Saturday 22 October 2011

Days 31, 32, and 33

We are now done with painting the kitchen and waiting for Saturday when Mike will pick up the components of the kitchen and begin installation.  




Wednesday was shopping and errand day.  Heather had to take her car in to the dealership to get her WOF (Warrant of Fitness).  Cars are inspected every 6 months for road worthiness and then given the Warrant of Fitness.  If anything is wrong with the car it has to be fixed or you don't get the WOF.  If you drive without a current WOF and get stopped by a policeman, you get fined.  So on our way to the dealer we stopped and took some pictures.  Here is an update on the lambs across the road.  They are still small and very cute, but they are growing.




Thursday afternoon Heather and I drove into to Christchurch to pick up a few things and then meet Mike at his parents' house for dinner.  We drove past the cordon fences around downtown Christchurch.


Some of the fences had flowers hanging on them, I assume in memory of those who died in the February quake.


Avonside was one of the neighborhoods that was seriously damaged, not just houses but roads and bridges as well.  One side of one stretch of road just collapsed and it is just now being repaired.


A pedestrian bridge remains crumpled.


And many of the roads remain unrepaired.  Most of the houses are vacant, but apparently some are inhabited as there are still portable toilets along the road for residents to use.  It appears that the sewage system in this area is still not repaired.  This area is within a mile of Mike's parents' house.


Friday Mike had scheduled an inspection for the drainage system, the log burner and the solar hot water system.  All systems were approved!  Yeah!

Friday morning Mike and I moved everything out of the bedroom I am staying in and I painted the ceiling.  Then Heather came up and she and I put on the first coat of paint.  Then we headed downstairs to finish prep work on the living room area.  Friday night we watched the Australians beat Wales in the consolation match for the Rugby World Cup.  Final match is on Sunday - New Zealand and France.

Tomorrow - the kitchen arrives.



  





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