home sweet home
I'm soooo happy to be home again. Felt like I'd been away much, much longer than I actually have, and I think that's because I was so engaged in life in Welly, which is good, but it's even better being home with my sweetie again.
L was off yesterday so although the weather was horrible, we dressed sensibly and headed out after a long, slow morning together, into the country. Had a bit of a drive and then we went into town and mucked about. I love mucking about with him. We checked out the new mall (flash but still bare), went into some shops having sales and finally got him a black cardigan that I must say is rather metro, but of course looks good on him, and a slinky sleep top for me. Nice! Had a dinner date at my favourite restaurant then headed home early to spend more quality couple time together. It's been really enjoyable catching up and talking and enjoying each other's company knowing we don't have to say goodbye again for at least a few weeks. It's a luxury and a blessing to go to sleep together and wake up together and spend the day together. Today he's at work but it's a glorious sunshiney day and I'm making good use of it to unpack, do some washing, cleaning, spruce up the house a bit, not that he let it go to pot when I was away (and contrary to many women/wives warning me otherwise, I did not come home to a pigsty. My husband's not that kind of guy fortunately.) I came home to vacuumed rooms, a scrubbed bath (he knew that was high on my priority list post-journey), no heaps of dishes in the sink (instead they were clean in the dishwasher) and even some pretty tulips on my bedside table! Plus, bubbly in the fridge and chocolates in the bedroom. Mmmmm. *bliss out*
Today we had breakfast together and when he headed to work I began work too. Been rather productive in terms of housework. :) But not rushed or stressed, just cruising along. Which is great. We've also been blessed with another long weekend to look forward to, beginning this evening and lasting till Monday! I'm so glad I came home on Wed instead of Sunday, which was the original plan. I'm so glad my supervisor was leaving Welly on Wed so I could too (in fact we were on the same plane).
Wandered out into the garden to check things out earlier. The weeds are bigger so I know the soil's getting more fertile with all that compost we put on it. Ha. Well that's fine cos I'm not planting for awhile. We had some courgettes from the garden yesterday and today I might pick some tomatoes and bring them in to ripen since the heat isn't reliable (fine and sunny this weekend, but a max of 15 degrees - it's definitely autumn).
I also picked my first apple of the season from our tree out front. The apples are bigger and less diseased than last year, and I didn't do anything to it. Therefore I conclude that last year they didn't do so well because the previous owners had put chemicals on it and the tree was still trying to get over that, it's managed to do that and recover over this year so this season the apples are gorgeous! I ate the one I picked fresh off the tree, and it was delicious. Crunchy, sweet and tart. Lovely lovely lovely! Thank God for growing such beautiful yummy apples for us :)
Hopefully this weekend we can head out for a daytrip to a special place we discovered in summer out in the country. It's a beautiful spot by a river whose name we didn't know, so we named it after a black dog we saw splashing around in it. It's a great spot to sit and enjoy the view with a picnic! I've really missed L's cooking. Though I've eaten well in Welly and taken care of myself in terms of cooking proper dinners with lots of veggies and having lots of sleep, it can't beat having a gourmet meal cooked with style and love from the husband. He's really good at that. I always tell him I'll definitely come back to his restaurant again lol :p
Off to put out a second load of washing. Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Today many years ago, He sent his only son Jesus to die and pay the price of our sins. So that we can celebrate the victory of Jesus' blood over death and destruction. I'm looking forward to celebrating with God's people on Resurrection Sunday.
Count your blessings, people!
L was off yesterday so although the weather was horrible, we dressed sensibly and headed out after a long, slow morning together, into the country. Had a bit of a drive and then we went into town and mucked about. I love mucking about with him. We checked out the new mall (flash but still bare), went into some shops having sales and finally got him a black cardigan that I must say is rather metro, but of course looks good on him, and a slinky sleep top for me. Nice! Had a dinner date at my favourite restaurant then headed home early to spend more quality couple time together. It's been really enjoyable catching up and talking and enjoying each other's company knowing we don't have to say goodbye again for at least a few weeks. It's a luxury and a blessing to go to sleep together and wake up together and spend the day together. Today he's at work but it's a glorious sunshiney day and I'm making good use of it to unpack, do some washing, cleaning, spruce up the house a bit, not that he let it go to pot when I was away (and contrary to many women/wives warning me otherwise, I did not come home to a pigsty. My husband's not that kind of guy fortunately.) I came home to vacuumed rooms, a scrubbed bath (he knew that was high on my priority list post-journey), no heaps of dishes in the sink (instead they were clean in the dishwasher) and even some pretty tulips on my bedside table! Plus, bubbly in the fridge and chocolates in the bedroom. Mmmmm. *bliss out*
Today we had breakfast together and when he headed to work I began work too. Been rather productive in terms of housework. :) But not rushed or stressed, just cruising along. Which is great. We've also been blessed with another long weekend to look forward to, beginning this evening and lasting till Monday! I'm so glad I came home on Wed instead of Sunday, which was the original plan. I'm so glad my supervisor was leaving Welly on Wed so I could too (in fact we were on the same plane).
Wandered out into the garden to check things out earlier. The weeds are bigger so I know the soil's getting more fertile with all that compost we put on it. Ha. Well that's fine cos I'm not planting for awhile. We had some courgettes from the garden yesterday and today I might pick some tomatoes and bring them in to ripen since the heat isn't reliable (fine and sunny this weekend, but a max of 15 degrees - it's definitely autumn).
I also picked my first apple of the season from our tree out front. The apples are bigger and less diseased than last year, and I didn't do anything to it. Therefore I conclude that last year they didn't do so well because the previous owners had put chemicals on it and the tree was still trying to get over that, it's managed to do that and recover over this year so this season the apples are gorgeous! I ate the one I picked fresh off the tree, and it was delicious. Crunchy, sweet and tart. Lovely lovely lovely! Thank God for growing such beautiful yummy apples for us :)
Hopefully this weekend we can head out for a daytrip to a special place we discovered in summer out in the country. It's a beautiful spot by a river whose name we didn't know, so we named it after a black dog we saw splashing around in it. It's a great spot to sit and enjoy the view with a picnic! I've really missed L's cooking. Though I've eaten well in Welly and taken care of myself in terms of cooking proper dinners with lots of veggies and having lots of sleep, it can't beat having a gourmet meal cooked with style and love from the husband. He's really good at that. I always tell him I'll definitely come back to his restaurant again lol :p
Off to put out a second load of washing. Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Today many years ago, He sent his only son Jesus to die and pay the price of our sins. So that we can celebrate the victory of Jesus' blood over death and destruction. I'm looking forward to celebrating with God's people on Resurrection Sunday.
Count your blessings, people!