Relaxing and Rambling with the Raglan Rallies

This wknd Uncle Terry and Aunty Kay came over to visit which was awesome. I got to show off my new place, and put Uncle Terry to work hehe. His choice actually cos I did say could wait for Dof but being the nice Miller Male he is he got right to work which meant Aunty Kay and I could have a good girls catch up in the sun 😀

On Saturday afternoon we went for a walk up Bluff Hill and saw the port from above, and on the way back to town I showed them the hilarious danger signs around that area. We stopped off at Matisse for a wine (beer for Uncle Terry) and a snack, as always great service, great music, good wine and the food was amazing too. After some more catching up at their motel I finally headed home.

Sunday morning I pottered at home while they went for a walk along the coastal pathway, I'm still not sure what it's official name is but that seems fitting. And in the afternoon we went to the National Aquarium of NZ. Was actually pretty cool 😀 we saw the sharks being fed, lots and lots of turtles and the penguins were having a blast playing in the spray intake things in their pool.

Monday morning Uncle Terry and I went for a wander on Te Mata Peak. We did the blue track, when we finally found it, I may have taken us on a couple sightseeing tracks first hehe. Then Uncle Terry had a nap (he is a grandpa after all, and he will claim he didn't nap hehe) while Aunty Kay and I went to the secondhand bookshop just up the road. I had heard good things about it and was not disappointed, it's fantastic inside and definitely won't be helping me save money and will probably result in me definitely needing a second bookcase lol. We finished off Monday with dinner at mine, managed to cook without setting off the smoke alarm that dad nicely fitted for me, mostly cos I've learnt to shut the hall door when I'm cooking hehe.

Was a great wknd and the weather behaved for us, was nice and sunny if a lil chilly but that's OK 😀

National Aquarium of NZ

Te Mata Peak

Same old yet completely different

So last wknd I moved into my new place in Hastings, and put dad to work on the Sunday for the entire day. Am sure he enjoyed it cos his comments sure seemed to fall on mostly uncaring ears hehe. Was a good and very productive wknd tho and I can't wait till mum and dad come back again when there is less that needs doing so we can chill some and also I can take them sightseeing.

Glenny and I have settled in very well, and it seems that the rooms and responsibilities have been assigned. EJ and Co get the spare room, Glenny gets the whole place and Missie is learning to guard, Sarg is her teacher of course. They are currently guarding the China cabinet. Not quite sure what I get but it's not a drama yet as Glenny is sharing. He is very uninterested in the kitchen so maybe that's my room when he stops sharing...

Spartz is loving having a carport, he says it's better than a gge cos he can still see what is going on, and I'm nice enough to back him in so he can stand guard, or just be nosey hehe.

It also turns out that I'm rather good at pottering, it's amazing how long I can spend doing stuff which is not really productive but also not really lazy as such, must have learnt from dof hehe.

In case you thinking that I'm just listing things that have changed, some of the same things is that Glenny is still a pillow hog, The Sound is still the best radio station, and of course I still love purple, duh on that one lol

A-Z of me

So decided that it was about time I did a A-Z of me. Each letter had to be one or two words max, yup I made rules haha.
So here goes 😊

Awesome
Bookworm
Creative
Dorta
Explorer
Friend
Glenny's mum
Home owner*
Inglewoodite
Jilly Bean
Kiwi
Lil sis
Missie's photographer
NRL Panthers
Optimist
Purple
Quirky
Relaxed
Spartz's bill-payer
Talker
Unique
Very awesome
Weird-ish
Xtraordinary (hehe)
Youthful
Zany

*ok so this one is a soon-to-be not a right now but figure it's close enough, less than two weeks and all hehe 😀
Ps for those that don't know already I've bought a place (a 2bdrm unit) in Hastings, move in on Friday 13th, am very excited.