Once again it’s Sunday morning and I’m listening to Chris Laidlaw (talking about the huge price of gold and our gold mines here). The skies are blue, not a cloud to be seen and we have a morning planned planting a row flax (given to us by Mom and Daddy’s new neighbours) and fencing it to stop the cows getting to it. They love flax. It’s going along the edge of the paddock above the bank behind the pool. Eric’s still reading a book he started in Tonga and I think the girls are still in bed. Harriette got sent to her room last night because she through a paddy when Alice ‘pinched’ her place in a game of Scrabble!!! She was planning to put a 7 letter word down but nontheless her response was horrible. Alice shortly afterwards bowed out saying she was too tired. So much for my attempts to do something social and family orientated!!
I have had an unbelievably busy week, on top of a busy few weeks. I was ill last weekend but was feeling better by Sunday evening when we went to Mom and Daddy’s for supper. (Stop for a quick dash to the phone to remind them to bring my flashdrive and sunglasses that I left there. They are popping in soon for coffee on their was to Rhuapahu for a few days.
Monday was just trying to catch up on emails and general admin, and fitting in a few visits. I still have over 60 in my Inbox that, over recent weeks, have low priority but need clearing. I hate seeing a double figured number in brackets by Inbox (indicating number of unread messages). Tuesday and Wednesday were long days teaching a Vaccinator Training Course, Thursday I was at a Well Child Day in Tokoroa (40 minutes away) and Friday meetings in Hamilton all day. I thought that next week was going to be quieter. Well it is, but I have soooo much to catch up on.
Yesterday we took the girls to see Golden Compass. Harriette was quite offended that Eric and I found it boring. When I explained that it was a movie made for children her age I think she didn’t like the inference that she wasn’t an adult!! We then went looking for a tenor sax for Harriette. We have decided to buy one for her and send her one back to the rental company and swap it for an alto sax for Alice. Juggling renting, buying and borrowing a total of 6 instruments in a cost effective fashion between them is no mean feat!!
Not a lot else to report. We are off to one of Eric’s firms partner’s places today for a social. Lunch on their farm, off to a 9 hole golf course for a game and then supper at the tavern opposite. Should be a good day.
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