saturday – graham norton and the eaverys

120531 Graham Norton

well, my photo made it on the graham norton show.  here’s a clip which i took with my camera of it playing on iplayer in case you missed it:

anyway, back in new zealand …

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jane took kezia to her early morning swimming lesson and went for a walk with pearl

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then we all went in to Albany and bought a new car as jane’s car is showing signs of starting to become expensive.  we’re trading in her current car for an identical one which is 5 years younger.   we haven’t actually seen it but it should arrive by the end of the week

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then this afternoon was house tidying and domestic sorting

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then this evening our friends the eaverys came round for a last supper as they head back to blighty on friday

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jane cooked up a great roast dinner

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and we had some christmas pudding …

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… which we set on fire

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much to everyone’s delight

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there was giving and receiving of presents and then the parents went home

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and the girls are staying for a sleep over

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not sure how much sleeping there will be!

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