Just spoke to Mom and Daddy. They had packers booked for next Tuesday and were rushing around in a dizzy flat spin after everything came together so quickly. Their caseworked at NZ House went off for 2 weeks, with Mom and Daddy's passports on his desk so their was a panic about them getting their passports back in time to leave. Daddy went up to London yesterday (his first trip on a train for 30+ years!!!) and they have them now. Their solicitor has phoned to tell them the solicitor in the bottom of the 4 link chain hasn't done his searches yet and so there will be a delay of one week now. It gives Mom and Daddy a bit of a breathing space but the people buying their house are livid as they are living off boxes having virtually packed everything already. Mom and Daddy's server has crashed again and although partially sorted they have restricted internet access at the moment - a bugger if you want to house hunt from the other side of the world! Other than that they are fine and MOST IMPORTANT they have done my massive IKEA shop - having hired a van for the trip. Thank you soooooo much. I spoke to a colleague in Katikati yesterday and she has offered to take Mom and Daddy for games at the 3 local golf courses there so that will keep them happy (Mom and Daddy are thinking of settling in that sort of area).
Trip to Wellington yesterday was good, if tiring and we woke at 6.30am this morning to hear the transport lorry arrive (it usually doesn't get here until 7.30-8am). We had to dash out of bed to shift Saddle and No 3 into the pens to get them off to market. Saddle is Alice's first calf so she is excited at her bank account being seriously boosted. The money we get from No 3 will go to Harriette as we are buying Freckles off her. We want to keep her to breed from, again. We got our 3rd calf from Richard and Robyn on Monday which gives us 3 from this year + the 2 born here. That will do now. Although the 3 new calves are in the paddock next to the rest of the cows the 2 calves born here often go under the electric fence to play. I can waste so much time watching them frolicking around.
Harriette is back to school today after 4 days off with a bad chest. Had a bit of drama at the start of the week when a GP (not ours) said she had asthma!!!! Load of rubbish and a trip to our GP the next day got it sorted. Hopefully she is on the mend now though she has been going up and down.
I MUSt go and spray my nectarines now, I meant to do it 2 days ago but haven't had time. I am DETERMINED to not loose the fruit to brown beetle and curly leaf this year!
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