Author: dave

work, school

esther had tennis after school then had to rush back to the boys school for a big band (or might have been concert band) performance at the boys school’s open evening

today was quite reflecty

school, work, music, youth group

i worked from home today as i had a dentist appointment this afternoon.  good job i did as our internet broke and a man came round to mend it before i had to go out so that was a very good result.  the ONT had died in case you are interest, but we also had a pinch/kink in the fibre!

dentist went ok.

both girls had musical things so were back late, and we popped in to a posh supermarket on the way back where they have all sorts of interesting (and expensive) vegetables

we didn’t buy any hands (you have to break off a ‘finger’)

jams

school, sectional rehearsals, music lessons, choirs etc.  teaching. working. spaghetti.

church then we went to see Mr Holmes at a local boutique cinema as it was raining. 

true to form a visit to a boutique cinema gave us another comedy experience. this time the cinema was completely cold old due to a special deal for their ‘silver club’ members.  they could enjoy a cup of tea in a nice china cup before they went in.  film was good, although kezia was very confused by the story!

everyone had school work / preparation today (except me)

jane went to the gym and walked pearl then spent the rest of the day preparing stuff for school

i phoned up our roofer who has now sent us the bill which was around $15K less than we expected (!) because he told me the roof tiles were ‘three thirty’ each which i assumed was $330 but was actually $3.30!  and because we needed 43 of them that made a big difference to the final price!

then, after doing some remote sorting of my mum’s computers and a quick skype call, i drove out to matakana to pick up some new bed covers (or Manchester as it’s known here)

while i was in matakana i wander over to the food market

and on the way back home i stopped at Sandspit and sat in the face overlooking the inlet and then warkworth

this evening esther has been at a party while kezia has been organising and sorting her room

i had my last day at the conference in Wellington.  the conference itself was 2 minutes from my hotel,  but you had to allow at least 15 minutes for the pedestrian lights which were very slow, and there were lots of road junctions to cross.   i had an hour to kill between the end of the conference and having to catch a taxi (Uber) to the airport so took a few photos.

i didn’t spot this sun halo in the sky until i checked out the back of my camera and there it was !

jane and the girls had school.   esther went to a korean evening with her chums

it’s good to be home again!

I’m still in wellington. Rest of family in auckland doing school etc

cold and windy in wellington

i got a chance to have a quick look round the museum where the conference was being held thanks to late night opening on a thursday

there was an exhibition on about the history of Air New Zealand.

Lovely Jane’s birthday today. 
I’m in wellington

coast

three volcanoes in a row

Oops.  Forgot to update yesterday.  I took loads of pretty pictures too on my walk to work.  I’ll update at the weekend when I’m back from wellington.

Everyone had school.  Esther had lots of music. Busy evening too.