Ok so it’s not quite a weekly blog but there is so much going on. We have settled into our house and managed to get it warm. No mean feat when there is no insulation and we only have three little heaters. We have worked out the vagaries of the log burner and have installed ourselves on the sofa. After 6 months even I am liking sofa time.
On the work front all is well for James. He appears to be getting into the swing of management and true to form has told his manger that the budget is wrong and he would like to change XY&Z. I think he may be a natural at this. That said he is a bit anxious still and in time he will do a special entry blog. On the Luke work front I am enjoying baking cakes, serving food and using the till. Essentially I get to cook in the morning and interact with customers the rest of the day. My ideal job apart from the pay. Although it is nice to finish work and have nothing to think about.
Our social life has taken off. We appear to know rather a lot of people. We have had a night out with James work colleagues. Had my work colleagues over for dinner and some wine, had Aaron round for dinner and more wine and had our house warming. Now that was fun. I mixed up a huge carrot cake in a 10L bucket (no pans big enough) and put on a fab display of breads and salads. The event it’s self was a lovely relaxing day. The sun came out the guest’s number 20 and the party rolled on from 1pm to 1am. We had kids running round the garden and launching stealth attacks with soft fruit on passing cars and stacking logs. We had lemons off our garden tree for G&T and we bought ice. In all we felt like proper Kiwi’s although the actual natives were not excited about our lemons as EVERYONE has a lemon tree or 3 in their gardens.
The next day we had another social event. Brunch with Ben. Unfortunately we had not factored in the clocks going forward for summer. So bleary eyed we arrived for lunch and had a good time but the food its self was crap. We sent James burger back twice as it was not cooked in the middle. It never happens at ZIG ZAG I will have you know.
After a hectic week of socialising we collapsed on the sofa for Monday but then we had another house guest James2 for more fun and relaxation. Tuesday night we managed a whole night of the sofa watching BBC downloads and listening to BBC radio. God bless the unique way the BBC is funded. The only downside is that all this Britishness may make us homesick.
So our overall we are having fun, making friends, settling into the house and getting established. We like the people (although they can be quite a racist bunch), the clean streets, the weather, lack of traffic and my new bike- Bruce. We also had good news about carol. She is home and whilst she is nowhere near right she is at least home and sleeping in her own bed. Get well soon Carol!
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