It has been a good week in Christchurch. Monday was warm and sunny so we decided to have a BBQ with some friends and neighbors. Blaine made burgers and we had spinach-artichoke dip and baked beans and of course sweet tea. I convinced the boys to move the couches out on the back patio so that we had comfy seating...everyone was glad once we did it! Wednesday night we attended the Buskers Festival. Before this day I had no idea what a busker was. For those of you who are ignorant as well, here is the definition from Wikipedia: Busking is the practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips. Those engaging in this practice are called buskers. Busking is a British term used in many areas of the English-speaking world. In the United States the term busking is almost unknown; buskers in the USA are called street performers or street musicians. What we attended was the Comedy Night portion and it was very entertaining. One man juggled 3 machette knives while riding a 7 foot unicycle and balancing a glass of water on his bald head!
Our Friday night was low-key as it was a rainy, cold night. We ate at our favorite Thai restaurant, Kanniga's and watched a Kiwi movie, The World's Fastest Indian. I would recommend it because it is a feel-good, warm-hearted movie that boys/girls would like. There is not terrible language or a lot of violence which is a nice change every once in awhile. Anthony Hopkins is a great actor. I have been working the rest of the weekend but it was a great week!