prize winning, friends and our new house

busy day today – esther’s friend sunny came round this morning whilst kezia and i went to watch the prize giving at a local art gallery.  the subject was rabbits/hares and kezia’s school got a $100 merit award for their rabbit stuck down a giant hat.  they were very pleased.  she was one of only a couple of people who made it to the ceremony so that was good.

this afternoon kezia went to play with her friend and jane and i took esther round to our friends layne and lorraine’s house so esther could show their daughter what violin playing was all about as she might be starting lessons

and then after that the three of use went to our new house to look at whether we wanted to buy their fridge.

we ended up spending nearly an hour with the current owners.  they had the house built themselves and were rightly pleased with all the features.  we were pleased to still like it!  And delighted when they greeted us at the door in bare feet.  it’s definitely a warm house so that’s good news

we got home just in time for kezia to arrive back from her friend’s house where they’d be practicing dance moves i think.  then it was free time for an hour until it was time to get ready for our fondue with buzz, wendy, robyn and maisey.  we had a great time with them.  buzz and i shared a couple of bottles of fuller’s ale which i found in the local bottle shop.

after the art show kezia and i had a quick look round a nearby run down shopping area to see if we could find anywhere for lunch.  we didn’t find a cafe (we later found a McDonalds up the road) but we did find an excellent charity shop where we bought a couple of jigsaws (we weren’t tempted to rifle through the bra and underwear boxes!).  then we went in to a laundrette to watch clothes spinning about in the big washers.  kezia thought it was great fun.  and so did i.

the gale force winds seem to have died down now, and our trampoline hadn’t blown away.  so that’s all good.  plenty of rain though.  see ya