SUNNY DAY and 2 more sleeps.....

Samuel had a sleep over Friday night 5 teenage boys SLEEP over was not an appropriate word for it more like talk and giggle fest!!!! 3am finally when I said please settle down you have 5 mins then I am seperating everyone and ONE will have to sleep in my ROOM!

We all awoke around 9.30am and had a HUGE cooked breakfast and boys went home around 1.30pm... WATCHED the All Blacks last night YAY (wish Piri had stayed on and N OT USELESS TITS Cowan!!!)

Got last minute doctors things (liquid nebules for the PORTABLE nebuliser) and dispensation letter for that medication.

Samuel received his team shirt they are "Silver fists!!" He looked great and a club photo was taken with both the boys going and their club mates.Only about half the club were at training on Thursday night.

I have a measley amount of washing done to put into the suitcase jeans and shorty pyjama pants things (got those at the warehouse $2!!! got more underwear!! for the trip $2.47 a pair!!!)

It is 2 more sleeps and today we will pack car we are staying at a Cambridge Motor Park (just have to take our own blankets), and its only 15 mins from Airport.

Might do some gardening today IT IS a beautiful sunny day and NO FROST even!!!!

Enjoy the last day of school holidays ........

The MOST amazing thing happened today.....

Samuel and I have been parked outside Countdown Pak n Save throughout the holidays selling raffle tickets for his up and coming TRIP in just 6 MORE SLEEPS.

As you do you speak to loads of people and chitter chatter well I do the most chitter chatter, anyhoo a lady comes over says"Oh hi to Samuel nice to see you" she asks me about him and I speel off int the whole history AS YOU DO, she says how nice it was to have a young man speak to businesses himself and selling like he did HER and HER husband were very impressed with him, they bought around 10 tickets one day last week. SHE then went onto to say she would buy some more SHE did she bought 5 more..............................................................................................


BUT ON LEAVING she shook my hand and put into it $200 in $20 notes and said "I know how hard it is to fundraise and you must be so proud of your young man this is for him!!!", I knew it was more than $100 I could feel the weight of the bills, I WAITED until she got in her car and I unrolled the bills $200 BLARDY DOLLARS I was blown away Samuel when she left gave her a BIG HUG and towered over her and said how grateful he was, he beamed she patted his shoulder and was beaming herself I BLARDY CRIED didn't I I am such a BOOBY at times.

We also whilst there sold 85 tickets and got around another $15 in just donations!!! people are so damned generous and it blows me away.We are selling again tomorrow and then that is it for us until FRIDAY and then feet up over the weekend.

WE have all necessary medications forms clothes shoes toiletries and TRAVEL cabin bag. SAMUELS karate Dojo instructor SHOUTED him a BRAND NEW Gi to travel with so that was so kind I have washed it twice it UNSTIFFEN it and had his DOJO badge sewn onto it so we are ready to go now.

We have been experiencing HUGE FROSTS -5 twice this week, followed by -3 frosts 2 of those and tomorrw only -1 whoop whoop and boy the payoffs are STUNNINGLY sunny days almost SUNBATHING weather!!! haha NOT.

I get to pay forward my good fortune tomorrow to another person whom will be unsuspecting of it but will guess its me, THE sooner you pay forward the better it is for everyone.

Chill out everyone NO pun intended.

Ciao

The BIG CHILL..........

The biggest frost this winter has arrived AND I was out in it at 7am dropping a language student off at SKI SHOP for SKI TRIP!, then straight to school to drop Samuel off for the "Manu Korero Trip" which meant up at 6.15am and in the shower AND MY GOD it was freezing WHY didn't I shower and wash my hair last night and blow dry it then WHY!!!!

Samuel house colour day was a blast, HIS outfit got a prize (chocolate bars), his friends loved it most off the Rugby team (Maori boys and PI boys) loved the HAT!! Teachers said where were the GIRLS!!!! and one man at the petrol station SAID PIMPS need big as glasses with BLING so that's what I am looking for today glasses to add to the DRESS up box.

That is after I have hung out 3 loads washing (where does it come from) well dress up stuff, swimming stuff yesterday JELLY wrestling clothes and a set of sheets and I am one of those people whom wash colours separately and white things together and towels and sheets separately.

I am now doing more ironing then have a rugby meeting at school, I have chicken legs and thighs in onion rosemary sauce in crockpot and have SQUEEGEED (wipe blade) all our windows in the house THEY were running a river this morning and they seriously needed clearing that is the pits! Consequently I have every window AT the other end of the house open clearing night air from the rooms and drying rest of windows off THE lounge door is shut tight and when I went down the other end of the house HOLY CRACKERS the cold air is shall I say "it takes ya breath away!!".

Right I have spare time so ironing it is, and a hot cuppa tea (now that is unusual for me you know its cold when I'm drinking hot drinks!)

I hope everyone is as warm as I want to be!!!

Ciao

CLEARANCE whoop whoop..........

Houston we have clearance. Yesterday the sports ortho doctor gave Samuel clearance to go to Aussie, he is NOW over the moon he was quite down in the dumps I had realized he was anxious and worried but seeing him yesterday he must have been secretly holding a lot back (at least he can do that because he was quite a different lad last night).

AND on an unrelated note MY SON was 168cm in FEB they were weighed and measured yesterday at LIFESKILLS with proper doctors sliding measuring tape he is 179cm!!!!! he has grown 11cm in 4 months!! (holy fark he is shooting up way past his friends now I saw the 4 of them on the weekend and he is way above the others!) and 59kg!

SO Aussie $ were obtained $450NZD for $350 NZD eeekkk that's with handling fee I might add, insurance paid for, seminar paid for,Aussie internal travel paid for, TICKET GOT, all he has to pay for is Departure tax!!! YAY.Medical forms obtained to cover traveling meds, and copies of medical clearance has to be taken, ALSO had forgotten that in International sport competitons BANNED substances come into play and VENTOLIN is one of them so a dispensation letter was got for that!!! personal first aid kits got, and they needed VINYL sparring punch mitts WHY? I hear you ask because the normal cloth mitts soak up too much blood and the spectators find that gross!!!! (go figure the vinyl ones are easy wipe!!!! noiiiiccccceeeee)

I will get the billets present next week IT is our FAMOUS Lake Taupo shot looking across the lake towards the snow mountains (on coasters!), these are my most favourite gifts, some on here have had them Jaxx I got a big picture of that scene (she loved that scene), Chris got coasters cause she LOVES the cold ha ha (NOT!), you can get lovely scenes and even fishing and boating scenes the other boy is getting his billets a glass koru.

Today is Start of "SPIRIT" week at school and my son well lets just say its right up his alley! Today is house colours day tomorrow "T" day and Friday famous dead person!! He is ALL RED today and tomorrow unfortunately is representing school at a Manu Korero competition (Maori debating and speech and has to wear his uniform) he is guttered because he wanted to GET out the MR T outfit you all remember that one don't you?I will post a picture of todays EFFORTS!!!!! The bottom of the pants has faux fur and the collar bottom of sleeves has huge faux fur and the bottom of the jacket is 1/3 faux fur I scored that entire outfit for $12!!!!! (a bargain!) The photo is Samuel and his mad as just as crazy friend!! They looked superb (his friend is BLUE house if you hadn't guessed already!) CLICK on the pic to get the FULL appreciation of how DAM bright the outfit is it is also velveteen the other material and is shinyish!

I am just ironing and hanging out washing today IF IT EVER warms up!!!!! Oh and heading to bank to pay for travel insurance and blue punch mitts (he has red BUT they needed both colours as they would either be fighting in a red corner or blue corner depending on opponents colours!)

Have a good day

Ciao

End of a WET WEEK....

Tomorrow ends a thoroughly wet and nasty cold week (frosts, winds, RAIN HUGE RAIN!) ohhh and Rugby yay go the Maori!!! ohhhh and more rugby Saturday night! GO the AB's .... not too mention Under 14 Rugby yay ! Go our team!

In answer to Anonymous questions yes we got a $88 refund on sausages took a lot of working out on their part but not how I explained it there was 22 bags at 4kg per bag we were quoted $3.99 per kg they charged $4.99 per kg simple really 22x4 = $88 overcharged took them awhile to get that figure BECAUSE each bag weighed different some had more than 4kg some had less (it was shall I say hair-pulling) material SO I JUST said look average it out because they only priced and stickered one bag and scanned multiple bags yay see. After 10 mins we all agreed on $88.

Samuel is hard out selling raffle tickets $1 tickets to WIN $708 worth of jewelery and we have sold 350 tickets so far he is selling all over the holidays and with only 25 days left to go IS BESIDE himself......

I do hope everyone is staying relatively warm!

Ciao

Fully into RUGBY

I drive my friends and family insane in RUGBY season I am an addict and an avid follower of all things RUGBY!!!

But I do draw the line at driving 3 hours to a UNDER 14 game and changing warming up TO HAVE NO BLARDY team arrive to play us THEY DEFAULTED (yes I am yelling) game scheduled for 11.30am they arrive with 13 players and had to default due to A: lack of numbers AND B: also they did not have NZRFU and BOP corresponding paperwork (ie team draws and identikit NZRU photos)! We played them any way in a friendly (we had one of our boys sent off YES in a friendly and they beat us 30-20!!) had they had they right amount of players and paperwork they would have had a WIN!

It is disappointing that Coaches and Team Managers aren't pulling finger and abiding by the rugby rules! I arrived at carpark at 7am with 45 HOT out of the oven sausage rolls for the trip (they were devoured int he carpark before we left!) ONE delicious bacon and egg pie gone before Rotorua, 12 bananas and 12 muesli bars gone before Whakatane!!! 3 x 2litres of water that was just the 11 in the van I drove over, there was a small people mover with 6 boys they dam near ate the same amount!!! and a car load of others.

IT was a thoroughly neat day we were all very tired and glad to be home, this Saturday we the team are only traveling to Rotorua! THANK GOD!

Our language student Chen has finally gone home we will miss him and Chris H made the most beautiful card for him and he thought it was "too beautiful" he said!! He may be BACK in mid July which I thought was even funnier.(he may come back to us until end of year or next February when University starts I suppose because he sat his Entrance exam 2 weeks ago.

We have had some mean as rain and wind and HUGE FROSTS! but today is only 9 degrees and sun is out my clothesline I hope doesn't snap IT IS CHOCCAFULL!

Hope everyone is having a great day.

Ciao

It has taken nearly...

all week to recover from Fri/Sat/Sun and then MONDAY marathon hell clean!!!! I feel I am nearly back to 100% firing on all cylinders!!

WE have been swamped with rain and DEAR GOD I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow for RUGBY!(watching it is cool watching it in the rain is not cool!)

I am off to do some quick cleaning then into town to get son. GET all the rugby stuff sorted for tomorrow DRINK ORANGES WATER BLANKETS wet weather gear etc injury stuff and then REST!!!! Having yummy shepherds pie with mashed potatoe on top.

EDIT most of water and oranges done cleaning half done!!! off to finish rest now I AM OVER CLEANING this week I TELL YA!

Hope everyone has a nice weeekend (stay dry where you can)

Ciao