Wednesday and Thursday

Thursday.

I was up at my normal 7.00 and did all my morning chores and Jon left for work just as Elaine got up.

We had breakfast and then went out to Te Puna Quarry Park and had a walk around and it was so warm.

We then drove down to Pilot Bay and I showed her where the cruise ships come in before we went down to Mt Maunganui and walked around. It was such a beautiful day today, lovely and sunny and she was very envious of our lifestyle and how pretty it is around here.

We then went to one of the cafes along the beach front and had a very relaxing lunch.

We then went to meet Jon for a cup of tea as Elaine had to leave before he would get home.

I felt that was enough for the day as Elaine had to drive to Auckland for her flight tonight and I didn't want to tire her out as the drive on your own is not the best so we went back home and spent a while in out garden and she enjoyed looking at all the different plants and admiring the view.

After a shower and a drink it was time for her to leave, not a long stay but it had been nice to see her and the DVD of her skydive over Fox Glacier - very brave!!

When she left I made a cup of tea and sat reading all the information Jon brought home with our tickets for the Cook Islands trip at Christmas. I am so excited about it and it looks sooooo beautiful.

Jon came home and I made dinner and we watched some TV.

I need to get to bed now as I have Red Cross tomorrow.

So many things coming up no wonder they call this the 'silly season'.

Wednesday

I just seem to have so much on at the moment and no time to do my blog!

Wednesday morning I went over to the Dive and Fishing Club rooms to assist with the six monthly assessment of the children my Lions club have paid to have Hart Walkers.

A doctor and a physio come over from Australia to assess the children and adjust their frames. The children, five in total, come in one very hour and it is a very social occasion as the parents and children all know each other although they are from different areas of the Bay of Plenty. The children, who all have cerebral palsy, are amazing and is it so sad to see how hard they try to make their legs work and are encouraged to try and knock a huge gym ball around the room. It is sad to see how their little legs are marked with the straps when  they are taken out of the walkers and it certainly makes you count your blessings.

Our role was to provide tea, coffee and juice and all the goodies we had made throughout the morning. It was good to catch up with Lions area President and talk to the doctor and physio from Oz. My chocolate brownie biscuits went down particularly well and the physio gave me her email address so that I could send her the recipe!

I got home about one o'clock and just had time to clean the bathrooms and have some lunch before going to pick Margaret up to go to the cinema.

The film we had booked to see was the stage show of the musical Merily We Roll Along and was nearly three hours long. There was only Margaret and I and one man in the theatre!!

I found it very slow to start and nodded off a couple of times but the second half was good though not something I would recommend.

We left to go home and after dropping Margaret off I went home and Elaine, my friend from UK was sitting waiting in her car.

We went in and Jon arrived at the same time.

It was lovely too see her and catch up on her news and she told us all about her trip in the South Island where she had stayed with her daughter who is working in Queenstown.

We had a bbq dinner and just sat chatting till bedtime.


WEATHER
Wednesday Sunny with some cloud 23 degrees
Thursday Sunny 24 degrees