A long life.

My darling mum was not well for a week, we were at her bedside day and night holding her hand and being there when she needed us. We saw her fade away, and she died on Thursday 11 January in the evening. The funeral was yesterday. We had to move house at the weekend in the midst of all the arrangements, and I have tried to start my new job but have only been there a few hours a few days. I may go back to work tomorrow, or maybe the next day. And today is Andrew's 21st birthday.

On a positive note the weather has been beautiful today and we have got a new cat and kitten!

Summer where are you?

Well the weather was lovely on Thursday- I think that was summer! New Years Eve and New Years day were really cold, there was even snow on the hills in some areas of New Zealand. It was that cold that Tim lit the fire on New Years Eve. Remember this is the middle of summer here! The month of December in Wellington, our closest city, was the coldest in more than 70 years. What global warming???

Sarah and I shared looking after Anahera and Kaya for 2 nights over the New Years weekend. We took the girls to the indoor pools not far from Sarah and Tim's house and they had a great time. Even little Yana went in the toddlers pool. It was too cold to do anything outdoors.

I finished at ChemDry yesterday, it was quite sad to leave, I've been working there 4 1/2 years. I start my new job on Monday. Then we move on Saturday. And my mum is not doing well. Although she's 94 it was still a bit of a surprise to be rung on Thursday evening to say she wasn't doing so well. At least now she's drinking although still not eating. If she hadn't started to drink she may only have lasted a week as she's very frail anyway. She's doing a bit better now but it's still not certain if she will continue to slowly fade away or recover. I spent most of today down at her room in the rest home (she's more comfortable there) and my niece is staying overnight with her. Ah, she's got a strong spirit my mum, who knows, she may get to 100 yet and get her telegram from the Queen!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone, I pray that 2007 will be a great year for you all!

I'm still having a few health concerns, so keep praying for me too. I see a specialist within a month I would think. But first I need to get the move, starting my new job, and Andrew's 21st out of the way. I'm hoping also to be able to enjoy a week's holiday too in February.

I'd done a post with some Xmas pxts, but so far Blogger has decided not to publish it!