Packing up

Nick packed almost the last of his things, emptying his office now so I could vacuum it around the edges. It's strange to see it so empty! We went to town for a while with a long list of things to do and buy; first was to drop more boxes at the manse. Hazel asked if we needed the boys with us or if they could stay there and build Lego - she had two brand new sets which needed building. Of course the boys were thrilled to comply! We took longer than anticipated and by the time we returned to the manse they had finished with the Lego and Hazel had unpacked a box of matchbox cars. Things are really taking shape in the manse and it's looking good. They have some lovely large pictures on the walls and extra furniture, so it looks much more homely. We had lunch at Sally's / Castle Gardens as it was well past lunchtime by the time we had finished our errands and collected the boys. In the afternoon we were home doing more cleaning and packing, and then back to the manse for supper. We got there quite early so after offloading our boxes we went to the docks to watch the still-huge waves. It's quite a sight actually and many people just come to wave-watch. Supper was lovely. Graeme was at a deacons' meeting when we arrived so we knew he wouldn't be home in time. Hazel had made a spaghetti bolognaise which was delicious, along with a salad made with lettuce, apple and basil! It was a St Helena special - find what's in your fridge and make a salad with it. Very tasty though. Graeme arrived home while we were having dessert of jelly and ice-cream. We had a good giggle when Hazel was trying to describe a Saint lady as "is she the one with the curly black hair?" You'd have to have been here, or at least seen many photos, to understand why that's so funny :-)