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we certainly do live in times of great change. some of them not so great.

one composting toilet installed in my bathroom.
one new shop underway.
one photo credit in a magazine.
one new housemate, a small black one who purrs.
one sweet man to keep me smiling.
one small obstacle to hurdle.

unnecessarily miserable.
(there, i said it, now i need to get over it)

PIKO CLEAN UP (a month and a half post earthquake)

reeeevolting.

one week today since the earthquake that toppled my city, taking so many lives with it.
what a week it has been! exhausting and emotional and numb all at the same time.
i'm so glad to be here, and i'm so glad that my friends and family are safe.

x

SAFE

i am safe, so is my family and friends too. very very lucky.
my workplace is a pile of rubble, might be time to think about a career change.

x

accomplished:

a batch of laundry
a cycle adventure with the lovely parents
a batch of plum jam
a very good dinner

xe

reminder to self: it's not that hard when you start DOING it.

this evening i have managed to do an hour or so of compost lugging at my new garden venture, made a healthy dinner involving lentils and seaweed (it tasted better than i expected!), and i have a loaf of bread in the oven.

i also mopped and vacuumed my kitchen floor. not so much because i'm that industrious, more because a shelf fell out of the fridge and the result was about half a dozen smashed glass bottles oozing sticky liquids!

xe

BiRTHDAY LiST

a new 'niece' (one hour before my birthday started, to be fair)
an earthquake or two (big ones!)
a badge that states "no, no, that's ok. I'm interrupted by morons all the time"
a good coffee at the co-op
a shared sentence or two on an old typewriter
sweet messages from sweet friends

and the day is only half through!
x e

aah spring, how i love your sunny still mornings!
i've somehow (yay!) got into the habit of awaking early, it's really nice to be up and about hours before i actually need to be. i was explaining to steve yesterday, it feels like bonus time.. anything i get done before i was even needing to be awake is total bonus, which makes me very very happy.
and there is *plenty* to do ~ the garden check alone takes a good 20mins. only one pea up so far, sigh, i wonder if the birds got them? the earth doesn't seem to be very roughed up though. perhaps i'll germinate some in water and then they'll be ready in a couple of days if the others don't show.
i'm very pleased with my new raised garden bed. made of chimney bricks, it is a wonderful marriage of recycling and aesthetics! i plan on filling it with zucchinis and pumpkins, big leafy things which like space to sprawl.
very much loving my woolston wonderland at the moment. tracey (she's back, folks) persuaded me to host a garage sale this coming saturday, which means i should really be digging out lots of stuff to get rid of, not to mention making space in the rather crowded garage (not even my stuff, damn it!).
in family news, helen and marco are nearly in melbourne. this makes me sad. not because they're close, but because they're not close enough. and i am also a little envious that helen and aeneas and damien will all be living together. i do love my christchurch life, but melbourne does still pull. especially now.
but, best i don't focus on that right now.
happy days!
xx

just up the road....

too close for comfort

# Sat, Sep 25 2010 8:01 pm
# Magnitude: 4.0
# Depth: 9 km

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38 Ensors Rd
Opawa, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand

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