The First Night

It is not two months since I last wrote, so I must be getting better. The carpet went down today and I have put up a bed, so tonight we will spend our first night in our new home. The photos show the kitchen bathroom and a shot of the bedroom. There are only a few jobs to do now, such as painting the surfeit, renewing the deck and making shelves for the hot water and the cupboards.

Two weekends ago we spent with Bill and stephanie, family and friends at Alex and Maz's place at Waihi Beach. It was great to catch up with the family. On Saturday morning Ron, Kay and I went fishing and caught a few snapper.

Last weekend was the Beach Hop here in Whangamata and the cars were awesome. There seemed to be as many people as other years. Newspapers say there were 70,000!

Tomorrow we set out to use our motor home again. We are going down to the Wairarapa to have a look at part of New Zealand we don't know much about. We will be going right down to the bottom of the North Island. I will be at the New Zealand Optimist Dinghy National Championships next Wednesday and over Easter.

After this contest we will be going up to Auckland to see how Phil and Erin's twins are getting on. Most of you will know that the two boys were born on Februry 24. They are home now and progressing well. The parents are struggling for sleep but coping.

Over the weekend of 18, 19, 20 April I will be assisting the running of the New Zealand One Metre National Championships (for the uninitiated - mdel yachts.)

Blogs will be more regular now that the work on the house is coming to the end.