church and swimming

church this morning was good, albeit a bit smaller than normal as many people are away on their hols.  as a result we stayed around a bit longer after the service chatting with those who remained !  I also spoke to one of the music group leaders about playing my bass guitar in one of the bands – hopefully i’ll be able to attend the practice for the service in a fortnight’s time – initially as an observer (these people are good, so i don’t know if i’m up to it musically yet!)

after church we went to the mall to buy some snorkels and masks for the girls.  along the way we also bought some bedside tables, had lunch in a cafe (pies mostly) and did some food shopping.

as soon as we got home we headed over to some other friends from church (ones we haven’t mentioned yet) who live on our street and have a daughter and a swimming pool.  say no more.  by the time we left a few hours later kezia was very wrinkly.  they also had a funny fluffy dog called poo poo for something.  (just remembered, it was ‘pom pom’)

we’ve booked up a night in a motel in the Coromandel which is where all your Aucklanders go to for their holidays.  Our’s will be a flying visit taking in some sights on the way there and visiting a friend from work and his family at their bach on Tuesday.

but don’t panic as we’ve left you a special blog treat for tomorrow …

for those wondering about whether i’ll ever go back to work – Monday is a Bank Holiday here as you get both New Year’s day and the day after as public holidays (and since 2nd Jan was a Saturday the bank holiday rolls over to the Monday).  And i’ve got the rest of the week off as the office is shut until the 11th January.