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Because life is passing us by

I cannot believe I hadn't updated this thing in ages, and if there's anyone still reading - I do apologise!

Life has been .. insane. If you're not a follower of my other blog, and you have been hiding under a rock for oh the last 6 months,  you may not have heard what's been happening in my wee corner of the world.

On September 4th 2010 a 7.1 magnitude quake hit us. In the days and months since we've had over 3000 aftershocks (some of which were big enough to be classed as their own earthquake but I digress). Its been a rocky few months (excuse the pun). Things are getting back to normal in the central city, where a number of roads were closed due to fallen buildings/parts of buildings needing to be reinforced to stay standing.

Life has been busy besides the quake related stuff, I haven't been able to "settle" into doing things in my spare time - I've spent more time watching tv than i'd care to admit, i've played a little wow, partially read a few books but haven't really finished anything. I have completed a few more things on me 101 in 1001 days lists so YAY.

I cooked a turkey for thanksgiving which was awesome. We don't normally celebrate it here in new zealand but it was my favourite holiday in the states, so i figured why not! I'm glad i did to be honest, it boosted my confidence in my cooking ability.

I've got friends over from aussie at the moment, we've been having a blast catching up and showing them the sites around town.

Knitting

So i've been partaking in a new hobby lately, knitting. To be honest I learnt when I was really young, my nana taught me (yay) but over the years that information seemed to have disappeared. Then when we were living in the states, my mother in law gave me a refresher course! but that too seemed to have left my mind over the years. More recently a friend from the states was visiting and we were talking about knitting - she mentioned she'd learnt by watching youtube videos! Thats right folks, third times the charm!

I've only managed to complete one knitting project so far (a purple/blue coloured scarf).

 
 
 
 
 
 
I'm currently working on a scarf for my dad, and have wool lined up for another project after that. I'm starting to get the hang of this whole scarf thing but i'm a bit nervous about trying an actual pattern. I take one look at a pattern and the poor hampster that runs on the wheel to power my brain...falls off.
 
Life's been pretty routine lately - work, sleep, watching tv, reading...rinse and repeat.

Anzac Day, and other life updates

Yesterday (April 25th) was ANZAC day here on this side of the world. Now if you're not sure what that means here's a little history lesson: ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and April 25th is the day we honor our soldiers who fought in WW1 at Gallipoli (Turkey). While I didn't attend any dawn services this year, I've decided I will go next year - and i'll take my camera, to document it. I would absolutely love to make the pilgramige to Gallipoli as thousands of people do each year (the amazing thing - its not just the older generations who experienced the wars first hand but a lot of younger people are going to pay their respects). I met a lady last year who was going - her father had fought there, and she was looking to buy some camping mats to sit on at the sight.

This year was overshadowed by an unfortunate event here in new zealand - a group of army helicopters were on their way to a demostration flight event when one of them crashed killing 3 of the 4 army personal aboard. R.I.P boys.

In other news I'm counting down the days until my friend D arrives in Christchurch! she's currently travelling around new zealand and from the sounds of it having a fabulous time. I'm a bit jealous to be honest, A lot of places she's going to i've never even been to and i've lived here for most of my adult life! That makes me a wee bit sad. Hubby and I were having a chat today about how he hasn't really done much of the touristy things on offer here - its been work work work :( hopefully D's trip will help sort that.

Now I think i'm going to go curl up in bed and read for awhile. Its a bit chilly here tonight, I might even have a hot lemon drink for old times sake :) enjoy your evening all!

Life goes forward

So things have been plodding along pretty nicely lately. Not a whole heck of a lot to update about here to be honest!

We've got a kitten - her name is Charli, she's absolutely gorgeous! She's black and white, and in a couple of weeks going to be fixed then hopefully we can start letting her outside.

I had a haircut (its above my shoulders!) one of my boss ladies did it for me last week, and i'm loving it. When my hair gets cut shorter it has a tendancy to hold curls a lot better than my longer hair so YAY. Its given me a bit more confidence.

I'm pretty excited, in a few weeks a good friend of ours from the states is coming over to see us! She's spending a few days in town with us, so i'm hoping we can keep her entertained and not too bored.

Other than that i've set up my photography website http://frozenkiwi.webs.com/ if you'd like to check it out.

Immigration Faeries

Yup the immigration faerie visited us today, and delivered hubby a happy new work visa for the next 2years! Dated from yesterday! so thats life a huge stress off of us.

In other happy news Jo is returning in November with her husband

Day Trip to Hamner Springs, Jo's Visit