Miss Saigon

The weather last weekend was gorgeous. Thick fog in the morning that lifted to reveal bright winter sun for the rest of the day. A contrast to the wet this weekend. Last Saturday Eric spent the day putting the second coat of paint up in the kitchen - it's very bright now :-) I battled with the rest of the family to get my way but I was totally right. The orange looks great - well I think so and it's my kitchen! In the evening we went to Gary and Maxines to watch the Springboks play the AB's at Eden Park. Gary knows mom and dad from playing golf at the same club in the UK and they have recently emigrated to NZ and live in Cambridge (about 15 min drive from us) bringing very much needed IKEA supplies, and radiators, in their container. Great rugby match which we won. Off to the Scott's to watch the re-match tonight. Should be a scorcher as the Boks should come back with a passion!

Sunday we had a great day. The FPS team and their families came for a post trip lunch. Although Kylie is back in Japan her parents came which made the group almost complete. It was a really lovely relaxing day. Everyone was here from about 12md - 4pm then Eric and I sat and read, for the rest of the day. What a perfect Sunday!

On Monday I had a night in. The first weekday evening in for aeons! Tuesday we missed Rotary to go to see Miss Saigon at Founders Theatre in Hamilton. "But I thought they were broke" I hear you say! Well yes we are. I had a call the previous weekend from Squeaks mom, Jackie, asking if we were going. I said no, that I would love to but we could not afford the tickets. "Ah" she said. Did we want free ones. Did we??? Squeak was working as a sound engineer on the show and had freebies which his parents didn't want. It was a fantastic show with great local performers. The lead who played Kim had an amazing voice, comparable to anything I've heard in London. I am hoping that Eric and I can get to see Love Never Dies when it opens in Australia next year. Less than a month before I fly to Adelaide for the PHAA conference. Really looking forward to it.

Last night I had to take Alice and Kent into Hamilton for band practice. Kent had been staying here for a few days. I persuaded Eric to finish work early and we went to the movies to see My One and Only. A pleasant chill out movie to start the weekend.

As I may have said before I am now editing the IMAC quarterly newsletter ImmNuZ. Well I have put my first edition in this week and have had some fantastic feedback on it from proof readers and the person who put's it into In-Design. And I am loving the challenge. Just have to wait until mid-August to see it in print now.

It's all about Alice

Well to start with anyway. Alice has been living in Harriette's shadow this last few months what with FPS, mooting and her success at her first uni paper, but Alice shone recently, well in my eyes anyway (and probably Kent's) at the Hamilton Boys High School ball.



She might look all grown up to you but she's still my baby!! Kent (pronounced Kint - this is New Zealand)has been in Fiji on a music tour with the school. Got back Thursday night so I took Alice into Hamilton Friday am. Not sure when we'll get her back as schools are on holiday for another week.

I got up this morning to make tea and come back to bed but looked out and saw a heavy frost. At least I could see something, this last 2 weeks many mornings have seen us shrouded in a thick fog. At long last the sun has appeared and it promises to be a lovely winters day. However, I remembered Eric saying he feeds some hay to the cows when it's very frosty. I did not want to get dressed as I was planning a lazy morning in bed with Kim Hill (on the radio) and tea. So I donned Barbour and gummies over my dressing gown and fed Inca, chooks and cows and smashed the ice on the water troughs. I just hoped the neighbour would not be out and about to see me!! And where is Eric this morning? He left at 6am to go to Richard and Robyn's to help Richard shift out their old kitchen units as a guy was driving up from Levin for them. R+R are having massive alterations done to their house and it is going to be fabulous when it's done. The builders reckon Robyn could turn the new walk-in pantry into another bedroom it's so big!! Not sure why Eric was needed so early but he's just got home so will find out.

I have been flat out at work on my new role (additional to my current role) editing IMAC's newsletter ImmNuZ. It's only a small 3 monthly publication but it goes out across New Zealand and I am loving the job. I have had some really nice, positive feedback from people at work and can't wait to see my first effort in print.

Eric has found Facebook!!! He is really in to it. He has not sussed out how to download photos though so I have uploaded my favourite pic of him when I got into his site. Poor guy would like soemthing more macho but doesn't know how to put another one on :-)