(18-07-2024, 07:56 AM)kiwimade64 Wrote: morning ladies   Thick fog here as well and still people drive without lights.  Don't they realise it's more to be seen, than to see.  lol and yes, popeye, cars have fog lights

Thank you for the kind comments about the runner.  It felt strange not having it in my hands last evening and my wrist feels a bit sore this morning.  Stitching must help in that department!  Our granddaughter has chosen blues and greens for her wolf, so this will be interesting and fun to do.  I love kids' sense of 'adventure' when they play with colour, it could teach us a thing or two.  I've found a free colouring page of a 'zentangle' wolf which will be perfect to embroider with lots of texture and should look great on the back of a denim jacket.  Button pictures seem to be the 'thing' and a good way to use them.  Seems we are all 'on trend' at the moment lol.

I saw that article about the whale a few days ago.  Amazing eh, how there have only been six found six the 1800s and five of them here in NZ.  There is still so much to discover about the world, and it makes me think how much we have lost without discovering them.

The techinician is coming on behalf of Genesis this morning as our not-so-smart smart meter isn't sending our data to Genesis.  If we have to go back to having the meter read, they can dam well give us our money back for fitting the new meter.

Happy crafting

(18-07-2024, 12:23 PM)Jan Wrote: Popeye - the update your mechanical knowledge made me smile
The night before my old boy passed it was a beautiful evening - I had made a lovely Caesar salad his favourite but he suggested I took the dog for a quick run at the park and we would eat later - we had a very difficult garage to back out of somehow I knocked the hazard lights on when I was part way out - I had no idea how so couldn’t switch them off so grabbed the manual it was all in Japanese - went back into the house old boy chuckled - he was attached to his oxygen with a long cord so he wandered out to the car shaking his head at the angle the car was on - switched them off wandered back in and sent a text  to Robie telling him in a humorous way that he was going to be need to my mechanic banker and home handyman - Robie was on his way home from work so decided to pop in - we all had dinner together and sat around chatting until about 9.30 - old boy tested his oxygen which was good wandered off to bed as he went through the door he turned to Robie and told him that having a laugh with him was better than a gin and tonic - he never woke up .We have often talked about that night

(18-07-2024, 02:03 PM)popeye333 Wrote:

(18-07-2024, 12:23 PM)Jan Wrote: Popeye - the update your mechanical knowledge made me smile
The night before my old boy passed it was a beautiful evening - I had made a lovely Caesar salad his favourite but he suggested I took the dog for a quick run at the park and we would eat later - we had a very difficult garage to back out of somehow I knocked the hazard lights on when I was part way out - I had no idea how so couldn’t switch them off so grabbed the manual it was all in Japanese - went back into the house old boy chuckled - he was attached to his oxygen with a long cord so he wandered out to the car shaking his head at the angle the car was on - switched them off wandered back in and sent a text  to Robie telling him in a humorous way that he was going to be need to my mechanic banker and home handyman - Robie was on his way home from work so decided to pop in - we all had dinner together and sat around chatting until about 9.30 - old boy tested his oxygen which was good wandered off to bed as he went through the door he turned to Robie and told him that having a laugh with him was better than a gin and tonic - he never woke up .We have often talked about that night

Oh Wow Jan, it was meant to happen that way for sure... A memory you will never forget. 

I remember years ago being soo busy gassing to my friend in the car as I backed out of the garage and "Parked" the car on the side of said garage. 

MrP was soo angry about it , friends hubby heard him from 3 houses away. He wandered up. Checked we were ok.. We were trying not to laugh while MrP ranted. And the friend told him to shut up. Cars can be fixed, the girls are fine and to stop being an egg. lol. 

Sold said car complete with the damage a week later lol

Edit to add. It was soo cold this morning I took a hottie for my lap and Hand in the car. I dont use the heater cos I cant breathe in hot air.

Got so warm the hat and knitted jacket came off.. nearly home and discovered the Fog is still down. First time its been down this long in the last 20 years.

And its still not warm

(18-07-2024, 02:38 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Oh that is a lovely end story Jan. One of the best - good? things about my losing Colin, was the fact we had had one of those talks on the Good Friday evening before. You know the ones, the real heart to heart talks where we lay out our plans for the future and be grateful for where we are. We both agreed we had never ever been happier in our lives and were so glad to have each other.

Ever since I have been very clear with the people I love, and those I really feel grateful to have on my life. Because we just never know when it is all going to come to a close. And when it does, no regrets makes the grieving just that little bit easier. And at times like that even the tiniest bit of solace helps.

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(18-07-2024, 02:03 PM)popeye333 Wrote: Oh Wow Jan, it was meant to happen that way for sure... A memory you will never forget. 

I remember years ago being soo busy gassing to my friend in the car as I backed out of the garage and "Parked" the car on the side of said garage. 

MrP was soo angry about it , friends hubby heard him from 3 houses away. He wandered up. Checked we were ok.. We were trying not to laugh while MrP ranted. And the friend told him to shut up. Cars can be fixed, the girls are fine and to stop being an egg. lol. 

Sold said car complete with the damage a week later lol

Edit to add. It was soo cold this morning I took a hottie for my lap and Hand in the car. I dont use the heater cos I cant breathe in hot air.

Got so warm the hat and knitted jacket came off.. nearly home and discovered the Fog is still down. First time its been down this long in the last 20 years.

And its still not warm

The fog horns on the harbour have been sounding off all morning. They stopped about an hour ago, and now the sea fog has come back to cocoon us. Just as well I did my Takapuna run to Winz at midday under glorious blue skies. I got a bit cross though at Winz, I had to go to hand over the dentist form for the surgery next week, and for the first time in all these years I was asked for photo ID, and told I must present it in future. Seeing my photo IDs are all well expired I was told I have to get an 18 plus card.

Fuck that. I am 72 years old, never broken a law, born and bred in this country, and a Winz client at that office for way too long and they want me to prove myself? Nope, aint going to get the card designed to let teenagers drink in pubs. Grrrrr...

Oh well, the woman says, it just means we have to get every bit of paperwork seen by the manager and it'll take longer.

Uh huh... Double grrrrr, lol!

But yes, they'll pay the $300 to the dentist, so that's good!