First crunchy frost this morning and the back of the ute covered in pretty crystalline forms: Despite this I gritted my teeth and avoided lighting the fire, and so entered the day a little tense with chilled muscles. The cats were undeterred and set off into the mist to do some hunting - returning shortly thereafter with a mouthful of mouse each. Esther lost hers under the kitchen cabinets ... I would have sworn I vacuumed under there only the other day but apparently not. The men's shed was open today and I have finally found the bits of wood I wanted to modify. Sadly, the instructor was not there, and I have no idea how to adjust their spindle moulder, so decided discretion was the better part of valour and left while i still had all my fingers. Then later today I had an appointment for a bone density test - something I only booked as an elderly friend nagged me into it. It's a good thing she did as it turns out I am at the 'good' end of the moderately eroded density scale. So extra calcium and vitamin D is required. Then I came home and discovered that the diet food I am using (along with the multivitamins, the milk I mix it with and the almonds I consume as snack food) provide about three times my daily requirement for calcium. Apparently though, it takes a few months before the effects of this are evident in the bone itself. So I expect great things in the not too distant future. I will have the test again next time they are passing through. Of course, the literature they provide tells me that the test they used (ultrasound of the heel bones) is the least reliable, so I am now left wondering if it was worth the effort. The vitamin D intake is a mystery though as they provide recommended intake in International Units, and the multivitamins show it in Mcg, whatever they are. So I will have to find a converter and sort out how much more i need to take (given Tassie is a bit of a worry in the vitamin D stakes). I also found the diary I was given while working in the UK This is the only diary I have ever had that was exactly the right size in every way. Unfortunately I have been unable to find refills for it. Today I pulled the insert out of the jacket and discovered that the publishers website was listed on the back. So I have shot an email off to them to see if I can get a replacement one - the zip-up organiser I have is rather too bulky and heavy for daily use. And finally, the chainsaw was whipped out for a bit of a workout today, so I had supplies in for the cooler weather in the forecast. It turned out today was not as cosy as they promised either (minus 1 at 3 this morning and still quite cool), so it has been given a chance to prove itself tonight and the animals are deeply content as a consequence. Chicken with olives and artichokes on a bed of rice tonight.