There have been plenty of fisticuffs in the last week. Literally, the Minister for Rugby World Cup (amongst other things) punched a member of the opposition outside Parliament because he was taunted for allegedly having an affair. There’s been plenty of comment... Discerning readers of the domestic-executive blog have requested something other than house blogging. So here’s some retrospective photoblogging from 14 October. It was one of those “you can’t beat Wellington days”. Sun was shining, a spring... I noticed something yesterday about builders in NZ I hadn’t noticed before. Instead of it being a man in a white transit van, it’s a man in a white mini van. I was visiting the plumbers (don’t ask) and there were loads of them littering the parking... So, how many people does it take to build a barn? At least 3 plus a man in a van to supervise it turns out. Still, posts in today, concrete in tomorrow and cladding up by end of week. Then concrete and finishing. It’s going to be a close run thing for it to be... Has been busy on site today with painter, carpenters and kitchen fitters crawling all over. It is organised chaos, I think. No electricians which is always a worry. Still, piece by piece things are coming together.Our builder requested another 2 weeks to finish up... 