January 24th

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I think most exciting bit of the week has been the weekend. We hosted a "welcome to NZ" party for Becky Kendall who arrived on Thursday. Nicky and I went to meet her at the airport along with Naomi who has been providing the initial accommodation. So, we had a goodly selection of the family and an excellent range of edible goodies and "grape juice". We spent Saturday getting ready for the evening, and then today have been relaxation and pottering round the house. Claire has gone out with Ryan to the museum and to try a pizza place.

Nicky has been suffering with a bit of a tummy bug, and ended up taking Thursday off. Lack of sleep has not helped, and she is not right yet but better than she was. She has been very busy at work, and had some fun with the trains, which started running again this week but took a couple of days to get organised.

I have had some Mac work and done my first massage of the year, and Claire has had another heavy week of sofa testing. She spent much of Tuesday out at the cinema with a friend in the afternoon, and then Laser Striking in the evening. This induced a "sporting injury" of very tender thighs for a few days.

The weather has been a bit variable, with some rain and wind towards the end of the week. Not sure what we are in for this week, but it is still warm, even when it's not sunny.

Bye for now,
Rick

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