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

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Look at us Chatty Cathy's!
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Happy Xmas everyone. It is distinctly British weather!

DD has a new bike that she is managing to cycle round the house. I have a scooter! I hope I can keep up.

We're off to pals later for dinner- we're taking smoked salmon, curry, byriani rice, salad and homemade yule log.

Happy Christams to each and all!
Rain up there? Absoloutely BOILING here, no rain at all!
DD on roller blades, ds1 on bike,ds2 in his tent dressed as superman playing with Mr Potato head and family,Happy as Larry.
Dh at work, Mum and I dyng in the heat and saying how un-christmassey it feels!
Lunch was nice but turkey a bit dry! Trifle was yummy!!!

Hope everyone has alovely day

vvviola hope the baby is feeling better x

Dinner (aka complete and total chaos) just finished. Shall not be wanting to eat again until, ooh, 10 o'clock... Christmas cake time

Merry Christmas everyone :-)

I heard about that, sounds a good idea. I have eaten too much triffle

Oh my word, I have eaten too much full stop! Am actually quite mad at myself, just put on the 2kgs I managed to lose before christmas. Argh! So, back to the bloody beginning again. Is it just me, or is weight loss like a giant bloody game of snakes and ladders?

You're right frick.
I have put on nearer 10 kilos, since last summer!!! It's been a difficult year including 2 pregnancies and a lot of comfort eating! But very depressing. Can't get my denim cut off's over my thighs this year,well I could but I would look quite peculiar shuffling around!
New Year, new excersise regime maybe

Bonus!!
Ds1's birthday end of Jan, have his prezzies already!

Yeah, like you haven't done enough present buying recently? But, still a complete positive to have two birthdays during the sales!

We are going to Mary Poppins on Sunday, yay!

We're off to Waiheke tomorrow for the day. Mum is unnaturally obsessed with going there (last time this happened it was about Bruges when we were living in Belgium. When we got there she asked ME what there was to see... I still wonder why she wanted to go if she knew nothing about the place. Anyway...)

We're booked on the explorer tour partly to avoid a repeat instance. It's 90 minutes by minibus I think - so I'm praying DD2 behaves herself, sleeps or attaches herself to the boob for the duration very unlikely but I can but hope

This may be the most foolish idea ever.

Are you doing the tour where you go to wineries, viola? I did that once years ago, it was good.

We're off to Kumeu today and dd1 has a friend round to play tomorrow and I really need to throw some shit out declutter the house at some point. Am thinking of taking them to pick-your-own strawberry place some time too.

Ooh ooh ooh vvviola you must be my eyes , find tell me everything about it and if you could live there!

wss they'll love the strawb picking

Thanks for the tip justa will deffo go there.

Are you going to go over to Waiheke for a visit while you're up in Auckland AB?

Boo hoo - I'm on the bus to work. Shall look over out to the sea and think of you sunning yourself on waiheke vviola. . I still haven't made it there yet.

Boo lolly, have a good day though

wss it will be a flying visit this time. Couldn't get any accomodation, well, we could but at like triple the usual rate! So, just coming to see the show, have tea, and then go back. Hopefully coming up in Feb and planning to visit then.
Dh should know if he is going to take the job by then, his trial starts on the 14th jan. I'm really scared I won't want to live there. Dh is convinced it would be great.

I really really really like waiheke, I ve had some cracking weekends there. My concern about living there would be the cost of getting to the mainland. I think with a car And family it s close to $200 a return ticket and even as foot passengers I dont think you d have muchchange from $100. I may nnot be totally accurate on those figures.
Aucklandhas lots to offer butyou mayend up not leaving the island much. Just my 2 cents worth. Its a lovely island though

We have pals who have a bach there and they say stuff is cheaper once people recognise you are a local and not a rich Aucklander. Monthly passes for foot passengers are relatively cheap: www.fullers.co.nz/tickets-fares/timetables/waiheke-island.php

Our pals have a cheap car they keep on the island.

We have pals who have a bach there and they say stuff is cheaper once people recognise you are a local and not a rich Aucklander. Monthly passes for foot passengers are relatively cheap: www.fullers.co.nz/tickets-fares/timetables/waiheke-island.php