Summer Rain and Stories

Hi friend :) finally...a day where i could just do nothing. Since peter came home, it's been a blur of activities & my days fold over one another like clothes in a tumbler drier. I love having him home & making the most of our time together. He whisked me off to Rotorua the other day, just us minus the children. I was truly spoilt- he booked us a really nice place, went to an expensive Italian restaurant for dinner, went round town- in time for their weekly night market- it was good too, mostly food stalls with a sprinkling of jewellry, flowers and other ephemera. I know i'll sound partial but i still prefer our Little Big Markets just because of the variety and well...i don't know- it's just way better i guess :)
Which reminds me- i missed TLBM today. The food licence people won't start processing papers til monday + we have got friends who stayed with us so i needed to skip it anyway. I was thinking of it though this morning, i saw on FB that it was another good one. Good on them but sad to miss it.

Rain, rain go away...
been raining since October & i'm not getting any hopes up that this summer's gonna be bright & sunny- as it should but no signs of that so far. Weather predictions have been dismal and so does the constant quakes shaking Christchurch in the south. But life goes on...
It's been a cold day really, here's joshua beside me having a snooze at 4pm, gorgeous little munchkin, snoring away too, guess all the activity's got to him, hehehe. We had visitors who came & stayed with us from Whangarei on their way back home to Wanganui, they're really good family friends  so we enjoyed catching up and just spending time together. Lots of cooking... peter's been impressing everyone with his new found ability to whip up mouthwatering meals- even i couldn't believe how he learnt from scratch, in a month when i started tinkering with pots, pans and spices way back when i was twelve, so go figure, Lolol. So not fair, hehehe...at least he can't bake! hahaha? do i sound intimidated? hahaha.
Good times indeed, plenty of laughter, tired but you sleep with a warm, fuzzy feeling :) ya' know what i mean.
Next week we're off again on a roadtrip, so that would be great. We're gonna do the gondolas & luge then to napier. I have started walking again, i gained weight, ughhhhh, so depressing but i can do it! i will do it- loose weight. Fingers crossed.
On another note- I bought a really neat shabby chic 2 seater sofa off trade me, it's a Kate Fitzpatrick one and really cute. Cannot wait to pick it up. If you're not familiar with Fitzpatrick- think Cath Kidston, that type of theme. I'm a big Kidston fan unfortunately you could hardly get them here in nz, except for a sprinkling of some of her items in shops. I was able to buy a nice oilcloth book bag which i use as my work bag, so that's my share of it.
Sigh...my annual leave is almost over but i did enjoy time away from being a nurse. I love nursing but it can be intense at times so it's good to have a break. I am doing another postgrad paper this feb. so that's 2 towards a PG Dip. i need another 2 but i will most likely take a sabbatical from study next year.
Anyway, that's me. See, wasn't that a good catch-up? how about you? how was your holiday? hope you had a fab one.Anyway, we have been given another year to sow good things...have a fun Twenty Twelve mi'cherie!