The Passport

Jude had her new plumbing fitted on Friday. Its called a Passport. This is a photo of what it looks like from the sharp end of an endoscope. It was all quite a big deal, with the company rep there to observe & all. You see, its the first one to be fitted in New Zealand, so it was all a bit of a fuss. Its a lot lower maintenance than a MIC KEY button. Now that its in, it should be good for at least 12 months. a mic key, you have to check the water in the bubble once a week.

I do hope that this is alright, because every time she has an anaesthetic, she loses a little more of her mobility. Her diet is getting more restricted all the time & its getting harder to find her things that she can eat. I feel mean every time I sit down for a meal of something like steak, that we have both enjoyed in the past, but, bless her, she is very understanding. It's just that at the moment its very hard to find the incentive to cook for one.

She has organised a get together for all our neighbors in & immediately around our right of way. Its just a sort of bring your own stuff & chuck it on the barby sort of get to know your new neighbours sort of thing & should go relatively well I hope. We can all sit down & discuss what an asshole the new animal control ranger is. He ponces round in military style overalls tucked into high top boots & has a serious attitude. I saw him eying up poor old Misty as he was hobbling home down the drive the other day.

We should feel special I guess, with all the attention that we get from Waikato Hospital. They really do look after us very well, with all the help that one could possibly ask for. Somehow though, it would be much nicer if our biggest worry was paying the rates.

Oh yes! on that subject, our local council has passed a new bylaw. It would appear that we now have to pay $65.00 a year for the privilege of parking our boat trailors on council property while we go fishing on the peninsular now. What a rip off ! It would be nice if ratepayers who are resident here got at least some form of discount... Retires to basement muttering about mixes of fertiliser & diesel & appropriate months of the year.....

P.S. I was gonna upload a pic of Jude's new fitting but for some reason I cant upload any pics at the moment, so you'll just have to wait until I can OK ?