Life is good here at the moment, my work is going very well, and I enjoy playing with the grown ups in the morning and then spending all after noon with Amber its a great balance for me, and I do hope that this jobs lasts longer than 12 month but we will see.
Scott is doing well, he is manically busy at work and often forgets to take a break (Not good), and tries to fit way to much into his day, we are both struggling to find an evening routine that works for us both at the moment, Scott gets home anytime from 5:30 – 6pm, and wants to exercise on the wii fit which takes half an hour, Amber wakes up between 5:30 and 6:30pm and demands her dinner within 5 mins, so If I haven’t cooked its a case of given her tinned food (oops), I guess we will figure something out.
Went into Wellington today as there was an underwear sale on in the overseas terminal, and I managed to get a bargain, but the real bargain was all the other free stuff that was on down the waterfront, it was a beautiful day so all along oriental parade was buzzing as normal, but there was also lots of free shows relating to the circus in Waitangi Park, Dragon Boat racing, and other events going on in Frank Kits park, its endless, you can never be bored here. Even just walking down the street you are approached by three teenagers on unicycles, I love it and to think Amber is going to think that this is normal, but I am dreading that the time she’s 18 will probably think its boring in comparison to exciting England. It is true your rarely appreciate what you have, I hope she doesn’t resent us by having her here. But then her first Passport came through this week (British) so she can go on OE and stay with her cousins when she is 18 and they are 26 and 28.
Scott is cooking up delicious smells in the kitchen so I am off to investigate. Until next time…
Morning all, Its been a while so lets bring you up to date. Work, Home work home, seems to be a repeating Cycle. Amber is well, and toddling along nicely, she is a fast little mover and always into things, We had to move all the books off the bookshelf’s up a level and replace the items with her own toys and books to throw around and read. Friday we picked up a Trade me item for her, a little pool floater she can sit in with her legs wiggling around underneath. I got home at half 6 and we got changed jumped in the car and went down to the Tawa Pool for a swim around for an hour, she had a great time splashing and playing with her new toy. The bathroom is getting there, the plastering is all done, and I sealed the grout yesterday and we bought paint on Saturday from Mitre Ten in Petone, after we had visited the Petone fair. Nice day out. So I just have to pick a time to get the painting done. This weekend was out as the weather was fine, and the grass needed culling once more. I cant wait for winter so the grass stays short. While I was cutting the grass I noticed what I thought was large rain clouds gathering on the horizon. Turns out it wasn’t rain it was Titahi Bay on fire ! A couple of little scrots had set a fire in Whiteria Park, which had spread to the whole peninsula. helicopters were dumping water all night and residents were evacuated. They managed to get it all under control, and let people go home this morning at 8am. Full story HERE. Some impressive photos on Flickr though, if you want to search for them. This week, same old, same old. oh and a birthday Friday. 42, oh bugger.
My Turn again, the weather has been so strange this summer we had a really nice November and December was rubbish! Jan has been half and half some really hot days 30 + like today and then 15 like yesterday, really bizarre.
Anyway just a short note to say that we are all well, Amber had a bad case of runny bum a few weeks ago which made her miss her own pool birthday party, which is why we swapped to the park at the last minute. but she is on the mend now. We had a busy weekend with Bryden’s first birthday party on Saturday, and Daniels naming ceremony, followed by Birthday party, followed by Carol’s welcome home party on Sunday, we are all pooped especially Amber.
Scott and I are planning the year ahead and realised that we may have a few visitors in Oct and then December so we might try and get away for a few days at the end of the summer. We have the Fujitsu people coming round this week to give us a quote for installing another heat pump/air conditioner in the back room, so that we can move Amber out there soon.
We also got plan’s to finish off the bathroom this weekend so we might have to go paint shopping! 1 more 1st Birthday to go in a few weeks and that the party season over for us until November again Well I say Party but of course the Wellington Sevens are on this weekend and the party season starts now ish really, there is a wine festival going on and martin borough fair soon, plus ACDC are playing everywhere and people are out on the waterfront having a good time, You just gotta love Wellington on a good day!
Yaaayy, Its Wellington day, one of our Public Holidays, so the Rest of New Zealand has to go to work, but we have a day off I think we worked this out before somewhere, but we get one more Public Holiday a year than the UK, probably Jan 2nd, I think, to get rid of the hangovers.
Amber could not go to the pool party that Claire and Tina organised in Tawa pool for a joint Birthday party, due to the Doctor saying that she needed to stay out of the water for at least 14 days after her bought of Gastro. Poor thing, Tina was upset and they had put a lot of planning into it. So instead we drove up to Param, to collect a TradeMe item, and check on Al’s rental place.
SO because she couldn’t have her pool party, fingers are crossed that this afternoon the weather will break, the sun will come out and we can have a picnic party down at Willowbank park. Its overcast but warm, Temp is 18 degrees C outside, but hopefully the clouds will disappear.
We’ve had a nice relaxing weekend for a change. I managed to installed WIn 7 on my works laptop, so chuffed. Amber took a couple of first steps, just the two or three, and landed on her bum each time, but its progress. I don’t know how to feel about this. I’m obviously looking forward to Amber finally waling and reaching that hurdle, but not looking forward to having to chase after her everywhere.
Morning all, I thought I should do another update, two in a year so far, WOW, OK then Tasha left us yesterday, flew out at 20:30 to the cold log winter of the UK, they seem to be really having a hard time of it at the moment. We hope the airports are actually open to enable her to land. its been quiet at work so far this year, FJ is stood down until 11th Jan for the Summer break. Most places take three weeks off over Christmas for the Summer holidays. it seems strange but when you consider the schools have their six week holidays over the period and that the school year starts in January, then I suppose it makes sense. What I do appreciate is the easy drive into work whilst the schools are off. Guaranteed next Monday State Highway 1 will turn into a Car park from the Tawa on ramp.
So the weather is getting nicer, We have some storms on the horizon over the weekend. Tina is going to be busy with a baby Shower she is organising on Sunday at our place for a friend, and she starts her new job full time on Monday. Amber is being looked after by a nice lady in Tawa while Tina will be at work, and everything is good. Still working on the Bathroom and trying to get it done. it might take a few months though to crack it. I found a you tube of a Wellington video that I thought I would share. Very good and quite truthful in a worrying kind of way. Enjoy.
OK, we’ve failed, we were meant to update this every time something happened, then once a week, then its just drifted. looking at the dates, Tina seems to have done the last three updates, and my last one was on the 10th of Oct !,
Well we’ve had visitors, and every weekend has been out and about, first with Lee and Co, then Dad arriving, then Natasha, its going to be quiet when they all finally disappear in January. Dad and Izzy fly out today, and I’m at work. We had little cover so I had to cancel some leave to go in, which was disappointing but necessary. He’s done great things to the house while they have been here, and to be honest to much. They have had little time left over to explore this country and the weather has been terrible for this time of the year which isn’t what you want when your trying to show off your new home. Note to others, if your planning on coming across aim for Feb / March as its the better weather. Although saying that anything would be better than the –5 degrees that the UK is experiencing. The new bathroom and washroom are great, just a little cosmetics to finish off and it’ll be sorted. Working the weekends I might have it all done by August We had everyone round at our house on Xmas Eve. Terry and Maria the next door neighbours had gone away to Blenheim, so we had the whole end of the street to ourselves. Jan and Brian came round with Michelle, and Kenny arrived with Scott and Craig, all good. Izzy and Tina had done a treat in the kitchen and we had real Birds Trifle that Natasha had brought across ( you cant get it here) and the weather finally broke and the sun shone down on us. Xmas day afternoon, we went to the beach and had a picnic, then Sunday we visited the Paua Factory in Carterton, Al and Kim arrived on the 23rd, and took us out to a posh restaurant on Monday which was very posh. And though all of this turmoil and disturbance Amber was as cute and endearing as ever Happy Xmas, and a Merry new Easter to everyone reading.
Went into Wellington today as there was an underwear sale on in the overseas terminal, and I managed to get a bargain, but the real bargain was all the other free stuff that was on down the waterfront, it was a beautiful day so all along oriental parade was buzzing as normal, but there was also lots of free shows relating to the circus in Waitangi Park, Dragon Boat racing, and other events going on in Frank Kits park, its endless, you can never be bored here. Even just walking down the street you are approached by three teenagers on unicycles, I love it and to think Amber is going to think that this is normal, but I am dreading that the time she’s 18 will probably think its boring in comparison to exciting England. It is true your rarely appreciate what you have, I hope she doesn’t resent us by having her here. But then her first Passport came through this week (British) so she can go on OE and stay with her cousins when she is 18 and they are 26 and 28.
Well I say Party but of course the Wellington Sevens are on this weekend and the party season starts now ish really, there is a wine festival going on and martin borough fair soon, plus ACDC are playing everywhere and people are out on the waterfront having a good time, You just gotta love Wellington on a good day!
I think we worked this out before somewhere, but we get one more Public Holiday a year than the UK, probably Jan 2nd, I think, to get rid of the hangovers.
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