Stuff

Not all posts have to be profound, do they? I flatter myself. But I have decided that sometimes I just have to write and simply let you know what we've been up to.

We went out to eat last night to Meredith's, voted Restaurant of the Year. Sadly, Kelly and I are not at all well and couldn't taste A THING! We kept commenting on the wonderful texture of the food rather than it's taste. Pete and Greg were very impressed so I have to assume ours was delicious, too. A nice night out nevertheless. Pete's birthday was yesterday and Greg's was last week so that's why we went out.

Going to get some culture in a few weekends. Going with my mother in law to see the opera and orchestral version of Madame Butterfly for her birthday and, the next weekend, Greg and I are going with Pete and Kelly to Dralion, Cirque de Soleil's newest venture. That event was a gift from G and P's mom for their birthday! It's my present, too and Kelly's for next year (the tickets weren't cheap!).

A friend of a friend of a friend has just arrived in Auckland from Texas. I'll be showing her around this weekend and am looking forward to that. Nice to be able to show someone around; makes me feel like I really do live here or something. Oh, that's right -- I do!

I've got some rental possibilities to look at today. Kelly's going to drive me around. You may be wondering why Kelly is going to be driving me around and I'm not taking myself... Well, that's because my car is in the shop. I looked the wrong way whilst pulling out of our street the other day and crashed into another car. Everything is alright but the front end of the car needs some help. Oops! Not good. I wasn't thinking. It has to be a concentrated effort to remember to look the right way. Old habits die hard. And when I have a lot on my mind... You know.

Lloyd is well and enjoying his friends. He's up to my waist now! My next task is to download some photos so you have something new to look at on my shutterfly site so keep an eye out for those. I'm afraid they may not be very exciting but there you go.

Changing Course

We're looking at rentals. I know, I know it's about time, right? That's what I think. Wow are they expensive! You could (if you could) easily be paying over $700.00 PER WEEK! Ridiculous. I hate the thought of paying someone else's mortgage but there you go. Something has to be done. To save myself, my husband, our marriage... You know.

Slight Shifts

Lloyd and I were having coffee this morning (okay, he was having frothed milk, locally known as a fluffy) and he was doing some drawing in my notebook. He drew a picture of a cat and was trying to tell me so and explain that he had drawn.... and he couldn't think of Mabel's name! I prompted him and said, "O'Malley?" because that's the cat we live with here and he got all upset and almost started to cry because he could not for the life of him think of Mabel!

Something like that happened to me a few days ago but now I can't even remember any of it except that it happened so my excuse is I'm just getting old! But I do know it was a place I was trying to recall, not a person or pet. But still. As predicted, R.I. favorites are being given a new spot in my brain, slightly farther back, as new favorites are coming to the forefront here in N.Z.

It's all good, just hard to even admit sometimes.