Rob and Julie brought Danni and Jonny over on Friday evening and we had a good evening sitting on the deck and snacking. There are 10 girls booked into the house tonight and tomorrow for a hen party. Two of the girls arrived this evening and the rest will arrive tomorrow. Rob put Danni and Jonny to bed before he left – 2 very tired children!
On Saturday morning Danni, Jonny and I went into Warkworth. After going to the bank and the butchers we were going to the playground when they both raced off to see who would be there first. Danni's jandal broke and they both went flying. Jonny was fine, he bounces !, but Danni grazed her knee and was almost in tears. So back to the car and off to the supermarket to do some shopping. Danni complained of feeling dizzy and sick. I was worried that she may have banged her head when she fell but she assured me that she hadn't. She was sick on the way back home and when we got back she went to bed. After lunch we were booked to go riding but Danni said that she didn't feel well enough and went back to bed. She really must have felt bad to miss riding but I rang the stables and rebooked for Sunday morning. I think that Danni was just so tired and needed to catch up on her sleep. It turned out to be fortunate as it rained in the afternoon.
We were booked in for the 10am ride but had a call to say that as it was still raining at 8am would we prefer to go on the 11.30 ride as it was forecast to be fine by then. As usual Danni was ready in good time and keen to go so she must be feeling much better. One of the escorts on our ride, Liz, was from Maidstone and has lived over here, in Puhoi, for 11 years. We did a lot of chatting on the ride. Back in the paddock Danni was keen to do some more jumping but Buzz wasn't too keen and it was hard work for her trying to get him to do the jumps. When we got back to the yard Danni was able to spend some time grooming Buzz which she really enjoyed. I reckon he was the cleanest in the yard by the time she had finished. Whilst we had been away Nigel and Jonny had been down to the shore for Jonny to fish. Despite being over excited and making a mess of his line he had still managed to catch a fish much to his and Nigel's surprise! The girls from the hen party had left and had left the house very tidy but had left the kitchen windows open and the wind had broken the catches. I told Jill and Martin is going to come over and fix them. Danni and Jonny helped me strip the beds and put the first of several loads of washing in the machine.
We left here at 3pm for the drive back to Rob's work where I dropped them off and said goodbye for another week. Well actually 2 weeks as we shall be away next weekend.
As Rob had worked at the weekend he had Monday off and as the weather was OK he, Nigel and I were able to go out fishing. We put the boat in at the ramp at Scotts Landing and set off with no problems. It was a bit choppy but once again we moored up just inside the reef in the shelter of the Mahurangi peninsula where it was calmer. Then followed a very pleasant 4 hours. We did move a couple of times but not too far. We caught a lot of small snapper which had to go back but we did end up with 3 good sized ones and then not long before we went back Nigel caught a fair sized Kowai which put up quite a fight. At one point we had a cormorant circling and diving around the boat and he was very pleased to be able to grab one of the smaller snapper that we threw back. There wasn't a lot of water, about 3 feet, when we got back to Scotts as the tide was well on it's way out but Rob managed to get in without a problem. Back at Rob's and Julie was home. Rob and Nigel emptied the boat and I walked down to the bakery to get us some pies for a late lunch. After lunch I went down to the fishing shop with Rob to buy him an early birthday present – a filletting knife. Until now he has borrowed Danny's (Julie's son) which is a bit of a pain to go and fetch it every time. Rob filletted the fish and smoked the kowai for us before we left. A good meal of kowai, snapper and chips when we got back home.
On Tuesday Martin came over and fixed the windows and had lunch with us. I carried on washing and folding sheets and towels, thankfully it has been really good drying weather and by lunchtime all was dry and put away. I made up the bed in the master bedroom as there are people here next weekend.
Wednesday morning I went into Matakana for a few things and had a look in the charity shop. I bought a pair of ¾ jeans and several tops – a good haul! I had a chat with the lady who was serving in there and she lives near here and has asked me to call in and see her which I will once Easter is over.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was really nice weather, warm and sunny and it has been nice just to spend time here and enjoy being in such a beautiful place. Rob called in on Thursday afternoon and we spent a couple of hours, on the deck, chatting.
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