OUR MATARANGI HOLIDAY... masses of photos!

Our holiday, in no particular order, thanks to Blogger being an arse again.

ABOVE:  We went to the Market in Whitianga on Saturday: some amazing fish wall hangings carved from various types of wood.  I wanted one sooooo much, but they were really expensive, so we left them there.  booo hooo.

ABOVE:  the kids playing with bubbles at the Whitianga Market on Saturday.

ABOVE: on the thursday we spent most of the day on the beach, Matarangi is so very beautiful.  We loved it there...

ABOVE:  me on the beach!  I even went swimming, the water was lovely.

ABOVE:  Stew keeping an eye on the kids in the water.  There were lots of really neat waves that day.

ABOVE:   me and Anne R ... we had morning tea together on Sunday morning before we came home.   She was one of my lovely Weight Watcher friends is Palmerston North.

ABOVE:  this was the wee quilt and matching pillowslips I made as a 'Thank You' gift for Anne F and her hubby John.   I can't thank them enough for giving us the chance to spend time at the beach in their home.

ABOVE:   the view from the Matarangi house on Sunday morning..... the day we came home.  It was WET, WET, WET.... though it wasn't only wet there, it was wet everywhere!

ABOVE:  The beach on Sunday morning, very rough and churned up. 
On our way over to Whitianga from Matarangi we came across flooding ...

ABOVE:  Our first flood, which was at Simpson's Beach, just before getting to Whitianga ... we got across just fine.

ABOVE:  the second flood... just by the Golf Course outside Whitianga.....and...

ABOVE:  the BIG ONE further up the road about 10 kms out of Whitianga!   I was a bit worried we would not get through... it was huge, and quite swift in places....

But luckily we did get through.

ABOVE: half way through the last BIG FLOOD we were stopping half way as oncoming cars were asking us if they would get through.... which we said 'Yes' to.....

ABOVE:  and the coolest thing ... we ran into (right in the middle of the last big flood) an old friend of the family ... Richard!  So we had a very quick 'Hi, how are ya' before we had to move or risk getting stuck in the water!  It was rather funny.


The next thing that was mildly exciting was a cowshed burning .....  AND then the main road we were travelling on was blocked due to an accident, so we (and hundreds of other cars) had to be diverted onto windy country roads for AGES to bypass the accident. 

We were very glad to get home I can tell you! 

NOW:  Today?  Well Stew is back at work and I am trying to get all the washing done and dried.... and unpack all that I didn't get to yesterday.   How joyful....

ONWARD!

Getting masses done.... while it still rains and rains.... hopefully in the next few days it will fine up again!
I have gone and re-arranged our lounge AGAIN!   It is something I tend to do when ever we get home from being away!  Weird.... must be some sort of 'nesting' instinct in me?  lol

Apart from that, it's just a 'get the washing done' sort of day. 

Hopefully later on I can start reading your blogs again to see what I've missed out on!

End of Day: I'm knackered.  I'm done for the day....been busy non stop doing jobs around the house. 
Diet:  on track. 
nite nite.