Well, the day started off pretty well. I slept on the couch last night, because Ants didn’t want to sleep on the spare double bed because it was too soft, and I didn’t want to sleep in that room by myself, because that was the room that Yaya (Ants’s Grandmother) died in. So I slept on the couch, which was fairly comfortable, and got a whole 5 hours sleep. Read more…

Current Mood: aggravated & bored & lethargic & relaxed

The day after our engagement party dawned calm in weather, and loud with many family members getting through their morning routine. I was feeling hung-over, not that I’d drunk so much, but more that I’d only had about 4-5 hours sleep. We all marched in and started with pulling down the marquee, and collecting all the rubbish. There was so much of it! It took us all only an hour or so to clean up the property, and Grammy did a dump run, which was incredibly helpful.

Lunch time rolled around, and Dad was showing the nephews how to catch bees without being stung. Oh so funny. It brought back memories of Dad showing me how to do it, but I was always too scared to do it.

Ranginui catching bees

Dad teaching Keran and Paul

I sent a message out to everybody to come and share in some kai with us, (but nobody turned up) there was sooo much food left over that we had another huge feed. Kylie came over and brought Natasha (our friend from highschool who I never kept in touch with) and her sister Michelle, and another friend Karla from the gym came. Then it started to shower and we were super-glad that we’d had everything cleaned put away, and taken care of before it started to rain.

I finally had a shower once all the family and friends had left, and there was still more cleaning, organising food and sorting to be done. Boy was I exhausted when I went to bed. But wait there’s more! Anthony and I were rung by Demitius on our cellphone (he was inside) because some kids had thrown eggs at the house, which scared Kathy so much that she had to ring the police. Once all that kerfuffle was sorted, we went back to bed, only to be rung around 1:30am by the police to tell us there’d been a few more eggings down the road, but they couldn’t find the kids. Then at 3am, Demitrus’s taxi shuttle rang the home phone to tell him he’d arrived to take him to the airport, and Demitrus wasn’t even out of bed! So I really got no sleep that night either. Talk about hung-over feeling. Blurg!

Current Mood: exanimate

The day dawned slightly overcast, and I hoped that it would clear soon with the hot sun. I realised very soon that getting into the shower was going to be a pain in the bum, so I nipped down to Southgate to Vicky’s room so I could shower and get ready for the day without interruption.Warning: Graphics galore!

Photos
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Demitris’s Camera
Heidi’s Camera
Keane’s Camera Read more…

Current Mood: drained & ditzy

After our late night last night, Ants and I were up early to have brunch with Brendan, Keri-Ann and Emily. Read more…

Current Mood: ditzy

Today Ants and I got up early to pack and get everything organised to go to Auckland. The morning went very quickly as we raced around, and it wasn’t helped by lots of phone calls. The excitement of last night still hadn’t worn off! I hope it doesn’t for some time. Read more…

Anthony proposed to me tonight! OMG I`m so excited! I can`t stop smiling! I`m such a Cheshire!

So you wanna know how it happened? WELL

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Current Mood: lethargic

So my parents finally came down from the Naki to see me, brought my nephews Dylan and Keran. The main point of the trip was for Mum and I to go to the British Embassy and get our UK passports (Mum renewal, and me for my first one). Read more…

So I’ve been sick, again. It started last Thursday night when I had the cold shakes and a headache. I popped some panadol, watched some TV and went to bed reasonably early. Then, I woke in the middle of the night with the cold shakes and sweats. I was freezing, but Ants said ‘you can’t be cold, your sweaty’. So I popped some more panadol and went back to sleep after the shaking had subsided enough. Read more…

Current Mood: aggravated

The day has cost me a total of $503.50 and there is still the single photo of me once I’d walked off the stage with my degree!

Warning: Lots of photos thanks to my Mummy
All photos are my Mum’s, except where stated. Read more…

Current Mood:

Can’t say my family will be too impressed with my cousin Keith

Cricket reps arrested after victory drinks
By LEIGHTON KEITH – Taranaki Daily News

Police have arrested and charged three Taranaki representative cricketers after an early morning vandalism spree in Napier.

Another two members of the team, who police are yet to identify, are also alleged to have been involved in the drunken rampage through Napier’s city streets.

The three men who were arrested and spent time in police cells are Andrew Mason (18), David Good (23) and Keith Muller (26). Read more…