Back to work

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It has been a busy week, with us all being back at work. Nicky has done her usual 40 hours at Ranui Library, Claire has been doing extra hours at Whitcoulls as the Christmas rush begins, I have had a reasonable amount of Mac work.

Claire and I also also spent some time shopping for her 21st birthday present this week. The family is clubbing together for a piece of jewellery. We haven't found anything "just right" yet because Claire would prefer to having something which is "just right" as opposed to compromising in order to get something before next Friday.

Yesterday we were joined by Chris Howe, a friend of Nicky's from the UK who is visiting family in Australia and NZ. We had our local Santa parade yesterday, and after watching this Nicky and Chris went for walk and found a group of harpists playing by the beach. Today they have been to the Botanic Gardens while Claire and I have been relaxing and doing domestic tasks.


Chris, the giant texting bunny and Nicky.

Summer started on Tuesday (Dec 1st) according to the locals, but the weather doesn't seem to be of the same opinion. We have had some major rain this week and the temperature dropped on Friday, but things have picked up over the weekend with some sun and better forecasts for next week.

Bye for now,

Rick

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