Thursday 28 March
Today is the day they're off to camp. I was up around 6.45am. I would have rather snuggled back down for a while but I knew I had too much to do. DH made me a cup of coffee. My morning favourite - Jarrah Vienna Velvet :)
It's my wee morning treat. I'm easily pleased :)
Soon it was time for DH to head off across the city. He has to leave around 7.10am as it takes him till 8.00am to get across the city with the morning traffic. A few years ago he could leave at 7.30am but traffic volumes have increased...or everyone leaves earlier.
T, who is staying with us, appeared soon after. I pointed him in the direction of food and said to eat if he was hungry! It's great when you've known a child most of their life and can treat them almost as if they're your own :) H came out a little later looking very sleepy still, but some toast soon fixed that.
T & H decided it was high time J.L. was up and so went upstairs and promptly woke him up. I think he handled it ok because it was them. Generally he is not so polite if it's me waking him up!
I'd had sometning to eat by then - Weetbix cut in half with butter in the middle :) I used to eat them with milk and sugar but don't like them soggy so have been eating them like that for a while now.
I'd arranged with friends of T & H's parents to pick up a key as they (T & H) needed to get bags for camp from their old address. The family still own the house and are renting it out as they may move back to Wellington in the future. We were going to do that round 9.15am
Since there was a bit of time before then I went upstairs to my sewing haven to keep working on J.L's costume. Nothing like finishing it at the last minute! I got the overlocker re-threaded and got the side seams done. I also woke Miss L up as she needed to get organised as she had physio.
T, H & I jumped in the van but I got J.L. to stay home as Miss L was going to have a shower and isn't old enough to be left on her own. Then it was off to pick up the key and the bags. Up to Newlands to get the key, then on to Grenada Village to get the bags. The boys went in and were only a few minutes. Home again, home again, jiggerty jig!
There was a little window of time so I organised J.L to find the thermal backed bedrolls for the boys, and one for Miss L as she had a sleepover that night.
Then it was out the door again for Miss L and I. The boys were sorted as to what they were doing, and J.L. was going to finish his packing.
Miss L's physio appointment went well...although on reflection I should have e-mailed about her neck. The physio gave her a neck massage that helped with the stiffness. The injury to her neck left her with whiplash type effects. Next week we go again for her achilles.
After physio we headed out to Dressmart. Miss L wanted to find a dress for a niece's wedding we are going to this weekend. We didn't find anything at Dressmart so went on to North City Plaza. After going to about 6 shops...sigh...Miss L found something she liked and that fitted at Cotton On...I think! We went to so many different ones and I'm really not into clothes shopping. Strange woman, I know, but I tend to shop when I need things and get it over and done with as quickly as possible!
We called in at the supermarket to pick up the supplies that J.L. needed for camp. And I'm not talking snacks here. I need to provide all his meals as there isn't a Gluten free option and he would be one sick lad if he ate Gluten for several days. Last Saturday at Master D's first birthday party he mistakenly ate a muffin he thought was GF. It wasn't. After about half an hour he looked pale and tired. He was lucky...he slept all the way home from the Wairarapa.
The camp have said they will refund us $30 as we need to supply his food. Good on them :)
I got a text from T saying that J.L. and he were going down to the mall to get lunch and T's supplies for camp...meaning soft drinks and chippies I think. On the way home we drove past them found out that H had walked up to the New World in Newlands to get some drinks after going to the pool to pick up his pocket knife...but the lad who had it wasn't there as his family's car had broken down.
After a quick bite to eat I went back upstairs to finish the pants for J.L's costume. I only needed to overlock the waist and bottom edges of the pants, make casings and insert elastic so it didn't take too long to do. While I was busy H returned, then T & J.L. and they all spent some time on the Xbox.
T came and said that his girl-friend's dad was home so he was able to go over there...his parent's and her parent's instructions were to the effect that one of her parent's needed to be home if he went over. As he was most likely going to meet us at the church for camp drop-off I got him to load his gear into the van before he went.
The pants were finished and the costume looked pretty good all put together.
It's my wee morning treat. I'm easily pleased :)
Soon it was time for DH to head off across the city. He has to leave around 7.10am as it takes him till 8.00am to get across the city with the morning traffic. A few years ago he could leave at 7.30am but traffic volumes have increased...or everyone leaves earlier.
T, who is staying with us, appeared soon after. I pointed him in the direction of food and said to eat if he was hungry! It's great when you've known a child most of their life and can treat them almost as if they're your own :) H came out a little later looking very sleepy still, but some toast soon fixed that.
T & H decided it was high time J.L. was up and so went upstairs and promptly woke him up. I think he handled it ok because it was them. Generally he is not so polite if it's me waking him up!
I'd had sometning to eat by then - Weetbix cut in half with butter in the middle :) I used to eat them with milk and sugar but don't like them soggy so have been eating them like that for a while now.
I'd arranged with friends of T & H's parents to pick up a key as they (T & H) needed to get bags for camp from their old address. The family still own the house and are renting it out as they may move back to Wellington in the future. We were going to do that round 9.15am
Since there was a bit of time before then I went upstairs to my sewing haven to keep working on J.L's costume. Nothing like finishing it at the last minute! I got the overlocker re-threaded and got the side seams done. I also woke Miss L up as she needed to get organised as she had physio.
T, H & I jumped in the van but I got J.L. to stay home as Miss L was going to have a shower and isn't old enough to be left on her own. Then it was off to pick up the key and the bags. Up to Newlands to get the key, then on to Grenada Village to get the bags. The boys went in and were only a few minutes. Home again, home again, jiggerty jig!
There was a little window of time so I organised J.L to find the thermal backed bedrolls for the boys, and one for Miss L as she had a sleepover that night.
Then it was out the door again for Miss L and I. The boys were sorted as to what they were doing, and J.L. was going to finish his packing.
Miss L's physio appointment went well...although on reflection I should have e-mailed about her neck. The physio gave her a neck massage that helped with the stiffness. The injury to her neck left her with whiplash type effects. Next week we go again for her achilles.
After physio we headed out to Dressmart. Miss L wanted to find a dress for a niece's wedding we are going to this weekend. We didn't find anything at Dressmart so went on to North City Plaza. After going to about 6 shops...sigh...Miss L found something she liked and that fitted at Cotton On...I think! We went to so many different ones and I'm really not into clothes shopping. Strange woman, I know, but I tend to shop when I need things and get it over and done with as quickly as possible!
We called in at the supermarket to pick up the supplies that J.L. needed for camp. And I'm not talking snacks here. I need to provide all his meals as there isn't a Gluten free option and he would be one sick lad if he ate Gluten for several days. Last Saturday at Master D's first birthday party he mistakenly ate a muffin he thought was GF. It wasn't. After about half an hour he looked pale and tired. He was lucky...he slept all the way home from the Wairarapa.
The camp have said they will refund us $30 as we need to supply his food. Good on them :)
I got a text from T saying that J.L. and he were going down to the mall to get lunch and T's supplies for camp...meaning soft drinks and chippies I think. On the way home we drove past them found out that H had walked up to the New World in Newlands to get some drinks after going to the pool to pick up his pocket knife...but the lad who had it wasn't there as his family's car had broken down.
After a quick bite to eat I went back upstairs to finish the pants for J.L's costume. I only needed to overlock the waist and bottom edges of the pants, make casings and insert elastic so it didn't take too long to do. While I was busy H returned, then T & J.L. and they all spent some time on the Xbox.
T came and said that his girl-friend's dad was home so he was able to go over there...his parent's and her parent's instructions were to the effect that one of her parent's needed to be home if he went over. As he was most likely going to meet us at the church for camp drop-off I got him to load his gear into the van before he went.
The pants were finished and the costume looked pretty good all put together.
J.L. and H loaded their gear into the van and we headed over to the church. Just as we were about to leave I got a text from T "I don't have a pillow" I replied "Oh, just as well we didn't leave yet!" J.L. was on the job though because as I appeared with said pillow J.L. told me T didn't have his! A good mate. I also supplied T & H with a blanket each...H declaring they wouldn't need it! I said "Then you won't have to use it but if you need it you've got it." It can get pretty cold with just a sleeping bag! And you never know who might have left something behind and be glad of it.
After seeing that the all important food bags went on the bus..J.L & another lad who has severe allergies of the life-threatening kind..Miss L and I popped back home to pick up her gear for the sleepover. Plus the airbed pump which C had requested for her airbed.
I dropped off Miss L and had a quick cuddle of a wee babe, the new son of the co-captain of the GB comapny.
I decided to call in and see if J, A and Little O were home as I had text a few times over the week and not heard anything back. They were home and A had lost her phone hence the non-reply. I'd figured something like that had happened. Whilst we were talking I felt around in the chair I was sitting in. I'd already put my hands down each side and then J commented it was the seat A had been sitting in when she mislaid it. I decided to check again this time putting my hand deep down and towards the front...I felt something..carefully delved a bit more and pulled out....the phone!! A couldn't believe it as they'd checked there several times. I was very popular :)
Little O walked across the room in stages... a new feat for her. She did come over to see me but declined to cuddle as she was too busy doing other things :) She'd been playing with my keys and I waited till she got busy before I picked them up. Little O has a determined nature and has decided its fun to throw paddies..and as there was no rush I saw no point in setting her off on a tantrum by taking the keys away.
I wended my way home fully expecting to see DH had arrived home as it was after 7pm. No sign of him so he had to work late. He arrived home not long after. We had some dinner and then I had that Hmmm-what-shall-I do-it's-too-quiet feeling. So used to busyness and things happening. I spent some time on the computer and then settled down to watch Project Runway...snuggled up in bed.
After it was finished I read a bit of my current book. I'm finding it really interesting. It is written by John Kirkby who founded CAP (Christians Against Poverty) in 1996. They help folk who are seriously in debt to pay off their debt and become debt free. They also run a budget course which our church is running in May and I've decided to do it, I may pick up a few ideas.
Before too long I found my eyes were closing so settled down to sleep. It is a rarity for me to be settling down before DH but this night I was.
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