Monthly Archives: February 2025

Week Of 22 February

22nd:

23rd:

24th:

25th:

Shopping, driven by Rosie, then in the afternoon I had my last baby tooth extracted.

26th:

Recovering from tooth extraction

27th:

Meeting with the nurses at Millvale with Bridget in Wellington on facetime.

It was a run down of Karola’s condition which was all stuff we already knew but the impression they left me with was that Karola wasn’t an easy resident.

Frances, the Millvale House manager, told us they were all qualified nurses yet is seemed as if they found Karola’s mood swings and frequently uncooperative behaviour challenging.

I was expecting them to have been trained to cope with this, to be trained in techniques to calm.

Rosie took me home and then she did the Bangle Grooming run which ahd moved from Tuesday to Thursday.

28th:

Cooler day. Bangle and I lunched as usual at the dog park and took our customary 1km walk while I listened to P.D. James novels on hearing aids.

No eggs again.

Marcus’ Horse (Chrissie & Rosie’s friend Attica)

Rosie and Horse

Bridget’s Nicely Filled Skip

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Week of 15th February

15th February:

16th February:

Took Bangle to Clive to the wetlands for lunch and a walk. Saw some chooks as usual plus beef but few water birds.

17th February: Had dinner with Chrissie and Marcus.

18th February: Shopping driven by Rosie. Noticed that there were no eggs today; what is happening.

19th February: Spent afternoon with Lis and Patrick Coonie. Lots conversation with Patrick about the parlous state of the world. Gave an update on Karola. One egg today. New Sky modem set top box arrived today.

20th February: Rosie took me to Millvale House and I spent an hour with Karola, most of it out in their courtyard sitting on a park bench in the sun – well mostly shade because it was so hot.

Picked up MYLK meals on the way home. Marcus mowed the lawns with the Grillo. No eggs for the second day.

21st February: Welcome rain and the temperatures dropped to more comfortable mid twenties. Bangle and I had lunch and a good walk at the dog park. No eggs again today even though the chooks were shut in last night.

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Monday workers from Freenergy – the guys I bought our solar panels and battery from – came and cleaned the cottage 18 solar panels. I slept through and so wasn’t in time to stop them cleaning out the birds nests under the panels so it’ll be quite expensive but now the important thing, the lichen growing over the active sides of the panels, is gone. Marcus was so impressed with the cleaning out of the mynah bird’s nests that he offered to get some netting and block up the gaps round the panels.

Tuesday Rosie was sick so Marcus took me shopping sandwiched in between a dental appointment in Hastings and a haircut in Ahuriri.

Wednesday Patrick Coonie dropped in and we had a good chat.

Thursday Rosie was much improved and so she took me for my appointment with the Eye Institute. Rosie did some shopping for me while I was at the specialist then we went over and talked to Karola for an hour at Millvale House.I’ve decided to get cateract surgery as those I’ve spoken to who’ve had the surgery think it’s well worth it. I’ll probably also get a small stent put in my eye at the same time to help with the glaucoma.

Friday I noticed a speed camera trailer outside our 121 entrance. Quite a bulky bit of equipment. I went off to get my lunch and coffee and then take Bangle for a walk.

I’m going to have a session with Shape My Health as recommended by Bridget and Gill. The doctors there do a thorough health assessment then advise on a path forward to help maintain your health long term. I hadn’t found anyone who’d even heard of Shape My Health until this morning I asked Chrissie and she gave them a glowing testimonial.

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Quiet week. Dog walks most days but nothing out of the ordinary. Shopping on Tuesday, Rosie and I went to see Karola on Wednesday, Waitangi public holiday on Thursday.

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