February has flashed by and not much has really happened up here in Wainui. We had some guests, the weather turned bad, then it got better, and now we've finally started on making a patio for our entryway. We did so much in January that this month I have largely failed in my goal to do more interesting things. But I have plenty of March plans so I think one quiet month is OK.
We have been making the most of nice weather. We've been to the pool to play on the hydroslide and been to the beach - not just to walk Cher but to go swimming. Cher doesn't much like it when we swim, she stays on the beach and barks at us. So we tempted her in with a tennis ball and then played piggy-in-the-middle to keep her in the water with us.
Then last weekend we spent the whole two days moving paving bricks. We bought them via trademe from a guy in Wellington city, and then we hired a trailer and went in to get them. We estimated the weight of the bricks and basically just filled the trailer. Then got a bit worried at how low the tyres were squished down so we went and put some air in them, and more oil in the car - it seemed to be completely empty. And then we carefully drove home, managing a high speed of about 30k over the Wainui hill. We called some friends to help unload, then went back to the city and did it all over again. When we got home the second time we weighed a brick and did some math - we reckon we were towing at least 2.5 times more weight than we should have been! We are very lucky we didn't ruin our car, or the trailer, or both. Cher seemed quite interested in the wall of pavers we built. By the time of my next post, we'll have pictures of the completed patio for you!
So after that weekend of hard manual labour, I could hardly move. But that eased up after a day. I felt very silly at work though because every time I sat down or stood up my muscles were so stiff and sore that an involuntary pathetic moan would come out.
A couple of days after that, I got a flat tyre. Luckily I had driven all the way to the bigger station that day in Petone, because I had shops to visit. When I realised that noise was coming from my car and must be a flat tyre, I was just around the corner from the tyre place. I could have stopped to change the tyre but I don't think I would have been very successful on my own ad it probably would have taken all night. So I drove to the tyre place but in doing so ruined the tyre. While checking it over they also looked at the other tyres and told me that they all need replaced within the next 6 months. So that was great. I got a new tyre to replace the one I ruined and before our next warrant, we'll get all the rest. Paying for the patio comes first, then new tyres. Yay. They lasted 2 years - the tyre guy was very impressed they lasted so long with going over Wainui hill every day. Apparently it's really that rough on your tyres.
We have been making the most of nice weather. We've been to the pool to play on the hydroslide and been to the beach - not just to walk Cher but to go swimming. Cher doesn't much like it when we swim, she stays on the beach and barks at us. So we tempted her in with a tennis ball and then played piggy-in-the-middle to keep her in the water with us.Then last weekend we spent the whole two days moving paving bricks. We bought them via trademe from a guy in Wellington city, and then we hired a trailer and went in to get them. We estimated the weight of the bricks and basically just filled the trailer. Then got a bit worried at how low the tyres were squished down so we went and put some air in them, and more oil in the car - it seemed to be completely empty. And then we carefully drove home, managing a high speed of about 30k over the Wainui hill. We called some friends to help unload, then went back to the city and did it all over again. When we got home the second time we weighed a brick and did some math - we reckon we were towing at least 2.5 times more weight than we should have been! We are very lucky we didn't ruin our car, or the trailer, or both. Cher seemed quite interested in the wall of pavers we built. By the time of my next post, we'll have pictures of the completed patio for you!
A couple of days after that, I got a flat tyre. Luckily I had driven all the way to the bigger station that day in Petone, because I had shops to visit. When I realised that noise was coming from my car and must be a flat tyre, I was just around the corner from the tyre place. I could have stopped to change the tyre but I don't think I would have been very successful on my own ad it probably would have taken all night. So I drove to the tyre place but in doing so ruined the tyre. While checking it over they also looked at the other tyres and told me that they all need replaced within the next 6 months. So that was great. I got a new tyre to replace the one I ruined and before our next warrant, we'll get all the rest. Paying for the patio comes first, then new tyres. Yay. They lasted 2 years - the tyre guy was very impressed they lasted so long with going over Wainui hill every day. Apparently it's really that rough on your tyres.
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