WE'VE BEEN HERE SIX MONTHS

 

Today marks six months of us living in this village.

It's been a steep learning curve, some of it not so good, but MOSTLY it's been nice.

I at least, am starting to make friends, and joining in on some of the village activities.

Once Stew retires, in a few years time, he too will get the chance to fully integrate into this lifestyle/village.

Until then, he is able to join some activities, like there's a Christmas Lunch coming up in early December, and he's going to take a half day so he can attend.  I hope he does make an effort to join in more, because he does live here too. lol

Now, back to today.  We want to have a fairly relaxing day.  His nibs wants to go out somewhere nice for lunch, so I'll have to get me thinking cap on.  I'd like to go somewhere different from all the usual places we go.  ???

I'd also like to buy three more pots, and more weed mat for the back garden.  That's on me 'hit list' of things to get done.  Then ALL the gardens will be so much easier to keep looking good.  All we will need to do is spray a bit of weed killer around now and then... spot kill as weeds crop up.

I know it's going to look fantastic, and I'll be very happy to have it all done.  It goes without saying that Stew will be happy too, cos I won't be giving him 'the look' to get things done.  😂😉

Right, it's still a bit early to be thinking of getting outta bed, so I'll lie here and ready the news etc.  Stew will be up soon, to watch the rugby that he taped in the middle of the night, so no rush.

10.25 am, and Stew was happy enough with the rugby game.  Though it was the All Blacks 'B' team playing Wales, and the result was a given really.  Our guys won 52/26.

ABOVE:  We've been out to a couple of garden centres, and found three new pots.  2 terracotta and one more blue one.

We also grabbed a couple of vege pods... cos I've decided to grow lettuces and a tomato plant or two.  I hadn't planned on doing veges, but it will be nice to have fresh lettuce over summer.

We are now killing a bit of time before heading out for lunch.

We have decided to go to the cafe at The Hamilton Gardens, because they always do a very nice lunch.

ABOVE:  The first stop on our second outing of the day was to Bunnings, where we bought a line trimmer.  Because, although we HAD one, we sold it to our Real Estate Agent, thinking we didn't need one.

We do.

ABOVE:  While the lawns are mown frequently, the edges and corners always look like that.

I don't like THAT.

It's not tidy.

ABOVE: It only took Stew 5 minutes to get them looking lovely again.

ABOVE:  I wonder if the gardeners even notice?

So anyway, after getting the line trimmer, we went to the Hamilton Gardens Cafe for lunch.

ABOVE:  It was perfect weather for sitting outside.

Not too hot or cold.

ABOVE:  My hot chocolate got a 10/10, perfect.

ABOVE:  We both got a piece of carrot cake.  I had one bite only as I was full.  It also got a 10/10... I'd even give it a ++, it was that nice.  I shall have mine for 'dinner' this evening.

ABOVE: Stew's milkshake straw had bees on it.  Very cute.

Shame it was made of paper, I'd love to have kept it.

ABOVE: Here's where lunch went a bit pear shaped.  While the chips were a 10/10, the burger was a massive disappointment.

There was bugger all to it, no relish or sauce, the bacon was overcooked, and the meat patty was totally DRY and TASTELESS.

I didn't even bother eating it, I picked at it, then fed the sparrows.

Stew got half my chips too.

ABOVE: Time to clear the table.  The sparrows and other birds are well fed.  I fed them my burger bun, bit by bit, and they took it out of my hand.  Rather cute.

ABOVE:  We stopped in at Hamilton East to visit MADE again.  We DID NOT get an ice cream at Duck Island, tempting though it was.

MADE... I'll talk about that tomorrow.

It's now 2.12 pm and we are both sitting in the lounge, feet up relaxing.  We are both feeling a bit jaded.

Stew started to snore in his lounge chair, so I suggested he go and lie down on the bed.  He did, and had a 'granddad nap'.

Once he came back after an hour or so, we just settled down for the evening.

Now, it's 10 pm, he's gone to bed and I'm about to head off there as well.

It has been a nice, fairly relaxing day.

Catch ya tomorrow.