jane had a school training thing this afternoon which was a shame.
whilst kezia was at her swimming training at 8am, esther and i went for a long walk through a local kauri glen which was very nice.
then we all came home and skyped my mum. i decided it would be a good day to clean some of the filters in the pool which i did and then we went to the pool shop to see if they could help us get rid of a horrible rasping noise which comes from the pool when barry the pool cleaner is doing his thing. they recommended popping a ball in to the filter to stop the whirlpool so we went to a DIY shop and bought an over large tennis ball which seems to have done the trick.
the girls then spent a couple of hours in the pool, and when jane came back k ezia went to a friend’s house for sleep over whilst the rest of us drove across town to the location of my work party which was a big family do in a stadium. it was nice to catch up with some work chums, but we only stayed for an hour as we had to rush back in time for esther to go to a party.
jane and i were then hoping to go to take advantage of being childless this evening, but the restaurant we booked didn’t have our booking, then we ended up sitting in a loud room full of xmas office party people so we asked for a quieter table. we ended up sitting outside which got a bit chilly so we just had our main course and left. bit of a shame, but hey ho.
