Life in a bottle…

…My BIL has a karaoke machine, just the little one for home, so we went around there tonight had a barbeque (and I tried out my new recipe for sloppy joes cooked in a slow cooker, yum!)and after we looked for our favourite songs and had a ball trying to sing with the machine, I […]

…You always know when your a hoarder, when you start packing to move! I started today and I already have 1 large bag of rubbish, I would have had more, but I don’t want to sort clothes until we get to where we are going. I put 4 large zipped bags of clothes into the

…wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, I actually had fun. Bit too much drinking on ‘some’ peoples’ parts but still fun. Lots of food at breakfast, still more at lunch and picking all night. We went out to the Blue Mountains today, saw the 3 sisters and told ledgends about them. Its

We have nearly finished all the Christmas present shopping, I actually don’t like that part of Christmas, finding presents for all and sundry, I think because, with my family everyone appreciates what you buy them, and there is never any contest. On the other side the presents get more and more expensive every year so

We did our Christmas food shopping today, my sister in law and I, just her baby and my youngest tagging along, but we still took our time.We are having a Christmas Breakfast, and the my MIL and FIL are renewing their vows at 12o’clock, followed by a coldcut lunch, salads, boilup, and sweets. Our grocery

…Well my second day blogging in a row!! Have another blog on Homeschoolblogger.com and haven’t kept up with that one either. Am going to try to get a little blog in at least once a week.Anyway, since August; My mother in law has been diagnosed with lung cancer. We are still living with her, and

…So Easter weekend, there was a big whanau sports day at a nearby reserve, it’s a Brisbane vs Sydney comp and a heap of whanau came down from Brisbane for the weekend. Jody, Sam’s cousin came up from melbourne with his wife, they and Jodys sister and her family stayed with Pooch. There was even

… honestly, you’d think I was going to the other side of the world the way I carry on. Had a quiet drink with my sister and, probably one of my best friends in Tuakau, and it was fun! No crying, just talking and laughing. It was nice, just my sort of farewell. Thanks Gurlfriendz!

…you know it’s amazing when you aren’t looking for something, how it suddenly turns up! I’ve just finished emailing a friend from school that I haven’t seen in nearly 20 years! I saw her picture on a scrapbooking site I was visting and recognised her straight away, she’d hardly changed a bit. Megan and I

… the end is in sight, our bed is packed, storage is sorted and we’re taking the first major load there tomorrow. There’s still alot to do, but I think once the big stuff is out of the house we might feel a bit better. Its been raining today, any other time I would have