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  • July 4, 2013

    I am having a nervous breakdown

    The package is still in the hands of DHL in the UK. It was collected from the  Passport office in London only hours after I called. The women there turned it over in record time. But almost 24 hours later it is still in the UK. The call centre and the screen just say it…

  • July 3, 2013

    Keep those balls in the air, magic is brewing!

    The package (my urgent passport renewal application) has landed in the United Kingdom and at 9.13 London time it was delivered to the New Zealand Passport Office.  Thank you FedEx! So we have gained HALF a day.  I just spoke to a lovely New Zealand  girl in London and they are going to try and get…

  • July 2, 2013

    Tracking is Hell

    Yesterday morning at 9 am I was standing outside the FedEx depot door when it opened, (it is a hundred mile round trip.) I did all that was necessary to have it shipped, including paying with an arm and a leg. I handed my precious  envelope to a surly lady behind the computer. Explained that…

  • July 1, 2013

    Piglets set free and our trip is in jeopardy

    The piglets have created a creep of their own under a door and into a lovely sheltered pen, their favourite game is to lie right down and roll with their legs tucked in under the door, scamper, then reappear under the door rolling over and over. You need to go outside, I said. So with…

  • June 30, 2013

    Daisy begins her dry period

    Today I will not be milking Daisy. The milking has finished. Oh, how I will miss the milk. And I will miss milking but after a while. It will be nice to have the time off.  It will be a shock to the system, not milking. We have been milking Daisy for over a year…

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