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A busy few weeks
Most important things first: MrPloppy made it home safely a couple of weeks ago – no hassles at all on the return trip, thankfully. He still says he’s never flying long-haul again though. Anyway, since he’s been back, it’s been all go. My brother and his family came to stay over Queen’s Birthday weekend –…
Plays and Parcels
The letterbox has been a source of surprises lately. First there was a blast from the past – a note from ORNOT (who we haven’t heard from for at least a year) attached to a flyer for a play. A play that he’d written and directed! The note offered us complementary tickets, so of course…
Pretty colours
The new project I got in Wellington: It’s very different from my usual embroidery projects, with no chart or instructions – all you get is the design printed on the fabric and a bundle of brightly coloured threads to use as you wish. So plenty of room for creativity and for learning a few new…
Wedding of the Year
They say that rain on a wedding day is a portent of a good marriage. If so, awhina and MrAwhina should live happily ever after, because it was bucketing down yesterday morning. Lytteltonwitch, MrPloppy and I arrived at the church early, because we were in charge of creating a booktree. Awhina had left a box…
Busy, busy, busy
Having a week off sick but not really sick was great, but the downside was when I got back to work on Monday I had to catch up with everything I missed, and as this week was my last before a few weeks of Christmas holiday (HR’s been on my back again about not using…
All packed and ready to go!
Got everything packed tonight so I don’t have to rush around in a panic tomorrow morning. The only things left to pack are my toothbrush and the spare batteries for my camera (which are busy recharging at the moment). The bag in the photo, which I’ll be checking in, is completely full of books –…