Well its nearly winter!!!

THE RAIN gosh have we had rain phew, we needed it but not that much!!!
Samuel auditioned for school production and got 4 parts A specialist dancer, The Dentists mother, Miss Luce the flirtatious editors wife, and a pimp!!!!!
For the last 7 weeks practises have been Tues Thurs 3.30-8.30pm, sun 10am-6pm,  and Wed 23rd is opening night Sat 26th final night Im going 23rd and 26th. On top of that he has had karate one night a week, kapa haka one night a week, work on Saturdays I have one very tired muchacho!!! And throw in 3 internal assessments cross country ERUPT festival (here in Taupo for 10 days) and the kapa haka kids have had a few performances there, and then the drama and dance kids have gone to workshops there and I have one very very tired muchacho!!
THEN the biggest news is we have confirmation of HAWAII trip Aug 2013 12 days and we are competing at the Pacific Indigenous Festival. 30 people $120,000 later!!!! But its fundraising on a very large scale Hangi $2000 per hangi, Performances $800 a time, Monster Monster garage sales, and community events we will marshall at be the gophers anything they want us to be runners helpers we have a 3 day conference and we are the kithcen bitches for 1000 punters. We will do anything anywhere for anyone shift houses clear land we have on other occasions planted pine seedlings cleared paddocks tree pruned etc etc etc.

Oh and I have to work on me BIKINI body that i do so I ordered me $300 walking shoes but bargin found them on trademe for $60 YAY so walking it is and I have 60 weeks to get to sorted........
I will no doubt have photos to add of the production. Samuel gets to go the "Naked Samoans" tomorrow through school lucky barstard.
So heres to the fundraising LONG HAUL ...............
Ciao Blondie