And Relax

New Year’s Eve, laundry on the line and no plans for the rest of the day. 

Full Workout

The new kitchen got a full workout today and it was fantastic!  Stuff everywhere and still plenty of room for things like 3 recipe books layed out separately. There is still a little bit of piling up going on though, some habits are hard to break.

Ribbons and Bows

There’s more than just trees and tinsel going up, even some of the bus stops are getting a festive makeover. 

No Tree?

No problem. On a construction site (specifically the one next to work) a Christmas tree would be all kinds of a safety hazard. Next best thing? Decorate the brand spanking, newly installed, pink topped base isolator. 

And as much of a closeup as I could get. If you squint you can see the tinsel, silver at the top and gold at the bottom. 

Tinsel and Trees

It’s been slowly building over the last few weeks but this week all restraint has crumbled, there’s tinsel and trees everywhere. 

At work,

At the supermarket (although you can’t see the lights, these look much more impressive at night)

Even at the gym

Slow News Week

I really can’t tell you what I’ve been up to this week. It has passed in a haze of catch up emails and meetings. My photos aren’t much help either, the only thing I’ve documented this week is a stonking great bruise on my leg, which I will not share, because the massage therapist wanted to see the results of his work. For the record red/black was what he was hoping for and what was delivered plus my right side is now a little more flexible (yay!).  So, after all that, here’s where we find ourselves…

Off the Grid

I spent most of this week at the annual Māori librarians hui. The hui move around the country but are always held on marae so each one is different depending on where we are. This year we were in Aohanga which might not even be on the map and is definitely off the communications map with no mobile coverage. After three long years of COVID disruptions it was all about reconnecting so, while there were some presentations, it was mostly time and activities that allowed us to just be together. 

And sheep. The marae is on a working station so sheep were also part of the rhythm of the day.