Beg Borrow Steal

It's 9am on Saturday morning, Daniel has cooked breakfast and figured out how Pat's chemical loo works. He still has to show this to me - but I'm not out of bed yet. For those that are more interested than me http://www.bradtech.ltd.uk/Porta_Potti_toilets.asp

Before my day, with all its chores, begins, I'll give you an update, and a to do list.

Last weekend we discovered that Pat was leaking - this was rather alarming because it has been raining alot. The sealant around the roof vent is old and no longer sealing. We have begged a towel, weighed down by a chair, to plug the gap for a while, borrowed a sealant gun from Daniel's work collegue and stolen some sealant from the landlord's stock in the basement. Fixing this is on the to do list













The inside of Pat is surprisely light due to a 1m wide skylight running right down the middle of the roof. However, this will not be conducive to a good night's sleep in the land of the midnight sun. So with traditional kiwi ingenuity, we have fitted curtain rails to either side of the sky light and 2nd on the to do list, is shopping for curtain material, which somehow matches the crazy circle decor.

The recovering of the squabs is just about finished but more sewing is on the to do list. Thanks goes to our lovely flatmate Charley who has kindly lent us her sewing machine and cotton and needles and measuring tape and opinions.

It is now 10am and I must get up!