I went to the pool and had a few friends over. 

We had breakfast, then for a long showery, blowy walk on the beach. Went home for a nap. 

We packed and drove out to Raglan for New Years. Then we saw Jackie's new house and went for a blowy walk on the beach. Then for supper, roast pork. I made it til midnight. 

We got on a plane, landed in Wellington, then took a very bumpy ride back to Hamilton. Then we went to the movies to watch Chicken Run. 

This morning was bright and beautiful. We decided to go to Akaroa. So we drove out and got onto a cruise ship and a few minutes later we saw lots of Hector dolphins. Then we saw a mom and a baby! We kept going and saw baby shags. Then we sailed into a great big cave with lots of different coloured layers. Then we went a little further and saw salmon farms and paua pearl farm. There were bunches of dark jellyfishes around the boat. Then we walked around town and t...