I was doing fine, until...

Well the plate that holds the keyholel of the front door was loose so I decided to fix it. That involved removing the inside portion of the lock and tightening some screws that held the plate in place. I did that. Then I attmepted to reassembee the lock, with the outcome that I dropped the lock, a spring spronged out and pieces were all ajumble, so that the locksmith I called when he came could not reassemble the lock and so we now have a different lock with different keys and are financially poorer for it. So life goes. Saw a car today with the model name "carisma." When I take Charlie out on her leash it goes something like: walk, stop, pee, walk, stop, sniff, yank the collar a little, walk, walk, walk, stop, sniff, yank, walk, walk, walkm stop and sniff with a funny bear like gait, poop, walk, walk, walk, stop, sniff, yank, sniff while walking, stop, sniff all the way around the tree, yank, walk, walk, walk...Carrie is getting better every day. Joseph brought plenty of muddy clothes back from his recent school trip - went swimming in a really cold river, went on a night course without a torch where he had to follow a string, and other equally exciting activities. An reading a book by a not very nice, I suspect, Brit who came to New Zealnd, called "Going as far as I can." I have tried to find an under counter tray for a keyboard, we need to hook one up to one of our laptops, since the N key no longer works and the V key has lost its cover, but can't find one in New Zealand for less than about $ 300.00. That is right, I did not misplace a decimal. Any ideas on how I can get a cheaper one? Where? We have had sun the past few days - somehow when I say I could not figure out what that bright light in the sky was Kiwis find that to be funny. Laughter, the best medicine (sometimes). Tomorrow start the process of replacing amalgam fillings, which may contain mercury, with nonmetallic ones, and before that get my hearing tested and hearing aids (possibly) reprogrammed. Hearing aids are expensive here - the locksmith said he was quoted a price of $ 10,000.00 for a pair - shoot, I could go the states and buy two here are pay my plane tickets and stay awhile for less than that. I will explore further why they are so expensive. Take care. Thanks for reading this. Manford