Thursday, April 29, 2021

A GREAT DAY

We awoke, slightly later than usual, to a lovely day so I did a load of washing.  We were still eating breakfast when we received an email from the daughter of one of Doug's cousins.  This lady is the daughter of the lady whose funeral we attended recently and that is the only time we have met although we had previously been in touch by phone and email.

She and her husband had been down south and were passing through Whangarei and wanted to call in if it was convenient.  It was so a half hour or so later they arrived and we spent a lovely  2 - 3 hours catching up over a cuppa.  The time flew which is why I am not sure whether it was two or three hours, most likely three as it was after midday when they left.

Just as they arrived Doug answered the phone and it was a fellow blogger so once our visitors left I phoned her and we had a good chat.

A few weeks ago we took our Nissan La Festa in to the nearby garage for a new petrol pump and they have been unable to find one except for a very expensive one through Nissan which would not arrive for four months so we went and picked up our car from that garage and phoned the other garage we use and asked if they could try and source the part.

We heard back a few hours later that they have sourced one (they, obviously, have different contacts)  it is still expensive but half the price of the one through Nissan.  They would not be able to fit it for four weeks so, once it arrives we will pick it up and re-book the car with the local garage to fit it (hopefully less than four weeks).

We finally ended up having lunch at about 2.30 (more of the snapper we were given baked with a knob of butter, some parsley and Sauvignon Blanc).  

I then heard that a book I had on hold from the library had arrived so a quick trip out and we both have some new library books. 

Bobby was not eating yesterday but made up for it in the night and then has not eaten today.  He goes to his bowl but rejects it.  As he is on a special diet we can not give him anything else.  He seems happy enough but if he still refuses to eat we will see the vets as to whether we can feed him normal cat food and give him the pills once again.  There was no trouble giving them to him in some chopped up heart.  We have reluctantly decided that we will do our best for him but are not going to get any further x-rays done as there is no guarantee that any cure will be found so we will keep him happy as long as we can without breaking the bank.

6 comments:

  1. This fellow blogger so enjoyed our chat, and the book, a wonderful surprise at post shop, and I LOVe it so much, many,many thanks to you both. I will keep the card inside as a reminder that friendships can be so true no matter the distance apart.Bobby, you have given him so much security and happiness, a totally different life to the one he had for many months. Be assured, he was so lucky to find your home and to stay.

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  2. Yum fresh snapper is so good, been a while since we were out in our boat catching some.

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    1. Yes fresh caught is best. We have enjoyed this so much we have had it everyday.

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  3. My garage man always buy parts online, then shows me what an original Peugeot one would have cost. The difference is staggering. Only small, one man, garages do that for you.

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    1. Unfortunately our small, two man, garage could not find the part apart from the new one at a staggering price. The larger garage we go to was able to find a part. Different suppliers.

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