It's a boy! (Tuesday)

Woke up to the lovely news that Jon's niece has had her baby, she is really tiny and the baby was 8lbs 10oz and she had a home birth with no help- well done her.

I met a man in the park with his dog and the dog was a hunting dog and was deaf because of the gun. How sad. He was a lovely dog and at 11 years old was having a lovely time chasing a ball.

I had to go to the supermarket for a few things today - you can only buy bananas two or three at a time as they go really soft very quickly. I also bought some passion fruit which are just coming into season - I am now hooked on fresh passion fruit it is delicious!

I went to the shopping area where they are building the new supermarket, which will be my nearest, and it has some really nice shops. I managed to find a lovely top for the new baby, Zachary, with a kiwi on it - so cute. I also found a card shop with cards at sensible prices. Most of the shops sell Hallmark cards and they are about £3 each plus postage you are looking at £4 to send a birthday card a little OTT I think.

In the afternoon I had a phone call from a lady called Joan. She had been given my number by Lois from Lions. Joan moved here two years ago when her husband retired. She has a daughter married to a Kiwi living here and two grandchildren. We had a very long chat, over an hour, and got on really well. She lives across the other side of Tauranga but it is not too far. We are going to meet one afternoon and walk up the Mount together and then go for a coffee which will be nice. It was nice to speak to someone who understands how I feel. Although I have met lots of people here there are no memories with them and so everything you talk about is new and not like chatting to old friends when you can talk about anything and relax. It is hard to explain unless you are in the situation so it will be nice to meet up with her.

There was a very odd looking "hoodie" down in Rotary park when we went tonight, I was glad I was with Jon as he looked very shifty, on his own and no dog just leaning on the barbecue??? It was so calm down there tonight, no wind and the tide was so far out we could have walked across Welcome Bay - we might do that one night.

I made a delicious three cheese macaroni with bacon for dinner tonight and it was really yummy!