good morning monday

[saundra]

cruiser why are you putting things away
havent you booked another one yet
glad you had a good time tho

[Weka]

Morning all. I'm so pleased to hear that m is on his way home.
We had a bit of a storm through last night, to be followered with a cold snap tonight. I've just dug out our 15 year old heater, barely used since 2002, and it starts but doesn't keep going. There is no other form of heating in this house.
Here's some pics from the storm. The raglan pictures are all from the bay where my parents batch are. The pic of the picnic table is where we out our bags at Easter and the kids swam at the boat ramp just to the right, oh, it's under water, that's why you can't see the boat ramp. I'm laughing as that area is known to flood in a very high tide. I've rowed the boat half way up the road.

The pic of wairau creek is just round the corner (so to speak) of my house.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/image.cfm?c_id=1&gal_cid=1&gallery_id=132632#11177798

Kids had there first official gym class today. Oliver passed the test. He's only 2.5, and they don't take them till 3, but I think the fact I'm an ex staff member (albeit at a different centre) has certainly tipped the scales in my favour. So we are now all paid up and ready to go.

[Osc]

That's scarey looking Weka

Afternoon all, it started off very cloudy here today but the sun is out now, although there is still a nip in the breeze unless you are in a sheltered spot. I've washed the car and am not too interested in doing anything else, although I need to do some ironing. Taking it a bit easy as we had a very busy day yesterday - drove to Co. Monaghan (about 1hr 20 mins) for a funeral, then had first course of lunch in Dundalk, dessert back in Co. Dublin. After that we went to an afternoon dance, and when some friends suggested going for something to eat we went along and had a lovely fun evening. So we got home at 11pm having left before 9am, and surprisingly enough I wasn't absolutely exhausted, just nicely tired.

Hope everyone is enjoying a nice sunny day

[saundra]

pure sunshine here
weve got a very battered blackbird here
hes either been in a fight or sapped by a cat
he can only stand on one leg but can fly a bit
hes eating and drinking tho
poor thing

[Diflower]

Blimey Weka that does look horrendous
Osc despite the funeral that sounds like a lovely day
Aww Saundra, poor blackbird, Minnie chases the pigeons but I do worry about her actually catching one!

We had a lovely time, went to two May Fairs, then sat in a pub garden with a drink whilst deciding we wouldn't pay their rip-off prices. So we went to the Wetherspoons in town which was opposed very vigorously; it was really nice, it's been done up beautifully and the food was good - and good value

One of the May fairs, in the next village, was interesting. On the green was their usual, bits for children - bouncy castle, climbing wall, Punch & Judy shows, etc, and other stalls, plus rather good live music. But also, in the community centre, were local crafts, about 30-40 stands, which is an awful lot for a tiny village to have attracted, but they all were genuinely very local.
There were lots of artists, photographers, bakers, cake-makers, candle-makers, you name it! I discovered a lady just a few miles away who sells lovely material and patterns, someone making birthday cakes that look like pizzas - really clever!
And we met a girl who has dogs to stay at her house, which is the best contact. As Minnie is now, we couldn't possibly put her in kennels, but usually she has gone to stay with friend.
Friend however has a young, very boisterous labarador, and Minnie can't really cope with that any more, so we had been a bit worried about ever leaving her anywhere. This girl was lovely, and would come to meet Minnie beforehand, introduce her to her own dogs, basically look after her as her own

The sun has shone, we didn't go far enough to worry about traffic, and all's very well with the world

[tonicha]

That sounds good about a friend for Minnie Di.

[Diflower]

It does Ton, I've no idea what she charges but after this year's vet bills anything would sound cheap

[saundra]

dif scooby goes to stay with a lady who has 2 dogs
and scooby loves it they get taken to big open spaces and she runs and runs
she goes thursday for two weeks as son/dil are going to egypt
ps scooby is a male dog

[Diflower]

Sounds perfect Saundra - Scooby that is, not Egypt , too hot for me!