#736 Saturday 27 October

A good night .. I slept well.  I needed it after the past few night.
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The plan for today? ... mid-morning I'll do a Lottemart run to procure enormous quantities of coffee and lemon tea to take back .... I have about 16kg available so ......  a carton is 5 x 100 sachets = 500 x 20 grms = 10kg.  That leaves 6 kg for tea .... 25gm per sachet = 6 bags of 36 sachets.
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Till mid-morning I'll try to trace the errant electrical problems .... lights that appear to have no switch ....  switches that don't seem to do anything ...... wires that poke out of the wall without apparent purpose ..... the builders were a strange mob!
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Later:  .... it's still a mystery!  I put a signal generator on the unknown wires and followed the tone ... it just wanders off and doesn't go anywhere!  More thinking needed.
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After this I went off to Lottemart to get the coffee and tea ..... then a bottle of gas for the generator .... then a stop at a small hardware shop near the villa .... its fast becoming one of my favorites as it always has many of the things I need.  This time it was light fittings and electrical stuff..
Lunch at Mama Putu's ... I do like the way their cook does rendang!
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In the afternoon ....  I hit the sack big time and slept most of the afternoon ... I clearly still need the sleep.
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Then I just had to try out the new massage place next to Nessa .... it was very good for 50,000!
After that I tackled fitting the new lights at the outside front wall.  It looks good now.
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I tried out Warung Blanjong for tea ... nasi campur again and it was very good.  I'll go there again.  They have cooking lessons there (I recall someone saying that they wanted cooking lessons.)  Home via an icecream shop.

#735 Friday 26 October

Last night was a doozy! I wrote about it but it didn't save. I wrote "I'm sitting in departure .... waiting for an Air Delay-sia flight .... 2 hours late"
The plane eventually did the right thing and I got to bed at 2:30am. This morning I'll walk down to the villa .... guests are in the villa so I stayed at "Sunhouse" nearby ..... it's nice .... but right on the road and so it's noisy! I'm looking forward to the quiet of the villa. I got up at 6am because the traffic noise wouldn't allow a "sleep in".

I've made a friend here .... Charlie

Charlie is from Geraldton .... closer to Bali!  I also met another couple from Wales UK ... we all came round to "view" the villa.  I think we may have some future guests as they were very enthusiastic.
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Evening
Well .... despite sleep deprivation, it has been a productive day.  Made took me shopping for a carving for the window in the second bathroom .... we went to Batubulan and I choose a really nice carving .... it will be fitted on Monday. Then I'll arrange an insect screen.
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While in Batubulan, Made took me to a small warung for lunch ... I had the best nasi campur ever!  Delicious!
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Then it was back home to crash and sleep for an hour.  Ketut erected the pool fence that he has made ... it is a good job but just needs a few small refinements.
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Then it was off to the printers to order staff name badges ..... then to Hardys for food shopping.  I discovered their stocks of bulk nibblies .... a wide variety of delicious savoury treats.
I was going to go out for tea but I decided to cook for myself instead.  I might have an early night tonight!

#734 Thursday 25 October

Creeping out ......
Last time I went to Bali on my own, Kaylia was p....d off that she wasn't going too .... and this caused problems.  So this time I will creep out without letting her know.  She is used to us being late home from meetings etc .... so she should be OK.  It's worth a try.
I have my bags in the car .... not visible .... and I'll go to the airport while she's at the pool this afternoon.
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5:00pm. This afternoon I came close to making a hole in the roof as I jumped in response to a blood curdling scream from AJ! She had just confronted a bobtail lizard for the first time!

It was an opportunity to show AJ and Zoe what lovely creatures they are.

#733 Wednesday 24 October

Kaylia really gets a 'buzz' from having her set of people gathered round her. This is very obvious in the evening after tea ..... we all sit round with our ..... book, iPad, computer, whatever ..... while she has a DVD playing while she stims in front of the TV (shudder)! Sometimes the TV has morphed from an inane something (like 'Nightgarden') into 'Spics and Specs' .... and we are permitted to watch an adult program ..... with the TV nazi standing in front of the screen! Sometimes she will choose to sit next to one of us and cuddle very closely .... or she flops all over us! Then .... at some moment .... she states "Mummy, Daddy .... Get Up!" .... and we troop upstairs to bed. She then lies in bed ..... positively glowing, purring ..... from the pleasure of being with Mummy and Daddy.... and then she's asleep.
It's good!
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#732 Monday 22 October

While driving Kaylia to school this morning I was musing on her music listening habits ..... it's a 30 minute drive and she usually listens to one song over and over for the first 20 minutes ... then changes to a variety of a few more that she rotates between .... not the complete song .... just part of one then change to another.  This continues till we get to school.
I ponder about what is happening in her mind that makes her want the same song over and over.  I haven't found an answer yet.  Maybe she will be able to tell me one day.

#731 Sunday 21 October

Another day has slipped past .... I think it was because Naomi had a short day yesterday and finished soon after midday. Then we all went "op shopping" ..... even I found a bargain! Kaylia spent lots of time in the toy section as usual ..... I pointed to some dolls and asked "What's this?" .... expecting her to say 'girl' or 'doll' .... but she says "Zoe!"
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Today? I was sick so I didn't join in the morning trip to the lake. Since I was only sick in the morning, it must be 'morning sickness'! I must be expecting something ..... or maybe it was a 'pregnant pause'.
During the afternoon recovery time I actually watched a DVD .... or I should say I watched part of a DVD .... Kaylia came home and she won't allow anyone other than her to have a DVD on the player .... so I'll finish the movie another time. An easy choice as "The King's Speech" is such a powerful film that I can't wait to get back to it.
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Naomi is in painting mode ..... painting the basement. We're moving our "home office" down there again ..... reclaiming the entry area to use as a visitor reception cum parent retreat.
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Kaylia joined Zoe and AJ for an evening walk .... the report was that she really enjoyed the walk. We have to make sure it happens more often!