Wednesday 16th September: Warm and sunny. Today we had plenty to do. First we drove out to the house to meet the worker contracted by the carpet people to lift lino and lay hardboard in the kitchen prior to new lino being fitted. I arrived to find he had lifted the lino in the laundry room as well, which wasn't supposed to be happening. And he hadn't been asked to lay any hardboard and didn't have any with him. He and I spoke to the carpet man and I left them to sort it out. The boys and I drove to Timaru and went to a DIY store to look at kitchen taps and wall tiles, but weren't impressed with either. From there we went to the company making our new kitchen to see it in the worskhop before it gets fitted next week. Oh dear, they had put on the wrong worktop and there was a bit of a stand-off before they agreed to make up a new worktop but it will delay fitting. From there we went to Timaru Botanical Gardens for a picnic lunch. This was a new place for us to visit, and we enjoyed the playground, aviary, lake and flowers. We visited another tile shop but and came out with ideas but no tiles. I managed to find a shop for Edward to buy some more wire for his electronics projects, then we went on to Caroline Bay. 
The playground was quiet and the boys enjoyed another hour of playing before we walked through their new aviary and then needed to drive home.
Home for tea - home-made pizzas and a fruit pot for pudding. The boys were filthy and had a bath, then Steve and I chatted over today's events.
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