Saturday...

Chris went to the men's breakfast at Leith Valley this morning, then dashed back to take the girls to music and Zach to soccer. My morning will be taken up with washing - the machine has broken again, so we might have to look at replacing it (sigh).
I have music practise at 4pm and leading songs tomorrow at Leith for the first time. I also have to finish typing up my Feild Education goals for Leith; our placements start August 8! And I have a case study and an essay to write for ethics as well.
I thought I might get around to planting the polyanthus I bought this week, to add a spot of winter colour to the front garden and there is a pile of thank-you's to the APW support parishes that I really ought to get started on.
At least I can tick "Update Blogspot" off my list!
I think I want to have a coffee now...

Just a wee note

Who says Dunedin is Always cold?
Despite the change in wind direction today, the last week has been abmormally spring like. Very nice.

We are enjoying having Kevin Finlay to stay with us this week, although we are all staying up far too late talking. (Oops).
I've just figured out how to do the images thing, so you can all Really keep an eye on us now.
Yup, still leading worship!!!
Have to go, Katarina has a late netball game today!

Tamarillo treats

Trevor has been sending us photo's of our house in Hay Street. The tenants are doing a great job with the grounds and the place looks pretty good. We've been looking longingly at the tamarillo tree which is laden with fruit for the first time this year.

Today, a parcel arrived from Trevor for Zach's birthday. Amongst all the other stuff, Trev had packed 8 tamarillo's, carefully taped into a couple of egg cartons. How cool is that? Thanks mate.

wet and windy

Oma and Opa don't think much of our weather down here. At least it isn't really cold but the inclement weather has put almost as big a dampner on holiday activities as all the coughs and colds. However, we are all on the mend now and hopefully the weather will come right too!

Janine has almost finished "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" which we picked up on Saturday; she has had a long wait since her birthday for her last present. And Zach has been working on his party this Saturday.

Chris and I have lectures this week and I am juggling my music lectures also. While technically there isn't a clash as lectures happen in SOM lunchtimes, there is the small matter of the travelling time... and we might get the van back tomorrow! The fly wheel went. This is, in fact, a blessing because the insurence will pay for fly wheel repairs but not for a worn clutch. Mind you, we will be getting the clutch repaired while we are at it. It's not all bad!

Retreat! Retreat!

We're just back from our Retreat at Holy Cross, Mosgiel. The van broke down on the way back so it was a bit of a mission getting home; the clutch has gone so that will be expensive. Fortunately we have heard about a fund to cover such dire emergancies so we shall be investigating that presently! And we have been lent a car for the weekend which is a blessing.

Oma has been holding the fort valiently; all the children are sick with flu, coughing away miserably although Zach was well enough yesterday to go out to play at a friend's house. I am not much better myself - just as well it was a silent retreat!

SOM and the second week of the holidays start next week; looks like snow...

Wanderings in Wanaka

We've had a great time on holiday with only one or two minor glitches.

Hannah and I spent a night in Dunstan Hospital after her croup deterioated on Monday. This was just a precautionary measure you understand, but there are only limited medical facilities in Wanaka so they shipped us off. So, instead of having lunch, I found myself in an ambulance with a very sad Hannah. There is a picture of "our" ambulance officers in the ODT this morning!

We were fine of course, once the steroids kicked in the 'barking' stopped but they kept us in overnight for observation and Chris picked us up in the morning. So we had a slow day on Tuesday, went ski-ing at Cadrona on Wednesday which the children just loved and Puzzleword on Thursday, back home Friday via Ranfurly and Middlemarch.

Everyone is off to music and soccer this morning so I can Clean Up.