Preparations are almost finished for Sis arriving from Aussie on Wednesday night. All I have to do is run the lux (vacuum cleaner) over her bedroom and we'll be ready. Not that she will care if I don't get the floor done, but I will. Then after a week of catching up with people we'll both head over to the West Coast to our school reunion.
In the meantime it has been quite a social time here. We have a friend living in a rest home and her North Island family were down for a few days. I managed to catch up with them over coffee and cake one afternoon. Bob was coming but the man arrived just after lunch to install our new heat pump and was still here at tea time. Never mind, they'll be back again before too long I'm sure.
And on Friday we had a phone call from his sister. "Do you want to meet for lunch, we're on our way on the bus. It gets in just after 11." So we met them for early lunch, I was on duty at the shop filling in for someone, the reason for eating early, but we all enjoyed having a good old catch up on the family news. They usually come out when I'm not working and we can relax a bit more.
And talking about visitors from Aussie, we have friends over for the 50th Anniversary Otago Rally car event. This is the same couple who gave us both a run in his rally car when we were over there in August. I'm not really expecting to see them though as they are quite involved in the rally and now need to deep clean the car before it goes in the container to head home. But it would be nice :)
The weekend was quite eventful as well with Cyclone Vaianu bearing down on the country. It was due to make landfall around midday Sunday over Auckland city but changed course tracking down the east coast and made landfall further south. I feel sorry for the people in the area, I think this is the third time this year they've been hit with some sort of weather bomb. Roads closed, trees down and slips. So devastating and demoralising for them, but thankfully no loss of life. We were very thankful as it was a big storm and covered the whole of the North Island and part of the South and we have quite a few family members up there. None of them reported any damage except for branches off a couple of trees, apart from that just some rain and not much wind.
God is good.
I think that is it from me just now.
Take care, keep well until next time
Diana
I'm sorry about the cyclone, sounds like a bad storm.
ReplyDeleteWe're been having lots of flooding here, but no injuries.
Enjoy this time with your sister!
Have a good visit with your sister.
ReplyDeleteThe cyclone sounds scary! Glad you and your family/friends missed having major damage. Have fun with your sister! Special times!
ReplyDeleteProperty can be replaced. People cannot.
ReplyDeleteThankfully no one was hurt. Yes the weather is getting quite unpredictable
Goodness ...that cyclone sounds bad, so pleased no-one was hurt.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely visit with your sister.
All the best Jan
Sounds like a bad storm. Your sister's room looks inviting!! Enjoy your visit.
ReplyDeleteSo thankful the storm was not as bad as expected. We will begin our hurricane season in June, and we hope at least we will get some much needed rain during the summer months...but we'd prefer no severe storms, please Lord?! Sounds like you've had some nice visits with family and friends, etc. I always love it when dear friends/family can get together, even spontaneously! We are going to meet my hubby's brother and family for lunch this week too, and it will be a nice time to get caught up on family news. The older we get, the more important that is getting to be. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week.
ReplyDeleteYou have had a busy week. Glad to hear the cyclone wasn't as bad as anticipated.
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