A bit remiss about not posting earlier - July was a very wet, cold month where I plugged away writing conference papers, doing bits and pieces associated with contracted work I had underway, and had a couple of great days sewing when I was determined not to let the weather get me depressed.
Then Olivia flew in and left Callum with us for a couple of days while she went to a scrabble tournament. Callum is now 16 months old, saying a few words, very very mobile and inquisitive, very cheerful happy little chap. I took him to the playground next door, in to the hospital to
see his other grandma, out to visit an old friend in Pukekohe - he really enjoyed that - she has 7 grandchildren and a box full of toys! We loved having him and he got lots of cuddles. He also loved all grandad's garden tools and bits - there are now white pebbles in all sorts of funny places - but nothing harmful.
All sorts of little dramas make life interesting - like a car hitting the powerpole on the road outside at 8 am on a Sunday morning! which caused the burglar alarm to go off continuously and then jam the electronic gate and garage door openers! Then Peter and I both got an attack of some gastric thingy - yuk! less said the better, all well now.
Sadly, an old friend died. Kata , KAren's mum died at 92 years of age, one of the kindest, sincerest ladies you could wish to meet, she embodied all that was good in her Christian faith. The next weekend we attended a lovely 40th birthday party and a christening/cum first birthday party -reminding us that life has many stages.
I joined the patchwork class next door at Nathan Homestead - more of a longstanding group than a class but friendly women and doing some interesting projects - more later! I am plugging away on several projects - need to stop buying more bits and finish them!
In late July I had a very uplifting and spiritually refreshing week in Wellington on a week long residential with the School of Philosophy -and then back to a fairly eventful week or two.
Jonathan flew in and out on his way to Prague to deliver an international workshop on the use of R statistical software, particularly for people with visual difficulties and he left Jenna with us. Peter really enjoye
d having her for two weeks, I love her but oh, she does shed hair!
d having her for two weeks, I love her but oh, she does shed hair! Then Olivia flew in and left Callum with us for a couple of days while she went to a scrabble tournament. Callum is now 16 months old, saying a few words, very very mobile and inquisitive, very cheerful happy little chap. I took him to the playground next door, in to the hospital to
see his other grandma, out to visit an old friend in Pukekohe - he really enjoyed that - she has 7 grandchildren and a box full of toys! We loved having him and he got lots of cuddles. He also loved all grandad's garden tools and bits - there are now white pebbles in all sorts of funny places - but nothing harmful.
All sorts of little dramas make life interesting - like a car hitting the powerpole on the road outside at 8 am on a Sunday morning! which caused the burglar alarm to go off continuously and then jam the electronic gate and garage door openers! Then Peter and I both got an attack of some gastric thingy - yuk! less said the better, all well now.
Our bus is still in the repair shop - some very polite but lengthy negotiations - the people fixing the outside and the people fixing the inside need to agree on getting it right - it is now our insurance agent having discussions with the panel beaters insurance agents - meanwhile we wait!
Jonathan back, so no dog here now - suddenly it is very quiet!
I am off to Geelong next week to do some work - a little apprehensive - going to be a bit challenging but hopefully I can be useful.
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