    Azzan jumped ship and went off to watch something that didn't involve horses!

     

    The night turned quite cool so we were all sitting there huddled up in our dressing gowns.
    Shanni lent one to Helene, it was too late to light the other fire.
    They headed off to bed once the movie finished.

    Jesike skyped me and we talked wedding plans for ages.
    Problem with Melbourne being two hours behind us I was wiped out by 11pm but it was still only 9pm over there and Jesika was still percolating well

     

    I had washing in the dryer but was too tired to wait for my pjs to dry so ended up falling into bed with my summer pjs on and a cuddly blanket wrapped around me to keep me warm.

    Azzan was snoring soundly still plugged in to his iPod.
    I didn't read for long - so tired.

     

    There was one lovely happy moment in my day.
    I received an email from Les with this photo he had taken here in Sept '83.

    Tim & I with our three eldest babies heart