Well we've been here for 9 months. Still have 3 babies - Gareth, Catrin-Elisabeth and Kevin biggest one of all. The children (below voting age) are both home with me today. They have colds. I suppose it is winter here. We all watched the lunar eclipse last night. The moon did indeed turn red. It was spooky to watch but totally absorbing.

I go back to work tomorrow afternoon having been off sick for a week with these foreign bugs that keep attacking my right way up cells.

We hope to move house in mid September. It is a bigger house than we have now. Still three bedrooms but bigger bedrooms. It has views to die for. It overlooks the bay and harbour towards Mount Maunganui which is a sacred mountain to the Mauri people.

We go away next weekend with friends down to the house on Lake Taupo. Looking forward to that. It will be nice to get away for a few days.

I am starting a preceptor course with work going onto Cardiac teaching.

Enough for now.

Siwsam