On the home stretch to the FAT MAN COMETH!

We have our last fundraiser tonight KAPA HAKA, whilst performing on Sunday19th for Taupo promo shop till u drop xmas day, A guy booked the kapa kids for a private function ($400 thank you very much!!!) a birthday party we getting ready at 6pm (inked up "moko" etc) and dressed rehearse then onto the party for an 8pm show!! HOW COOL is that (tiring but cool), I worked today from 9am until WELL I'm still going I am finishing at 5pm (nothing like being flogged right up to the day!) I have cleaned 2 houses and then done 9 loads of washing today 3 OF my own, and 6 of SOMEONE ELSES!!!! 2 towels, 1 clothes, 2 sheets and 1 miscellaneous.whilst they are on holiday I guess I am NOT! have to feed cats and water lawns etc! oh yay for me...

I honestly thought I wouldn't hold out until today BUT I have managed JUST! I made $400 on 2 sales this week alone so that boosted the holiday coffers,I am off to do a little of my own ironing AND A FAIR chunk of someone elses ironing, hang out the last load of sheets ! THANK GOD they wont take long to dry, and THEN I can relax tomorrow and xmas day, the only DIRTY clothes and things are what we are wearing ! I may at this stage wear them for 3 days so AS NOT too do anymore washing!!!! lol the food is bought we have 2 extras for xmas day.

MY JASON is coming here (his family have abandoned him AGAIN and he was having xmas alone THEY MAKE ME WANT TO MURDER I SWEAR!!) and I'm ok with him coming here but when you have brothers, Aunties Uncles, in your own town where you are WHY can't any of them invite him over!! (his parents are off tripping down south for 4 MONTHS!!!! they have no responsibilities or conscience or duty of care! he is their son WTF is wrong with these people!)

Vent over for now, but my christmas cheer took a denting when I got the text last night to say "I'm alone for xmas what are you doing?" and of course then I had 60 questions why haven't he family his family asked me over around or INCLUDED him!!!! and they wonder why he has SEVERE mental illness issues THEY FARKIN CAUSE IT!!!! ok enough! Then I stopped cause I realised I could be making it worse BY pointing out HOW MANY of HIS BLOOD FAMILY don't think of him!

I have only bought presents for Samuel and the 2 kiddies I look after nobody else FIRST time ever! feels strange but as I said to my friend where we are going for xmas its about friends your "family" extended( as in my case) and or otherwise and good food good company, and at least we have a house to live in and a job.

To be Thankful

A few things I am thankful for is my gorgeous SON, his kindness, his humour, his unconditional love, his brilliance, his handsomeness, his helpfulness, his spirit, MY friends whom always ask after Jason first and then me (because that's how it should be), I am capable of a normal existence in between moments of chaos. I am thankful of my good health, I am amazed at how I give to others readily and freely, also involving myself in all manner of committee and school based events and thankful I have a job that allows some flexibility to be able to do so,I am thankful that I have friends who appreciate all I do for them, and they immediately jump to my defense when needed,I am thankful my circle of friends whom defend my privacy to the hilt!! in regards to family! My friends ROCK. I am thankful of my elderly neighbours whom regard Samuel as a grandson! I am thankful my son has a nice group of friends long may that last!

Some things I wish

I wish I was more patient, I wish I was more forgiving (Family), I wish sometimes I wasn't so darned hardnosed, I wish I was in a position to offer more volunteer hours at school, I wish sometimes there were more hours in the day.

I hope everyone has a nice xmas and a relaxing time enjoying friends and families company however your family unit is made up....

Ciao
Blondie1 and Son.

Just call me SANTA..........

Cause surely SANTA hasn't ever been this busy!!!!

Just so I haven’t forgotten everyone was our programme of events from the last few weeks until school ENDS, which is DEC 10^th (oh to be back at school) End of year activities and prizegivings and exams it has just been one big BLUR!!!! I hope everyone is well staying out of trouble and looking forward to relaxing at XMAS like I am!!! AND please please do RAIN DANCES as it is so hot and dry it’s terrible.

We have been so DAMNED busy with kapa haka and karate its insane WE have won the right to hold the karate NATIONALS next year and we are fundraising every 2^nd Saturday to raise $18000!!! The kapa haka we had Friday 26^{th November} (pre cycle race) we fed 100 people entertained danced sang and then had to clean up got home 11pm!!! thought I would email through our next 3 weeks of timetable we have kapa haka swimming FRIDAY 19^th, at Jump Jam all day sat 20^th November from 8am until 7pm!!!!

NEXT week is Cycle challenge (nov 27^th) and all that week we have kapa haka tues/wed/thrus/fri night is WELCOMING cyclists onto school and performance then SAT morning we have karate BBQ organised for fundraising and also a RAFFLE going at Pak n Save Sunday and then the next week is Activites week at school for all Year 9 and he has practices karate kapa haka and swimming everyday afterschool right up until SCHOOL ENDS so we are flat out next weekend too, following week we are at school Tues/wed/thurs with kapa haka as FRI night 3^rd December is MARAE stay over as we have to be at Mount Tauhara for Contact Energy (600 GUESTS!!!! Including Iwi groups etc) official powhiri and welcome and entertainment party!! IT WAS 10 HOURS of on and off performing and eating!! Have all day gig Saturday then Sunday is Karate again fundraiser, Week of Dec 6^th is final week of school and we have junior prizegiving kapa haka 3 nights then swimming then Karate BBQ we aren’t free until December 18^th and even then that weekend we have Karate fundraiser on!!! A garage sale at my place IT is 80% set up NOW as of December 16th.

We then have the garage sale 18th december next fundraising is selling amazing "Thundersticks" (random light sticks like lightsabers!) at the New Years Eve concert and at THE STAN WALKER and ANIKA MOA concert Whoop Whoop oh and DJ Rumble will be there and Ivy Lies!!! WE then have A HUGE HANGI fundraiser at End of January and between then I WILL BE ON HOLIDAY I swear!!!!!!

I have kept up with all me gardenign etc and house cleaning (spring/summer huck out!) so IT MAKES me relax as if I see jobs to do I get up instead of relaxing! DAM IT!

Swimming stops in the week of December 17^th being last lesson, then Samuel will go back to 2 nights of karate until school starts again on February 3^rd, then its FULL on as they have a huge KAPA HAKA competition in Rotorua in March so will be practising 3 nights a week for that again and the saturday's as well for it.(and chuck in swimming as well and its BUSY central all over.


Samuel did really well in Year 9 exams got a lot of Excellence in Maths English Science Social Studies, a few achieved with merit, and 2 achieved so he was pleased with that.Also got a principals MERIT award and National recognition awards for Karate.

I got photos of course and SOMETIME I will load them.

I don't know about you guys BUT this year is busier than ever, and we got our tree up 2 weeks ago, but I fear xmas will be very lean for us and our extended friends, it has been a horrid year really finances wise HERE'S hoping 2011 is mucho better.

I hope all of you have relaxing enjoyable holidays with friends and family AND some of you are even getting married!!!!!!!

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Ciao