5th June

I've taken longer than normal to get over the milking season. Nearly 2 weeks later I still feel washed out, exhausted, and continually tired. But certainly better than I did the first week after we finished.

Tuffy has a girlfriend, Jolene, a Lab x mastiff. She is smaller than Tuffy, despite the parentage. Cute dog, they get on really well, or even better than really well I should say. Dan is hoping to breed her, then have her neutered, she's 3, and slightly plump.

I dropped Tuffy off at 8am Tuesday morning, picked him up at 1pm, he was asleep in the truck, sitting up with his head against the door frame, fast asleep. He had a bowl of food when we got home, then crawled onto his couch and slept again, food, sleep, for the rest of the day till about 6pm when we went for a walk.

It was much the same today, he was asleep within 1/2 km of picking him up, then back to the food bowl, sleep, food sleep

Golden Bay Firewood have been running a secondhand shop as well as the firewood business, but it has proved to be more of a nuisance than making money. So they are clearing out everything at up to 50% off.  I picked up a fairly good bedroom vanity unit, mirror, 5 drawers for $30, I may buy another one, 4 drawer though for one of the other bedrooms. Lord knows what I'll do with everything when I move, or die, or whatever I do next, but they will come in handy if anyone stays here. Rather than live out of suitcases or piles on the floor

Plus having the mirror will help.

I'm trying to make some sort of plan for the rest of the year going into next year. What I want to do, what I want to make happen etc. So far, all I have down is get the darkroom finished, and start back into B&W photography. As well as the ongoing repairs to the house. Hopefully having my pension start in October as well as working may help financially, the extra income will certainly help anyway. Then it becomes a matter of time, I may cut down on hours at work, but that cuts the income down as well, it is a hard choice.

Moana is doing well with the sewing machine, she's able to just work at home now, and has dropped out of the shop side of the business, to concentrate on building up her stock and designs.  http://www.moana-lee.co.nz/