Saturday, November 19, 2022

#2141 Saturday 19th November

 What strange weather!  In November we expect the days to be heating up .... usually pleasant low 30's with a few high 30's thrown in ...... but yesterday was another very wet day .... we've had a run of cold days 15-19 with colder nights.  Today was cold again with occasional showers.  It's weird.  I wonder if the cold weather will continue in December?  It reminds me of that time it snowed on Christmas Day ... I think it was 1956.


My work on Bob is continuing... the winch electrical connections are finished and the cable has been wound onto the drum.  Part of the electrical work has been to set up the vehicle for dual batteries.  The winch is now ready for use when needed.  At the moment I'm changing the seats so that it can carry 3 people.  Before now it had only 2 seats. Then I will be building another storage box under the passenger seat.


Kaylia is in a good space at the moment ..... she's enjoying her life and her nighttime routine is low-stress for her and for us.  Today she's had her Saturday fix of DVDs at the op shops.  It included a reminder to me that in some ways she is just a little child ..... we went into one shop and another customer had left her own purchases on a seat near the door ...... and the purchases included some DVDs of the sort that are highly valued by Kaylia!  Kaylia spotted these and dived on them!  We had to physically restrain her and explain that those DVDs belonged to the other shopper - she couldn't have them.  Eventually she accepted it ..... but it was hard.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

#2140 Tuesday 15th November

Today has been Kaylia's day with Jenny. Jenny takes her off to shops and visiting people..... Jenny's friends but its all social experience for K and Kaylia always enjoys it.
Then at 4pm we head off to dance group where Kaylia is again experiencing time with her own age group..... she might be learning dance moves but it doesn't matter if the moves don't sink in.... the social time makes it all worthwhile. 

I spent some more time on the wall at the front of the house.... and then relaxed in the shed with the task of wiring up the winch. 

Monday, November 14, 2022

#2139 Monday 14th November

The other day when I dropped Kaylia off ar Workpower she was clearly very happy to be there.... she isn't usually very expressive and we mostly have to interpret a thumbs up.... or a thumbs down.... but this day she was beaming like a lighthouse. It was very good to see.

Today she's been doing her "Curve Style" business.  Over the weekend three sales were made! (Clothes are listed on Ebay)

I've been busy with the Land rover..... on Saturday I took it down to a welding business to have some welds strengthened. Today I've completed the hardware mounting for the electric winch.
The next stage is to connect the power and controls. 
There was a lot of work involved in making the mounting and a new bumper bar.