We have chooks! Eric got 10 last week: 2 light Sussex, 2 leghorns, 3 black rocks, 2 Rhode Island Reds and an Andalusian rooster. They are 5 months old so it will be a few weeks before they start laying. Juliet and Kev stayed Fri. night and on Sat. we took them to Maxine (the lady we bought them off) because they also want some (more) chooks and Harri and Alice ended up buying a bantam each out of their pocket money.
As well as J,K,E and H here on Fri. night we had Sam, Margaret and their 2 boys (also at Hinuera School). Margaret is the real estate agent who sold us the house. They are a lovely family and we had a great evening. Margaret has lived in Matamata all her life and knows everyone so is a great contact for us. She has been so friendly and helpful. They know the house well as she is friendly with Clare (whom we bought off) (are you keeping up with this!). I was worried that the boys would be bored with 4 girls around but they all got on like a house on fire. They disappeared off to one of Clare and Ian's fields and played for hours on hay bales there.We sat on the deck watching them in the distance and I had another one of those 'this is what we came to NZ for' moments. Sam and Margaret left about 1am which I was most impressed with as Sam was milking his brothers cows the next morning! NZ's tend to have early nights so I thought they'd be gone by 9.30pm!
I'm on my 5th day off today then on Tue-Thurs days.
2 major developments here
a. we have finally managed to get Radio 4 online!!! The download took nearly 2 hours and got stuck 2 mins from the end the first time we tried to do it but I managed it yesterday. We couldn't stay awake until 12.15am to listen to the Archers omnibus but did listen to the morning news. Real news. Such a treat! And,
b. I have a dishwasher!!!! It's only taken 2 months but it's in and wonderful!!
Life is good!
