Well, as promised, I'm back. Yesterday evening it started to rain and by the time I climbed into bed, it was hissing down. It hasn't stopped really, only become sporadic. I returned from work to find our lake had once more risen from the depths and was about a foot deep, not quite as bad as when it reached a depth of four or five feet the year before last, none the less, a good downfall. The problem is, we need a slow steady rain, not a delugewhich causes damage rather than just soaking the ground but we need it. The poor pigs have excavated the floor of their 'temporary' arc, consequently it was well below ground level and thus filled with gooey mud. I moved it this evening and put them back on higher ground so hopefully they will get a good nights kip. I can't wait to convert the old stable block into reasonable pig pens so they can come in at night and be kept off the ground when it is too boggy. They can then have nice deep litter for bedding down and having lots of little piggies in. Very comfortable I'm sure. This morning started early with a dash down to the back paddock to feed the silage out to the cattle. What with the rain last night, it was not a particularly pleasant job, I can only hope that I don't make too much mess taking the Safari down there tomorrow morning. Once you start to make a muddy mess, it seems to take forever to regrow in grass.
Friday tomorrow and the old gal will be back to take the reins again. I have started on the carpet edging in the kitchen diner. The bit I have done looks good but I'm not sure whether to proceed further or change tack a bit and use a different profile on the dining room and living room doorways. It was something I hadn't contemplated beforehand as I thought I would be restricted to the bog standard type of doorway trim. Still, I'll see what the boss thinks. Harri was all of a tizz last night as she couldn't find her maths homework book. Together we turned the house upside down with no joy, I don't know if M picked it up with her Auckland kit but that seems the most likely outcome, I must check when she phones me this evening. Whatever, it won't help Harri to get her homework in on time so I suppose it makes no difference.
Apart from partaking of forbidden fruit, I made chips tonight and we had them with home made burgers and baked beans, that is about all for today, herself will be back tomorrow night so I'll be relegated to the boring chores whilst she plays on the keys and lets everyone know how happy we are. No, seriously, we are, I'm just griping for gripings sake, as I know I'll be questioned in depth about my feelings and whether I'm happy or not. I'm a bit like Ben the fat lab, not my Inky Stinky gun dog. I like the attention, it matters not how I get it! I await the call, good night and sleep tight, or wake up, rise and shine, enjoy lunch or whatever you are doing wherever you are reading this at whatever time of day.
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