The past few weeks have been pretty uneventful. Q and I have been sick for what feels like forever, so the unpacking took longer than anticipated. Everything in the house is all organised, now we just have to organise the garage where we'd put all the crap that we don't use but don't want to throw away. Plus the old owner left cupboards, drawers, a chest, chairs and other rubbish which we need to get rid of - I think a trip to the very exciting dump is in order.

It was Cam's birthday a couple of weeks ago. Friday night was dinner at Le Dome. I felt horrible and could hardly speak but I dragged my sorry arse along. The food was great, as was the company but we called it a night early so I could go to bed. The birthday celebrations continued on Saturday, but I wasn't well enough to go.

On Friday night Q and I went to the Tonic7 Expo. It was a special evening for VIP's, and we had a great time. It was an urban lifestyle expo showcasing "sophisticated" products, like kitchens, bathrooms, European cars, spa pools (the really flash kind with speakers and other cool stuff) and lots more. It was nice to dream.... We were given name tags to wear - mine said "Kim Weber". Well that felt really weird!

We decided to get out some movies on Saturday - You, Me and Dupree, and Saw III. You, Me and Dupree was lame, and Saw III almost made me throw up it was that disgusting, but I liked it all the same.

Till next time.

The Big Move

Well we're all moved in to our new house. Things are great, although the place is a bomb site and I can't wait to have everything unpacked. We're both forever walking around going "do you know where such and such is?" and the answer is always "no".

Our moving crew consisted of me and Q, Q's dad, Chris, Ben, Anton, Ellie, and Hal. Q's mum and sister turned up later to help and feed us. Q's dad, Chris, Ben, Anton, and Ellie stayed Friday night and we were up early Saturday morning to have a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs. Then we picked the truck up at 9am and began loading it up. We moved everything in two trips and everything was unloaded by 1pm - not bad going! We saw the kitties again, but unfortunately one was very sick so we got the SPCA to come over and take them away. They could only catch the sick one but we've been given a trap to catch the others. While all that was going on the previous owner showed up to fix the fence and mow the lawns which he was going to do before we moved in. It was nice to meet him and he was lovely enough to give us a bottle of wine. By mid afternoon Q and I were all alone so we went to pick up Quilla and Katie and bring them back and begin the mammoth task of unpacking. Needless to say we were both stuffed so we didn't get much done. I had a killer headache, but do you think I could find the panadol anywhere? No! So we were in bed by 9 and hoped to get a good nights sleep. But that was not to happen. We'd put the mattress on the bed upside down (we thought both sides were the same, obviously not) and it just wasn't comfortable. So we tossed and turned all night and were tired for Sunday. We spent a couple of hours Sunday morning cleaning our old place, then headed off to Bunnings to buy a shower caddy. We couldn't find one suitable, but we did almost purchase a new toilet (they're so cheap!). But we couldn't be arsed so we went home and tried to do more unpacking. Hopefully we'll get everything organised soon so we can have a housewarming party!

The Latest

Hello all.

Only five days to go till we take possession!! Things have been moving along nicely. We went to the bank this morning to sort out bank accounts and life insurance - how depressing! We then went round to the new place with the Rug Doctor to clean the carpet in the lounge etc. I met the neighbour across the road, she seems very nice and said that it was nice having young couples moving into the neighbourhood. I opened the back door and saw this little furry thing hiding behind a plant - it was the tiniest cutest kitten! But it ran away from me. Then as we were leaving I went out the back again and saw it standing by the hatch to get under the house. It saw me and ran off but I heard others running off too. So I think we have a litter of stray kittens under the house. They are really small and fluffy! So if anyone wants a kitten let me know...

Here are some photos of the house:

This is the front of the house

This is the entry

This is the lounge (the pink wallpaper is a personal favourite)

The kitchen (as you can see it needs a bit of a makeover)

The hallway

Well that's it. Needs some "modernising" but it's ours and we love it. Now I must go and do some more packing! I'm so excited!!!

I'm Suprised Too

Yet another entry - I must be sick.

Thursday was Q's 25th birthday, so as the trend now is to spread your birthday out to last as long as possible Q decided to make his birthday three days long. Tuesday Team Daweb (pronounced Doorweb), Jacki and Jo went to the movies and saw Wild Hogs. It was a very funny movie! Wednesday we all (us two, Jacki, Jo, Rach, Cam) went to En Q for dinner. I've been a few times before and it never disappoints. It's more classy than other restaurants I've been to, and in fact it's the only one I've been to where they put the bottle of wine in an ice bucket. The meal was fantastic, and seeing as we didn't have to pay it was even better! Thursday was Q's actual birthday, and to celebrate he cooked dinner. To be fair I offered that we cook it together but seeing as he needed to start cooking at about 3 I couldn't really help. So I went to The Cheesecake Shop and bought him a Blackforest Torte - they are soooooo goooooooood!

Easter weeked was spent packing and cleaning. We packed up the spare room which is now the 'holding room', where we've put all the boxes that we've packed. Almost packed everything we can live without for the next one and a bit weeks, and I spent a couple of days cleaning walls and ceilings. Still got quite a bit to do, so will do a little bit each night. We plan to visit the house this weekend - want to clean the carpet in the lounge and clean it to my standard, and check everything is as it should be. So we will hopefully take some photos.

Thats all for now.

Hello Mortgage

As promised, here is the update with the big news. Most of you already know, but Q and I have bought our first house. After scouring the realestate websites for months we finally went 'house hunting' two weekends ago. We looked at maybe two on the Saturday and three or four on the Sunday. The first house we saw on Sunday was perfect (well as close to perfect that our budget would allow). So on Sunday night we made an offer. The whole time the realestate agent was there I was freaking out, with all the paper work and legal clauses blah blah blah. As I have never bought a house before I had no idea what was going on. After spending Monday in negotiations with the vendor, we finally met half-way and signed the deal. I had always thought that the house buying process was a long one - oh-but-no. We had until today (28th) to satisfy all the conditions of the sale, which meant getting a valuation, building inspection, and LIM. We couldn't get a valuer or inspector until Friday, so we were quickly running out of time. We had some drama's with the wanker valuer who "double booked" and didn't let us know, but we managed to find another guy who came over straight away. So then we were just waiting on the LIM, which we got yesterday. So, with everything looking good, and with the help of Jacki (thanks so much!), we went unconditional today. We take possession on 20 April, which gives us three weeks to pack and clean. So now we're homeowners with a large mortgage we're going to have to be very responsible with our money! We haven't taken any photos yet but I can assure you we will, and will post them on here. In the interim here is a photo from the realestate website.

So I'm not going to give an update on everything I've done since August last year, but there is one other event I wish to talk about. Q's older brother Jacob married my friend Teresa on 10 March. The wedding and reception were held at Ambience Gardens in Tauranga. It was a beautiful ceremony, although I managed to control the tears! Congratulations Jacob and Teresa! We stayed with Q's younger brother Chris and his girlfriend Ellie. Ellie had made hair appointments for us at 11.45am, and we were told it would only take 30mins, which is all we had time for. But of course it actually took 1 hour, with me being stuck with a "learner" who very rudely told me that we should have come in earlier! Well we damn well would of but they were booked solid! So we had to sprint back to their place to make it to the wedding by 2. Luckily we made it in time! I had such a great time, and Teresa looked beautiful!

Well thats all for now folks. Will put some photos of our house on as soon as we get some.

Watch This Space...

Big update coming soon - featuring (hopefully) some big and exciting news (well, for me anyway!).

Suprise!

Hehehe. Today is my last day at work before I have a week off, and as the boss left for his overseas holiday early this morning I don't feel much like working! Not that I have a heck of a lot to do anyway. So here I am FINALLY updating this thing, although I'm not sure anyone checks it anymore, so if that's the case then I am just rambling to myself.....

I don't really have anything planned for my week off; might do a major house clean, clean my car, and thats about it at this stage - nice and relaxing.

Saturday we have been invited to 69 to watch the rugby and all the stuff that goes with it. However, as I don't have one ounce of interest in rugby (I don't know who's playing) I'm not sure what I'll do for the however many hours a rugby game drags on for :p. Yes, Toni, I'll remember to take some photos.

We have disconnected (well tried to anyway) our home phone, which means no more internet at home. It's going to be a slight inconvenience but seeing as we only had dial-up it was too frustratingly slow when you're used to using broadband at work, so we hardly use it. So now we just have our cellphones, which works out cheaper having two mobiles than a single landline.

My dad has been staying with us for the past couple of months. He's building a goat milking and feeding system at his bosses farm at Gordonton.

This year has been a bad year for my cats. In February our little Squeak went missing and we haven't seen or heard from her since. A couple of months ago my families cat Coco died. We'd had him for about 15 years, so that was pretty sad. It was even worse because we suspect he was killed by a dog or something - poor little guy.

Last week I recieved a speed camera fine, and my initial thought was that it must have been Quentin because I don't speed. Upon further investigation, the alleged time of offence was 1.45pm on a Tuesday which is kind of weird as I was at work. I was caught on SH1 Waiwera South. I didn't know where the heck that was so I looked on a map - it's in Otago. So needless to say I'm pretty confident that it wasn't me, so I've written a smart-ass letter to the police.

Well thats all folks.

Yes, I know...

....it's been such a long time since I updated, but I have been very busy. Since a lot of time has passed since my last entry, I'm not even going to try and remember everything that has happened since, so I'll start with February.

But infact before I do this I will tell the story of incident with the hot oil. One monday night during my holiday I was cooking dinner. I was putting the mince in the frying pan, but I actually dropped it and the little oil that I had used splashed all along my wrist and hand. It really, really hurt. I felt that this was quite serious, as I burn myself all the time but have never experienced pain like this before. So I put my arm under cold running water for about 12mins. I took it out from the water and it just kept on burning, and by this stage I was bawling my eyes out, so Q went down to the chemist to buy something to put on it. The stuff he bought was great and it stopped hurting. The next day it was fine, didn't really hurt much at all, but over the next few days it consistently got worse. On friday my nana came over to look at it as both she and my mum were concerned. By that stage it was starting to blister and looked kinda nasty, so she encouraged me to go to the doctor. So later that day I went to the doctor, and she said that it wasn't infected but it was quite nasty, so she dressed it and I had to go back every day to get it re-dressed, then on sunday they put a bandage thing on it that I had to leave on for at least seven days. Well it healed fine but I still have quite an obvious scar - but what's one more!


February is the best month of the year. This is because I was born in February (the 27th to be specific). That's right ladies and gentlemen, it is my birthday in two weeks - yay! Last friday night, we went to Barzurk for Sarah and Liam's farewell. Whats the deal with everyone leaving?! Q and I went to the dinner with Kirsty and Hayley, and Hayley informed us that she is going to Australia too! I really hate Australia.

Crisis Averted

My car is fixed! Quentin turned up with a new battery, put it in, and the car started. But then it stopped and wouldn't start again. So I started getting angry. We thought that maybe the battery was too small, so Quentin went away and came back with another one (and yes, the person had sold us one that was too small). So he put that one in and it still wouldn't start. It was turning over but just wasn't quite there, and I was on the verge of tears. Quentin kept on trying and it eventually started! (someone had flooded it - and it wasn't me because I know better). So now I am so happy that all it needed was a new battery and I only had to spend $100 on it not god knows how much if there was something else wrong with it. Now I can relax...roll on holidays - only one day of work left!

Cars - Who Would Have 'Em?

As you know, I got a new car a couple of months ago. Well, yesterday afternoon I was ready to leave work. I got in the car, turned the key, and it started. Everything was fine, nothing out of the ordinary. I started to reverse up the hill, and had moved about a cars length and was at the top of the hill, then the radio stopped and so did the car. It just died. At first I though that it may have just stalled, so I tried starting it again, and there was just silence. So I pushed it down the hill so it was out of the rain so we could have a tinker under the bonnet. I called my dad and he said that it was the battery, so my boss charged it over night. I got to work this morning and tried it again but no success. We found some jumper leads but we can't get a car to reach it, and because the boss has gone for the day, we can't use his 4WD to move it. So Quentin (bless him) is going to buy a battery and come out here and try it this afternoon. So fingers crossed that it will work otherwise I don't know what I'll do. I'll keep you posted.

Housewarming/Christmas/Birthday Party

Last night we went to a housewarming/christmas party at our old friend Louisa's place in Tauranga. It was great catching up with friends that I haven't seen in a while, and we got to reminisce about the good old days when we were young and innocent (?). Actually, a lot of those stories involved Debra Fish sneakily getting everyone drunk, either by topping up bottles of KGB's with vodka, or telling a friend she was drinking fanta when it really was Screwdriver....yes we came to the conclusion that she was a bad influence. After a while, and to my great joy, Louisa cranked out Singstar 80's. Well no one (except Hayley, Debra and myself) wanted to sing at first, and after a few of us had a couple of turns each, everyone else got over their shyness and joined in.

Debra claimed the night as her birthday party, as it was her birthday the next day, and lovely Pam (who is back again from Australia) baked her a cake.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Last weekend I finally put up my christmas tree, which is rather late for me considering in past years I have put it up in November (if not before). But I am finding that now I am not working in retail, it does not feel like christmas. It took me quite a while to complete the tree decorating process, because tree decorating is not merely a fun activity, it is a form of art. And look, it even has some presents under it (unfortunately, non of them are for me)

The Weekend

On Friday night Rachel, Cameron, Tobi and Nick came over to watch scary movies on the big screen. We watched 'Dead Birds' and 'The Exorcist' (the re-released original). 'Dead Birds' was really scary and me and Rach let off a few screams. 'The Exorcist' was not scary, despite being named the scariest movie of all time. It was more gruesome than scary. As you can see by the photo, Quentin got a little carried away with the Jaffa's.

Saturday night was the Singstar 80's party at 69. It was great fun dressing up in horrible 80's fashion and singing hard-out to classic 80's tunes, like Uptown Girl, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Heaven Is A Place On Earth, and other hits. I suprised myself by sticking to my "never drinking again" rule and only had three drinks the whole night! It was great not being hungover on Sunday, coz lets face it, hangovers suck!

Now that I've got the hang of this photo thing (I'm a bit slow), here are some more.

Quentin dressed up in 50's gear for his work party.

My new (not so new now) car

The Movies

Last night Rachel, Cameron, Q and myself went to the premier of The Exorcism of Emily Rose. I was quite excited as I love scary movies, and I had heard that this one was supposed to be the scariest. But no, it was not. In fact I think it was one of the least scariest scary movie I have seen. But it was o.k, sort of got you thinking (if you're that way inclined), and it was free so thats a bonus (thanks Rach).

After the movie we headed off to Breakers for dinner, which was good - nice and cheap as I am broke till payday.

Well, as I seem to be on a roll with updating this thing regularly (if you can call twice in two days regular) I have nothing else to say. Lunchtime is up - I should get back to work.

Chow

Photos

Yes I know I have been super slack at updating this site - but truth be known I'm quite a procrastinator, and I'll always find something else to do. But last night I swore on my cats life that I had to update it today, so here I am.

I haven't really been up to much. Last friday night we went around to 69 to eat some of Jacki's cake that she made and decorated. I was very impressed, it looked very professional, and it tasted good too - albeit a little sickly with all that icing. Looking forward to the next one, Jacki! We decided that Rachel's party on the 19th should involve Singstar 80's, complete with flouro colours and big hair. I can't wait!!
The following day my mummy came over for her birthday and we had a nice family dinner at my nana's.

On monday Q had a work party. I was supposed to pick him up when he was ready, but at midnight I got a text from him saying "A taxith will bringith me hometh". It was at that point that I realised he was drunk, which is quite unusual for him. About an hour later he came home, and he started being annoying. He hopped into bed and wouldn't stop talking and he smelt so bad of alcohol it was making me feel sick (I had flashbacks to the halloween party the weekend before). After awhile he got up for a spew, and I decided that he could sleep in the spare room.

The rest of the week was nothing to write home about. I got friday off work as the power was going to be off until about lunchtime, and the guys had decided they wanted to go to 'Big Boys Toys'. I was given the option of going with them, but I opted for the day off.

Well that sbout all I have to add. I promise that I will keep this thing updated!

I would load photos I just don't have enough time today sorry.

Gotta go!

Halloween Party

Well as you know we had our Halloween Party at 69. Me and Q went round at about 4pm and pretty much started drinking straight away (some of the others had started quite a bit earlier). It was great fun! The party was supposed to start at 5 as we were having a BBQ, but of course people didn't show up until later. Almost everyone dressed up. We started playing handball which I haven't played since Intermediate! We had a long line of about four or five people playing at once. Of course I sucked BIG TIME but who cares! I did receive an injury from the ball hitting the bone at the bottom of my thumb and now my thumb is all bruised!

There were quite a few photos taken so Debra and Toni, I'll just email them because I can't be bothered posting them on here.

Today I am feeling like shit, had a spew this morning. I don't think I can do this drinking thing anymore, because everytime I do the hangovers get worse. Must be getting too old. I should be sensible like Quentin and just drink coke. Ah, will we ever learn??

Sorry I haven't gone into much detail about the party, but I just want to go to sleep, and I was under so much pressure to set up a blog before the deadline of 6pm!

Well I better sign off, I've got a hairdressers appointment soon.