July already? Time for a quickie update

We're finally on fast internet. We had to go satellite (scowls at Telecom) - expensive, but worth it. We also went wireless, so now there's a computer in the lounge & that means not having to wait til Brae's at kindy or Wayne is home to look after him so I can get work/study done.

Wayne is ecstatic at being able to sit on Trade Me without his wife nagging him about tying up the phone line. He's also rapt at not having to make a coffee when waiting for listings to load.

Brae continues to catch up then some. He's at a new preschool now, a Montessori one that is double the driving time to the previous kindy, but "Monte school" suits his temperament & boredom levels better. He's making friends, & his spelling, reading & writing is coming along gangbusters.

I won't go into detail, but let's just say I wish the new centre had been open years ago.

Weight loss slowed a bit, but still coming off. Good thing it's slow, otherwise I'd resemble a Shar Pei by now (the Rolly dog on the toilet paper ad).

Hopefully I'll be back in the saddle within the month - work, study, weather & confidence permitting.

We've decided NOT to sell. Brae is happy & settled at the new establishment, we've finally "broken in" to the district & been accepted as locals, plus it's very well suited to horses here. Wayne offering to tear down the shade-house & build me a full sized dressage arena plus finish off the round arena didn't hurt my agreement to stay ;-)

Summer won't be as torturous now that we ditched the log fire & put in a heat pump. Just the thought of needing air conditioning seems bizarre in these days where we're very fortunate if it approaches double figures on the thermometer.

Wayne's nagging at me to check the renovation stuff on his watchlist, so I suppose I'd better get my butt off here & let the poor frozen bloke in for a surf. Seems only fair - he's spent the entire day freezing his butt off, butchering the last cow.

Btw, if you didn't get the email with my new email addy, let me know.

Cya!