Sunday afternoon and at last there’s some serious rain which is great news as our main tank ran out of rainwater early last week, which meant we had to switch to bore water. Our bore water is better than most, in that it is drinkable (albeit very alkalin-y) and it’s quite clear, although over time it does turn white sheets a pale shade of beige!

It’s a quiet day for the family – Miss 11.3 is sleeping off the excesses of a birthday sleep-over at her cousin’s place last night, and I spent a lazy morning in bed recovering from getting up at 2.30 to drive into Whangarei to watch the New Zealand Roller Derby team play Germany (and beat them) in their third game of the very first Roller Derby World Cup being held in Toronto, Canada. It’s not on the telly but it is streamed live, and one of the girls had her PC hooked up to her 42′ screen so a few of us could sit round and shout for our girls, helped along by chocolate chip and banana pancakes and lots of strong coffee.

We were supposed to be moving into the lounge today, but I have since discovered I have painted the ceiling white in six places (where we have filled in some holes where lights used to be) instead of the proper cream, and can’t seem to summon the energy to go out to the garage and get the stepladder, find the right shade of ceiling paint and fix my mistakes!

Ah well, what’s another week after two and a half years?