Easter Weekend

Easter weekend has come and gone, and so quickly too. Spent most of it in a twix between chillin’ out and running around like a headless chook getting things ready for mum and dad’s arrival to Perth. Because hubby had to finish a big assignment I tried to keep out of the house on Saturday, which was pretty easy to do. A trip into town to fix a problem with my iphone, a grocery run and then my usual Saturday arvo at the animal shelter did the trick.

On Sunday we had an easter egg hunt. We divvied up the eggs between the three of us and each had a particular section in the house to hide them. I happened to be fairly good at it which made it more enjoyable, and in the end we went around finding the eggs no one had found and divided everything evenly. We were 3 eggs short, hopefully they don’t turn into a sticky chocolate mess somewhere.

I then spent a lot of time reorganising the laundry and spare bedroom, one of those jobs that takes forever but still looks like nothing has been achieved. The kitty litter was moved from the bathroom to the laundry; Griff had started to wee on the floor. I think he didn’t like sharing his bathroom, but hopefully the new laundry arrangement will suffice.

Yesterday J hung out with some friends from his new school: Time Zone, Burger King, Skate Shop etc. He seemed to have a good time, and I am stoked that after only a week and a half at school he has made some friends. I had a great day, too. Had some time out from home and went over our friends place in Subi for home cooked American pancakes (with real maple syrup) and banana bread. I can still taste it now, hubby will be sad he had to miss out. We then went and had a shopping day at IKEA. It was supposed to be quiet, but had turned out to be their busiest day of the year to date. I got quite a few goodies, as well as remembering to change the brackets over to the correct ones, and had a yummy feed at the IKEA restaurant to make the trip complete.

I picked up mum and dad from the airport last night, they arrived for their six week holiday. I sat them down before I unleased the Beast, who still was over excited with the prospect of new best friends and managed to scratch mum on her face. I think mum finally realised how big she is and that she won’t be able to walk Aoife. I do see her slowly turning into a dog person, however, and Aoife’s big brown eyes already seem to be inching their way into her heart.

Funny quote:

(After discussing the metric and imperial systems with my American friends)

Me: “How long is a yard?”

V: “It’s about 36 inches.”

We both realised at the same time. LOL.

I haven't posted about the crap we are dealing with in NZ about out house insurance after the EQ. It still stresses me out.