Quite the gaggle

Im gonna be an Aunty again! Number three due in August yay!
Check JJ's website for details...
http//blog.tigy.net/

Taipa Bay

Well we managed to get away from work on Friday around 3pm thanks to Stu taking over for the arvo and Saturday hours. Thanks Stu your a legend.
After battling our way through the school traffic (1km == 1/2 hour) and the 4pm finishers (everyones in a rush to get home that they all become homicidal maniacs), we made good time and arrived at the resort around 830pm.
Taipa Bay is 5mins away from Cable Bay as well as Maunganui.
The resort was Beachfront and luckily we had scored a suite beachside (other being poolside), so wake up up pull the curtains open the bifolding doors and step out onto the beach. Amazing. Breath taking.
Went for a couple of swims, the water was a bit chilly getting in but great once your under.
The wedding was beautiful. Dnaa was tearful which almost got me started, and definatley got the groom going (so sweet). A lot of French champagne later and me and cuzzie bro were shaking our booties to pretty much anything on the dance floor. Great night. Still wish I could speak french tho. a wonderful bunch of people to celebrate the day with.
It was really awsome to have a weekend away too. Just relaxing and strolling around with only crickets to disturb.
The service was good also. Very friendly.

Really want to go back up for a week or so and do the whole touristy thing... Not during Dolphin mating season tho...

Another Scorcher

Toddled off to the Devonport Food and Wine Festival Saturday just been. Maaaaaaaaate.
The best day Summer has ever managed to pull out of its arse this year!
No photos unfortunately for you...and fortunately for me there are no photos.
Great day. Great people! Managed to catch up with Dnaa before her big day this Saturday (cant wait) and met her bridesman and future dad in law and sister in law. both had little english and me even less french, but much hand waving and eyebrow lifting got over the hurdles.
Alcomahol definately helps too.
The Bands!
Spacifix played, very lively but didnt wow too much, although im glad I ve seen them now as there has been much hype... but One Millon Dollars! oh my dog! they are brilliant! their singer kicked arse (jazz roots) and the brass section were tight as. Along the same vein as The Hot Grits, but I gotta say, I prefer One Millon Dollars.
The Wine!
Well, I stuck to bubbles (safe) and pretty much one stand Nautilus (spelling bad) which was yummy and light and easy to drink if left in the sun too long.
The Food!
One thing to say... You dont need bread with a whitebait fritter. Just lemon. And more Whitebait.
Anyhoo, lots of talking and dancing and hugging was done. A trip to Henderson Valley followed (over one hour), then it was back to ours for pizza and more drink. Very haizey towards the end...

DOH!

Photo; hungover at work after big weekend.

So I had written quite a waffley peice on Auckland anniversary and getting plastered dressing up and going to the local only to have cricket on the big screen old people staring and no 70s and 80s classics to boogie to... when the computer froze and I lost the lot! Bugger i said... well, one of the words I said.
Cant recall most of it cause I was still hungover when I wrote it... so in jaded fog...
I went way over my 3 drink limit, wore a strapless leopard print top I swore (when sober) would never make it passed the front door (and a cowgirl hat I had won earlier at pub quiz) and arsed around infront of the local oldies and what is worse the local video shop guys who now look at me and giggle. (pub so bad my cuzzie Jo and I hired a the skeleton key and went home to watch thinking it was scary...sooo not worth the money that movie sucked. The M&Ms were ace tho).
Luckily day after was holiday so spent most of it cuddling the couch, but did manage to go to Maturangi beach for a little while, had great time people watching. the wait for Mikes burger was around half an hour, so spent the time watching all the stoned scruffbags stuffing fistfulls of hot chips down their gobs (ahh, memories). didnt actually make it to the sand as there is a total dog ban on the beach between the hours of 9am and 7pm. Poor doggies, but we did take them to the park afterwards for a go at the agility course. Turns out Poppy is a natural, she loved jumping through the tyres and weaving and more jumping. she even started telling me all about it while doing it. Quite hularious. Frank on the other hand was more interested in running in giant circles then coming in to get in her way, then taking off again after being told off by pops. Frank is like a goldfish really, runs in circles, and only really remembers when its dinner time.
Anyhoo,
Full moon at the moment so not getting enough sleep (not warewolf thankyou) so blethering... and I cant be bothered reading what I have just written so I hope it all makes sense.