My Journal - week ending 11th October

Friday night (after Id posted last weeks post)

Billy gave me his 2nd computer (which works SO much faster than my old computer) spent the evening until very late partying to sounds. I have sounds!! :) My old computer sound chip didnt work. I grooved and boogied in my computer chair to Cliff, Ronan and Matt Redman

Saturday 

Got the house finished today :) With the lounge done

one last vacuum through the whole house (Ive vacuumed dust away as Ive moved furniture and completed rooms), took my 2nd car load (this week) of paper and cardboard to the recycling centre and brought new pillows for the spare bedroom and Billys beds.

I must be getting old was VERY tired from last night.  Had too much of a good thing then :)

Sunday

church in the morning and worked at the retreat in the afternoon

Monday

Daniel came home :)  :)  :)  I missed my boy
The boys and I went and checked out the new museum.  

In it they had a pottery exhibition and a computer where you could make your own piece of pottery on the computer and then it was displayed on a huge screen.  This is my piece :)  

Daniel enjoyed this exhibition :)  He had several turns at making a pot :)  I thought they maybe sent to us via the internet as you had the option to leave your email addy - however I havent received them :(  

Next we had a walk (Daniel rode his bike) around town 

and a play on the beach :)  

After lunch we also had a play :)  

faster this way!!

then we went home
Billy carried Daniel some of the way as his jandals broke

Tuesday 
Today Billy did some catch up school work with his reader/writer while Daniel and I did my catalogue job with a quiet afternoon at home 

Wednesday

 This morning Daniel and I went to the library and saw this puppet show :)  Daniel didnt want to make a puppet afterwards so we chose some books instead.  We havent been to the library in ages as I thought I was barred when in actual fact I just had a few fines so well be able to use it again :)

This afternoon we had lunch out and went to Arataki Honey 

what my boys were looking at :)  

 

discussing this wild honey hive 

Billy and I had quite a discussion about these facts
Amazing really!!

ThursdayThis morning Billy did some school work with his reader/writer.  Daniel and I picked up my catalogues.  

In the afternoon we went to Hawkes Bay Farmyard Zoo.   I cant believe we have lived in the Hawkes Bay and never been before - it was wonderful.  We had a picnic lunch then explored :)  

Billy particularly liked the parrot as it said hello to him :)  

As well as petting the animals Daniel also enjoyed the play ground that was there 

so soft 

nosy and friendly

this sheep has 5 legs (he was one of a twin who survived, its apparently quite common)

so special!!  the last time I remember seeing a peacock do this was when I was a child at the Auckland Zoo

Billy reckoned hed put himself in time out LOL  

Daniel went on to write a very short story about this :)

Friday
grocery shopping in the afternoon
picking up catalogues Id missed yesterday
I also made pumpkin butter :)