Lets see:
Got around to membership in MLHNZ and SCANZ and posted forms for NAAMA 07 rego.
Walked down the hill and established that it is doable in about 45 min or less and the road is a little narrow and hair-raising in places, so not the most relaxing. But still easily doable on a regular basis.
Found the downtown Borders and established that other locally operated bookshops (eg Arty Bees) seem to have as good, if not a better selection and we would prefer to support them thank you.
Had Hell pizza :) Now we will be having it a little more often may actually work our way through and sample the menu rather than just going straight for our favourites.
Managed to navigate the bus system safely and in the dark and made it to A&S not too late. Forms were filled out, money changed hands and stamps were licked and stuck. There was also some making of rushlights by Z.
Made the station fine and safely and our correct stop fine but there were phone issues at the base of the hill - first it thought things were engaged (they weren't), then it would ring twice then cut off (confusing the people on the other end no end), then it said that number didn't exist (bollocks), then it finally said "out of credit" (possibly the truth now). Luckily I remembered the local card pay phone and discovered its reverse charging abilities and all was solved without a 45 min+ walk up a narrow winding road in the dark in black jackets.
Tomorrow (or Fri) we will pester local telecommunication companies and set things up.
There was also sleet in the rain at various points (luckily not while walking). Brisk southerly with icy rain meaning real cold weather. Good thing we brought the big heavy jackets.

Yesterday was more lazy (mmm rain on roof), though sewing progress was made. There had been a minor contest between me and Z as to who would finish the sewing on their Viking jacket first -I won :) (though only because I settled in with Persuasion and Z was distracted by internet... and he had cuff left to hem). Both of us have fastening issues, though mine can be pinned with something in the interrum until I find (or Z makes) the right three armed broach or bar broach, whereas Z is looking for more interesting buttons. Don't you hate it when you know exactly which reference you want to check and which box it is in ... and it will get into Auckland sometime in the next few days and to you a little while after...

My watch may or may not be behaving eccentrically or I may just be setting it wrong. Have to check that. Suspect the best method may be just to set it to Train time (Canberra Bus time ie about 5 min ahead, seemed to work well previously).

Time for sleeeeeep I think.

Catalogued and boxed book count at 666.

If we didn't have 10 more books (+ dictionaries) to go it could be the library of the beast...

22 boxes/chests and counting. Clothing (medieval and mundane), fabric and books done. Academic papers and notes (geological, astronomical and medieval) in progress.

Hopefully 9-10 cubic meters (4-5 pallets??).

Garage sale was sporadic but got rid of some stuff. No sale on the good table and bedside cabinet though. Aiming for ~$80 each on those, but may end up having to take what we can get. Other stuff will be readvertised for an hour or two tomorrow morning, then left in a box by the side of the road with a "Free, please take" sign for a couple more hours before Freecycle and other measures are called for.

Garage packing comes tomorrow...

Back to cataloging the next box.

Since we sorta got more fabric while back in NZ (oops, we fell into Bedford Row twice - the second time cause they were willing to offer us the $4 per m sale deal a little early), the fabric list has needed updating. It says something when a spreadsheet is needed/useful. Updated LJ link is here and both the fabric list entries are now under the memories (which probably noone but me and basal_surge cares about). And for my reference, the spreadsheet is filed under medievalstuff.

But it does mean that after updating for usage and sale, the fabric collection is up to:
66.6m wool
29.55m silk*
27.3m linen*
18m cotton
+ other stuff
= 148.35m total (excluding the ~6m of wool on the bed... and the canvas bits which fill a large moving box)
* ~6m Silk warp, linen weft is classed under silk but could go under either.

4 chests of fabric + boxes of scraps and bits and odds and sods.

I should point put that we did get rid of about 10m of cotton drill and other stuff last night.

Hoard, what hoard... Behind the garage is starting to fill up and we haven't even started putting books down there.