An average Monday

The kids are back to school HORRAY!!!! I went to Te Awamutu and Cambridge on some brief visits today and came home to do paperwork. Bloo was supposed to do some work on an assignment for some accountancy qualifications he's studying for. 'DEFINITELY!!' was the word he used last night when I asked him what he was planning today. Well he took one look at it and gave up. So when I got back he was out. I settled down at my desk and it was SOOOO quiet. Absolute bliss. I've decided that I find noise very stressful. (As I sit here with the radio on, Eric bashing the living daylights out the other computer that is playing up, and Harriette pinning Alice down to the sofa as she applies make-up, with Alice alternating between screaming, yelling and laughing!!). Bloo is very quiet doing (another) jigsaw.

Yesterday evening I spent hours moving photo's onto blog (aren't you proud of me Stan/Carol?) and then realised, at about 10pm, that I still had not turned up Harriette's winter school dress which I bought on Friday and she needed today. I spent well over an hour doing it when all I wanted to do was go to bed! I sat sewing wondering how many Mom's across NZ were doing the same thing at the same time! Eric and Bloo worked on the Meccano.



Such concentration!!

I hasten to add that the girls had long before gone to bed and Bloo had to help once he completed jigsaw No. 1. Eric was adamant that the Meccano was for the 40+ age group and he was very advanced and pleased with himself being able to put whatever it was together. Well almost. It turned out he had put something in back to front and Bloo had to reassemble it. Talk about engrossed. They both applied themselves with the concentration of the average brain surgeon. I never knew Meccano could be so serious!!!!




The finished product.

The girls are wading through homework based on the first World War It was Anzac Day yesterday, which the kiwi's treat with a similar reverence that the UK does Nov. 11th. I meant to take the girls to church but somehow it didn't happen. Maybe because Alice was not here.

Well, not a lot to report. Long email gratefully received from Carol this morning to which I must reply. She is suffering - Bless Her. I also owe other emails and plan to address this this week.

Suppertime.

Love Michelle
xoxoxox