School Hols

Gosh it's ages since I blogged.

Steve and Charlotte (friends of Bloos's an Old Boy from Dukes who stayed here a year or 2 ago) are here, arrived on Monday evening. The are gadding around Auz and NZ for 6 months, doing this leg in a camper van. They have no specific plans so can stay for as long, or as little, as they want.

The girls are on holiday for 2 weeks. Eric's on leave from work AND uni this week and I am off next week. Nothing planned for this week but next week we hope to spend a few days with Juliet and Kev. I also plan to visit a colleague who lives in Taupo. She has a daughter the same age as the girls. J and K are currently in Disneyland on their way home from the UK after Juliets brothers wedding. I am really looking forward to spending some time with them. Eric is back to work and Uni next week so I'll leave him behind to study.

Let's get the rugby out the way! There is no doubt that the All Blacks are a far superior team (who I will now be backing to the hilt in the Tri-Nations) and, I reckon, are unbeatable at the moment. With regards to the tour itself, it was a huge sucess. The fans conducted themselves admirably and NZ hopes it has proven it is capable of hosting major tours, with it's eye on the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

We have started lambing. We had a single lamb followed by our first ever triplets. Unfortunately we lost all of them. Nancy (our first born here 3 years ago, remember, with Frank), had twins and since we had a single, and triplets again today, two stillborn this time. Luckily the weather is very mild at the moment though we have had a lot of rain.


We also reckon Freckles is pregnant, correction she definately is and we think Carol is as well. I have actually been feeding out with Eric this last few mornings, with them all on leave the mornings are quite relaxed at the moment. Sarah, David's dog a Weimaraner, is boarding here at the moment, for a month. It is such a pleasure to see the 3 of them charging around the paddocks. Generally they are locked up at the moment because of lambing, we don't want Rust retrieving them as playthings!