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1970	Put on "Holy Hell" using the school portico, since it was felt that such an unreligious play could not be performed in the chapel. Huge success, we had the boys howling with laughter with our hamming (Details). After we washed up we went to McDougal's to drink and sing until 2AM when we had eggs and ham. Arthur made a farewell address doing Winston Churchill and split my gut. Everyone was congratulating everyone, even the ones who didn't think the play was funny before we put it on. Home at 4AM.
1971	Collected textbooks then library. Sailosi V scrubbed down the kitchen. Dinner with Dick and Roko. Put on "Happiest Days of Our Lives" for the boys. It was terrible - many hesitations and jumps over lines. Lulu, cat, wandered across the stage. Epeli was the only good one. John McIntyre had a seizure - luckily, after we finished. Cleaned up and down to Hayson's for chow and a drink.
1972	End of term party at Jo's to farewell Epeli and Jemesa. I sat with Niu and Tueta the whole time. Jo obnoxiously loud with his guitar. Epeli said his "good-bye" (off to be 2nd Secretary at UN) and Bob presented him with a gift. Then Jemesa gave a bitter farewell and that kind of ended the party. Bob and I went to Whites and we talked until 2:30AM about being away from our homeland.
1976	Bill and Paul dropped in and stayed for lunch. Paul gave me a supply of DJ jokes.
1978	Sa - Lamorna sat the kids while Gail and I went to Annabelle's for a meal with Joneses, Sanders and Terry & Jean. Mike made some furniture for Debbie Dorday (article), who is in charge of the cabaret acts.
1980	T - State Fair. Arrived at 10AM. Went through an old train with history of Fair displays. Listened to Blue Rock (band has a girl fiddler) with an audience of mostly farmers who tittered when they sang "Son of a Bitch". Interesting craft booths - wheat weaving. Beautiful oak furniture stall, Carter coins. Walked around The Midway and decided to do the Fun House ($4.80) which was tame, but the kids liked it. David tried his skill at "drag a line" and he got a coin purse. Rain reduced our choices of kiddie rides - they did get onto a car ride. Food house where we tried: Mandu wanton (like an egg roll), Indian fry bread, Folalfel, Egyptian pocket bread. 4H displays, Audubon, David didn't want to leave the model train displays. Childrens Farmyard had chicks on a ferris wheel. Looked at cows, pigs, and horses.
1982	Th - Fished first thing in morning with no luck - froze for 3 hours. Went to Bemidji where we stopped for photos by statues. Gail and kids went on a Tilt-A-Whirl. Ne loved it. In the Chamber of Commerce we saw all the oversized objects that Paul Bunyan used. Also had a stuffed Lobo, legendary deer killer wolf. At the Indian Trading Post we bought gifts and I got choke cherry jelly. Had lunch in Lake Bemidji State Park. Did the Rocky Point track and there where we found an infestation of thousands of catepillars. Stopped at a tourist place so Gail could get wild rice and I bought dewberry jelly, Chaching and Assam teas and stickers. Gail got an leather choker and a bird house kit. Back to resort at 7PM. Quick supper and out in the boat - only teenie fish caught. A pair of loons with a juvenile were near us.
1984	Su - Went to Mike's sister's (Jen and Pete) place in Tuakau via Kingseat hoping to see Mike's father, but he was out for a ride. Rudy Bakker is now a qualified pyschiatric nurse there. Other side of the motorway is all "pick your own" fruit and veggies. Reason we went was to watch a video of Mike's niece, Jackie's wedding and to down Penfold's '81 Cabernet Rosé.	Lia
1985	M - Mitchell brought Ian to the computer course in Auckland so I had a chance to say "hi" when he brought him home. Gail decided to buy 2 dogs at $200 each. Mike called with his thoughts on 62 Beach. Played "Pigmania" with Ian.
1986	Stodtarts delivered two book cases ($123 each) [ed. - using them in 2022] and the hutch. Dogs' routine - Gail goes to bed, they come into my den. Cabby usually goes to his bed but Monty stays with me.
1989	Clarks over for a four bottle evening (cab sav: Karlsburg '81 [flat] & '84 [fruity but spritzy] and a Montana '86 [light]), chit-chat and barbecue.
1990	Tak stopped in with a zuchinni. Went to JB's Family Restaurant on Sheldon Street for supper. Dick intent on getting his "all you can eat" sundae. Kids had two each. I had strawberry pie for my dessert. Jim and Colleen came down to visit.	Joyce
1993	Petrol at $3.57/gal (99¢/l)
1995	Brought Domo to Waitakere to see a kauri. Stopped at the new Info Center, which was like a museum. Ran into Sue and Paul Pommerade. Did the Nature Walk - 50 different plants in 20 minutes. Lunch at the kauri. Parakai Hot Springs. I went down the slides 7 times and gave up as there were too many little kids walking in them. Sat in the hot pool for an hour. Had supper there. Home to look at Fiji photos. Gail called Cleary's at 11PM to complain about Sasha's barking.
1997	T - Day 50 of our 3 month journey around the world. See 1997 Trip Photo Journal.
1998	W - Bickertons came to see Mrs McIntyre about enrolling Lee, so I toured the school with them.
1999	Th - Hickford visited. Doug over with KFC. After he swam we played Rock Fever.
2002	Chris' - now organized by Celia with everything labelled, so he can't find anything. Celia made us a great Filipino meal. Bob and mom left me there to look at the wedding photos and videos.
2007	It was 26,000 at the final Warriors home game. At half-time Stacy Morrison drove a four wheeler into the sidings at the end of the dj race. Warriors broke it open in second half and beat the second-place Manly 36-14. From there we went to visit Mike H at Middlemore. Took about half an hour to find him, as it did Ian, who was just leaving. Showed us where they took skin from his thigh for the graft on his lower leg. He hopes to be out this week, after a stay of 6 weeks.	Non-Worriers
2011	F - Annemarie was my nurse and she pulled the drain tube from my belly. A few calls from Gail - settlement today and pool inspection holding things up, so she had to pay the bill and get a certificate to lawyer. She came in and we left an hour early (3PM) by pleading traffic woes. Home for a real coffee.
2015	W - Russell called - he has retired and is looking around Ngtea for a place. Willie and Sue over and we taught them Dominion and Kingdom Builder while having an excellent Morton Estate 2011 Syrah.
2019	M - Colleen A moved in for a few days until she flies south.
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