Thursday, December 13, 2018

GETTING THINGS DONE.

Monday was a busy, tiring day.  We headed up to Kaitaia to visit friends up there.  We left home at 8 a.m. and made good time to Kaitaia (about a 2 hour trip).  We managed to visit all the friends we intended  as well as having a pleasant lunch and got back home at 7 p.m.

On Tuesday we were still quite tired but went into town to do some shopping for gifts and I ended up buying a trinket for the tree.  It is actually "a dream catcher" but it just took my fancy.



Yesterday, Wednesday, we were supposed to go down to Orewa to visit Doug's eldest daughter but she is coming up here on Saturday so it saved us a trip.  Just as well as I managed to get a cancellation for Intense Pulsed Light Therapy for my eyes.  Something I dislike and the only good things about it are that it is quick and seems to help.  We then went into Kamo to pick up Doug's cuckoo clock which has been in for service (it was given to him by his late wife for his 70th birthday so was overdue for a service).  While there we had a prescription to pick up and I ended up buying a couple more trinkets that caught my eye.  Not the best light for the photos.



As well as this Doug is busy building a hutch dresser in the dining room but more of that later and I have been busy with the usual chores plus getting final presents and cards organised.  I think we are on track though.

11 comments:

  1. My daughter has just got back from Perth and found it amusing to see Christmas stuff all around in the sunshine. lol
    I love the little dream catcher.
    Briony
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  2. That's a very festive tree. And I really dig the wee dragonfly. I just wrote out a bunch of Christmas cards and will post them today, hopefully.

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    1. I love dragonflies. We had a lot on our previous property. I have just put up a string of dragonfly lights in our new sunroom.

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  3. Your little dragonfly has reminded me about my surprise, about 10 days ago, when I found a dragonfly warming himself in the sun on a gatepost. I really didn't expect to see one so late in the year, given how cold it had been. I hope I kept the photograph, if so I will post it. He was handsome, but not nearly as handsome as your decoration.

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    1. It is sad that I haven't seen any for some time. I look forward to seeing your photo if you still have it.

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  4. Gosh you have been travelling around - how's the traffic been on your journeys?

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    1. It wasn't too bad luckily. Road was shocking coming back around your way. Resurfacing which meant long queues and then road metal throwing up all over bottom of car.

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  5. Crown Lynn Swans, we had a pair as a wedding gift. Sadly they both were damaged a long time ago.Lovely decorations. Think we will give a tree a miss this year, we gave our artificial one to a friend who has 3 little ones, and they , too, have just moved into a new home and the tree is up already.

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