WHERE'S BEST TO LIVE IN NZ AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW: PART 5!

[AngryBeaver]

Look at us Chatty Cathy's!
Justa oh nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(I'm not sure )

Sibble, any news on your dad and grandad?

WSS I think she knew, but didn't necessarily approve of our planned course of action (and she's worried about how tired I am so I think mother bear instinct kicked in a bit)

Anyway, it all seems to have blown over for now. Phew.

Sibble I somehow missed your earlier post, hope you are doing ok & you've had some positive news from home xx

Glad it's all calm there, vvviola.

I have felt utterly shit all day. I had to take the kids to Hamilton Gardens, and then swimming...I actually wanted to cry at one point!
I have just started to feel better as I made myself a Red Thai curry and chapatti and a vodka and coke Bed early for me!

Ps my hair is not friends with this humidity!

justa how you feeling?

sibble Any news?

lolly you're quiet! All ok?

I'm in Waihi in a monsoon. Kids up at 5.45am. Limited toys. One DVD (already watched). Moan. But at least we're warm

Frustrating lolly...but you'll get there.

lolly, hmmm...
www.oprah.com/relationships/Entertaining-Indoor-Childrens-Games-Kids-Entertainment
Try this!

Ok just read through those and most of them are shite...make your own granola? Sorry about that! Have you got your laptop? I recommend youtube!

I'd just get them out of the house lollystix. Sod the rain, it's warm, they'll dry off soon.

Right all (F'ing finally in the car). Off to paeroa (?) where they make that drink. Lol at make my own Granola. We made a sausage sandwich for breakfast - does that count. Kids ok (apart from DS2 who keeps screaming 'I want a banana'). Baby is just hard work. He just walks around looking for me and screaming. When I pick him up he wriggles and I just can't cope with the barnacleness. He's into every cupboard and just hangs off me crying. Exhausting. But this too shall pass ...

Lol, it's sounds as if you are going to Paeroa JUST for some drink! Is it that bad?!!

justabout DH went to Albany Westfield yesterday & came out looking very pale. Twas apparently crazy.

I'd like my money back on this whole Christmas in the summer thing - I mean, I can get rain at Christmas in Ireland and usually do

DH gone out with DD1, DD2 almost down for her nap... time to make pavlova, trifle & bake the ham....

I sent dh out early this am with a big list and then we discovered he hadn't been flippin' paid.
Anyway, we made do. Pigs in blanket done and 1st layer of trifle (or Triffle, as we humorously refer to it in my family) is nearly set.
Turkey in baking tray ready for tomorrow.
It's not raining here

ps How competely revolting are the words "pigs.in blankets"? VOMIT

How weird- I went to Newmarket yesterday and it was fine. Even got parked easily. Maybe all the posh folk like lolly have gone to the beach.

Argh to not being paid AB- that sucks.

For all of you with littlies this is absolutely ace. You upload a photo, details etc and get a personal video from santa! DD loved it.

www.portablenorthpole.com/

We have done it but there seems to be a limit to how many they will send! I did our guys,and when I got to the littlest it didn't email us! Same for my nephewm Mum and Dh...who I put on the naughty list and made Santa say he picked his nose a lot...cue much laughter!!
It's great though..and free!
Just about to start wrapping...ugh!

Just a quick message to say Merry Christmas to you all.

Stockings opened and chocolate being eaten for breakfast.

The dc very happy and they haven't even gone upstairs to the living room yet.

Wet and windy? Feels like we never left the UK.

Hope you all have a fab day.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Presents opened, general chaos occurring.

Current topic of debate is when/if the weather will improve enough to let us go out for a walk so DD1 can try her new scooter and work off some excess energy

I'm also trying to ignore (well, not really, more work around & not let it become a big deal) the fact that DD2 had funny nappies yesterday & a temp last night & this morning