taxing

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it was a rare saturday morning where non of us needed to wake up early for anything

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so it was a bit of a shame that we had a bed delivered at 7am !

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but seeing as we were all awake we went to takapuna for breakfast in the posh waterfront cafe for some posh people watching

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and then we went for a walk along the beach and back

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the tide was in which made for some excitement as we tried to avoid getting out shoes wet at some points (everyone except kezia who was being a proper kiwi by not wearing shoes)

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along the way we saw abandoned shoes

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and a few dead fishes (fushes)

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quite a few starfish freshly washed up

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and jane’s friend fleur

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the rest of the day was spent doing our tax returns (although i would chose the weekend when the hrmc’s website is undergoing maintenance so i can’t submit our forms)

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esther went off with three of her school chums to the local hotpools for swimming fun

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kezia and i constructed the new bed and then kezia went crazy golfing with jane

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now, if you are one of our impending visitors you can have your beds in a number of configurations.  you can have it as a wide double bed (i think the right half of the bed is big enough for two) with a little gap either side to slide in. 

Or you can have it like this against the right hand wall so one person gets a proper amount of space on their side

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or you can go for the more spacious/accessible twin bed approach and we’ll put a bedside table in the middle.  let us know your preference (by email rather than in the comments)

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and i noticed a picture of kezia mounted on to cardboard has been jammed in to the printer to stop paper splurging out on the to the floor.

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jane and i are now going to watch the piano which was filmed near where live.  good night.