It's here, at last.

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As November comes to an end, and the last month of the year begins, summer is officially upon us. The weather seems to have noticed, for the moment at least, as the temperature has risen degree by degree as the week has progressed.

It has been a generally “normal” week with Nicky doing most of her usual church activities, and me doing a reasonable amount of work. In addition, Nicky has been mowing the grass at church in stages (the battery on the mower doesn’t last very long), continued sewing, and attended a pre-Christmas multi-denominational service on Wednesday evening.

We have been doing Christmas shopping in town at the Art Gallery on Friday, and at the Arataki Visitor centre yesterday. I had work in town on Friday afternoon so we both went into town early, did the shopping, and then ate our picnic lunch in dappled sunlight in one of the galleries’ outdoor seating areas. Very pleasant. Nicky then caught a bus to Te Atatu to go to Dilworth Hearing again for more attention to her ears, and I headed off for work.

Yesterday afternoon we went over to see Maria, a friend of mine from Deep & Meaningful, to help her finish off some left over desserts, and have a general catch up, which was good.

Today while Nicky was at church I had a good long walk out at Karekare, and some time in the surf (swimming doesn’t really come into it). This afternoon Nicky has been Scrabbling at Stella’s, and the evening will be devoted to tellyboxing and recording other programmes as it seems to be the only night with anything decent on, though we did enjoy the Portrait Artists of the Year again yesterday.

On the house front, I think I have got the necessary information about my KiwiSaver organised and emailed off, and we have been told that the services have been completed at the section and title might be issued in a couple of weeks. We have also finalised the building contract, so feel we are making a little progress.

The coming week looks like it will be the last “quiet” one until next year.


Take care, Rick

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