Apart from that we (mainly Doug) have been installing irrigation systems and I got the overseas Christmas mail ready.
On Wednesday we both had podiatry appointments and while Doug had his appointment I walked the 1.25 km. to the Post Shop to post the mail. The posting seemed to take forever and Doug came and picked me up
A month or so ago my brother did a blog post about the supermarket loyalty scheme in Brighton, Sussex and I have been meaning to do one about the schemes here. They have recently changed and after posting the mail we did an extra large supermarket shop to take advantage of the current special offer. This meant that on Thursday I cooked a large Moroccan style stew which I froze in portions the following day. Also on Thursday we celebrated the arrival of great-granddaughter # 5 (all living here in Whangarei).
On top of this a fair amount of gardening has been done, I have been in the garden by 6.30 or 7 a.m. every day. It is a good growing season so there has been lots to do.
On Saturday it was the Growers' Market as usual and then at 1 p.m. we went to the Whangarei Dance Academy's show called "Decades" Eldest great-granddaughter (9 years old) was performing and granddaughter told me the ages ranged from 3 to 18 years old. (Doing a rough calculation from a photo there were about 160 people involved in the show). There were three performances in the 340 seat Theatre and we were blown away by the standard. It was such a professional show. The show finished at about 4 p.m. so it was a very late lunch yesterday.
Today has been busy getting tables and chairs moved and ready for our pre-Christmas get-together for the Parkinson Walking Group and making a batch of 18 mini ham and kumara frittatas as part of my contribution to the food.
