Yesterday saw the shortest day pass. Unfortunately, the saying goes 'the days get longer, the cold gets stronger'. The southern half of 'the mainland' has been hit pretty heavily by a polar blast, and our minds are consumed pretty much completely by thoughts of insulation and heat pumps.
The shortest day also saw us standing in the pouring rain watching the grand opening of the new lights on the New Brighton pier. These actually turned out to be pretty impressive, the lights sort of pulse different colours along the columns, hard to explain but quite impressive.
On the home front, the nesting hormone (ikeadrene) appears to be taking over Annie's life. Evidence of this includes
- Coming home each day to discover a new curtain has appeared over a window, portal or cubbyhole
- Your house is now home to around a forests worth of paint swatch prints, and you are expected to have a strong opinion on the merits of the colour 'oatmeal' over 'Autumn Husk'. Failure to do so will see you regarded as the emotionless caveman that you obviously are.
- Your spouse proudly announces 'today, I hoovered the hoover'
Got another visitor on the way this Sunday, Tim is staying for a couple of nights en route to a season doing ski tuition in Wanaka .. lucky bugger! Also congrats to the Simmersons and Jacobs on getting NZ residency .. awooga!
Stay warm, and hello to all the Glastonbury goers, have a nice swim!
Malc & Annie
3 comments:
Personally I prefer Autumn Husk, has a bit more umph to it!
Good Luck - Fernie x
You truly have my sympathy as a confused and slightly crazy hubby of an expectant mother. It does go to the head. Xialers will tell me five times to turn the light on untill I realise she means the telly !!!! It is a guessing game with dire consequences for the wrong answers !
We are off to intensive baby school on Saturday and have recieved our reusable nappies and are ready (ha) and waiting, soon as poss apparantly.
Glad the scan was cool and look forward to hearing more x
lots of love liam and xialoers xxx
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