Thank goodness the weekend is over........

That was a mammoth weekend shopped for the 50 people, cooked 1 dinner 2 breakfasts, 1 lunch and oodles and oodles of dishes, I slept at home though.

Staurday family I work for are away and I had been left a list of jobs to do!!!!! niiiiiiiicccccccceeee
NOT. Picked up Samuel 8.30am dropped at rugby did 2 hours work, watched Rugby GREAT game despite a narrow loss, picked up Samuel he went to work i went to Marae and helped woth food and dishes, Samuel arrived back at 4pm, I helped served up dinner then WENT out for dinner to my FAV place it was scrummy. Kids finished up SAT night at midnight got to sleep around 1am not too bad.

Headed to work for 2 hours early this morning Sunday went to Marae did brekkie dishes went home did 3 loads washing, went back to Marae got Samuel spent 1 hour at storage shed sorted and condensed took load to dump.came home picked in said washing FOLDED and IRONED!!!! now sitting on me BUM I have earned my rest, we popped our dinner in the crockpot early this morning corned beef and we are all set!!!

I do this all again next weekend as another KAPA HAKA noho( practice etc).

Ciao
Blondie

And the rugby season commenceth!!!!

YAY rugby is here we are playing pre grading divisional matches. Looking forward to being graded in the premier grade again. Cold rainy and just what a rugby season needs, Samuel didn't make the noumea team but they are still hardout fundraising as a team towards it.

Have a kapa haka wananga ( practices) from Friday today 4pm until Sunday 4pm its MY BIRTHDAY today and I'm cooking at the marae today have to shop for 50 people that's 2 dinner 2 breakfasts 2 lunches and supper morning tea and afternoon tea last time 3 trolley's $600 this time probably $800-900 WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA that's a lot of trolley's!!!! And being a bargin shopper we get good bang for our buck.

I'm having dinner at the marae with the kids tongiht slack i have to cook me own birthday dinner and share it about 50 others!!!!! and then home tonight, tomorrow is kapa, then rugby 10am, then Samuel working then kapa haka then I'm going out for dinner to my favourite place BBQ MASTER it is divine such a cool place. I have to work anyhoo and I'm being floggged there anyhoo what's more Mahi!. (work)

Seen as the kids will be at the marae Sunday morning I am sleeping in and with ALL the frosts we have been having just as well!!! TIS freezing! a heap of snow on the mountains.

ciao
blondie

Did I say saving ? i should have said SPENDING

Its been an awful few weeks weather wise winds storms powercut TAUPO only, tornado, which brings me tomy post.....

My life is a whirlwind of JOB, JOBS at home list of JOBS to check off I am a chronic list maker but achieve nearly everything on that list everyday. ( a new list starts everyday too WHERE do these jobs come from?).

I have been lucky I am the proud proud new owner of a laptop!! believe me this is huge for me Jason transferred over all my stuff from desktop to laptop then it arrived home and I had just to connect to wireless broadband (wonderful SO friggin fast) YAY.

I am typing this in bed ! It is so cool Samuel Jaspa (cat) and I have settled in great Sue is not so stressed and we are saving WELL I'm spending laptop, 5 new pairs pants 3 tops 2 NEW BRAS long overdue new undies, bio oil chondrotin capsules (the mega big pottles!)flax pills (like fish oil same benefits mine was primarily 20 years ago for psoriasis but it does hair nails skin etc), face cream hand cream heel cream, Samuels magnesium capsules for lung function in asthmatics, shoes, walking socks, new handbag new clothes for Samuel curtains for my room, these are ALL things long long overdue and IT IS such a pleasure and thrill to be able to spend money on myself albeit mostly medicinal, I am sleeping better, and am alot more relaxed.

I have even started walking again and thats exciting for me all the things I bought were heavily discounted and if not on special, so I was thrilled with that too.

I have been to Rotorua twice shopping, and Tauranga yesterday to see an old friend of the family ( has just had major stroke 78) they were lucky they nearly lost their Dad 5 days ago so I wanted to go and see the family and Father, I was able to take beautiful Taupo books (as they lived her over 40 years) the family loved them and father, the mere fact I had money to do so and have petrol money to get there and worry was to me a relief and I for the first time felt humbled by the mere thoguht it was such a small gesture. Financial things matter they can be small things that bother you but the release of the last 4 weeks for me has been a tonic of sorts.

Samuel is busy as ever working karate kapa haka fundraising for rugby sevens trip to Noumea WHOOP WHOOP, his first term report was stunningly great OF course the impetus was do well then you can purchase a PS3 he had been saving SOOOOOOO hard so PS3 2 controllers, warranty 3 games and $900 later he is the proud owner of what he wanted! now he is saving for sevens trip and karate trips(should they arise). and he is very frugle with his money too so that is a relief he knows the money is hard earned and therefore not to be thrown away...

Something else I have started up again my weekly envelopes I used to save $10 a week for Samuel birthday, xmas food, xmas travel, clothes money vet bill so that it eased everything along a little, well I have saved over $300 towards these things in the last month on top of all my spending so I am on top of things again and it feels liberating. My weekly budget is now only with groceries utilities and saving envelopes $290 it feels like xmas every week to me I had made a list of all the things I needed to catch up on LIKE the pills clothes shoes socks undies etc etc and finally yesterday I did that, I am now saving to update my 16 yr old car which has done 271,000km and is a true workhorse of a station wagon!!!!!! I dont want a new car certainly can't afford that but just to update, so that's me. After 8 years of struggle I have arrived.

Ciao