Some more names, house work, etc.....

Hello again. Here are some more names of children at Emily's school - Flower Lei, Te Ahuora Macfrarlane, Tessa Impey, Nicola Aldridge, Hilary Sue, Joel Impey, Aven Bufkin, Satveer Logarh, Anna Van Wijk, RaikiWillison, and Tony Wu. An article in the paper indicates that there are 80 ethnic groups represented in Hamilton. It rains often here but with few thunderstorms. There are some flowering trees in bloom, red ones, white ones, pink ones, and some flowers including the hebe, I believe it is spelled. We have been working on the house and have found things we sought, thanks to Carrie's good work, such as video and still cameras, glass shelves for the curio cabinet and the itmes that go in that cabinet (Emily delights in rearranging them). She will have a dance concert this Tuesday at Joseph's school gymnasium. She sings with a kiwi (New Zealand) accent now and calls Carrie "mum." I recently saw The Italian, a Russian movie that I would recommend to anyone, about a six-year old who is in an orphanage and goes on a quest, after travails to get the address, to find his mom. Tomorrow the kitchen work begins, and some plumbing and possibly some floor work, should be an interesting week! Emily had strep throat last week but is ok now. I am pretty much a home body, doing the wash, vacuming, cleaning, by choice - and now have greater appreciation for woman's work never being done! Well, I hope all who read this have a happy and healthy week. Manford