the day started with some scheduled skyping before some unscheduled sadness as we received news that one of esther’s guinea pigs had died back in the UK.
since it was raining we decided to watch a film (mr magorium’s wonder emporium) which was just the ticket.
we also opened the last of our presents, and, as you know, once that’s done there’s no longer any excuse for not writing your thank you letters.
then we spent over 2 hours in the local hardware shop buying a proper lawn mower and a proper barbeque. and loads of bulbs as about 20 needed replacing in the house.
after all that domesticity we went to finish our long overdue business at the local crazy golf course. it was time to take on the ‘black course’ having previously mastered the easy course. i won. hoorah.
jane looks particularly happy in this shot, but it was actually kezia who scored two hole in ones
then it was back home and the construction of the barby began. what a nightmare. fairly unhelpful instructions and a dead weight of a blob of metal to shift about.
i had to stop in the end as screwing black screws in to black metal outside in the dark whilst surrounded by hungry mosquitoes was getting too much of a challenge. i’ll carry on again in the morning before we head out for morning tea with the people who lived in our house before we did.
finally, here is a very funky tree that wendy and family made us for christmas. it’s quite an amazing construction of plastic paper, bows, ribbons, tinsel and … chocolates ! we’re slowly working our way through it. it’s the present which keeps on giving (until it’s given up)
