Otis & Cath update

So an update for you all.

Well since Jade baptism life has been really busy.
Patches our cat got pregnant and had four beautiful kittens
Two black and white males and two torshell females.


We gave away 3 of the 4 kittens and have kept one.
Since Patches has had her kittens she would not stop marking her territory and fighting with our other cat Muppet.
A vet advised me this would not stop this as she was trying to be dominant in the house so Otis and I made the hard decision for her to live somewhere else.
The good thing is that she has ended up going to live with a friend of mine. I hear she is settling in rather nicely.

So meet the new family member to our house

Enzo

I have started up facebook, I found it rather interesting how many people were on there I know.
So of you find me, please add me to your friends as I need a few more friends.

Also Otis Parents came down and stayed with us for one night on Anzac weekend.
It was great to catch up with them and spend a bit of time with them.

Well bye for now until my next entry

Jade Baptisum

Well unfortantly both Otis and I were unable to make it to Auckland last weekend for Baby Jade Baptisum.

Instead Karen was lovely enough to share photo's and coz I love being an aunty, I want to share them with you.

Man how Jade is growing so fast, both Otis and I are looking forward to hopefully coming up to Auckland soon and seeing all the family and seeing Jade.

3, 2, 1 Toss

So I better tell you what this was all about.

At work we listen to MoreFm Wellington and currently they have a competition going where you have to risk something big to gain big.
So I decided to enter. You know me, I felt I had nothing to lose.

Well I got a call on Monday after (3/3/08) to advised I was one of the three people to go for this.
First I was excited and then the nervs hit in about what if I lose my item.

I better tell you the whole competition I had to risk my cell phone and the sim card to possibly gain a new cell phone.

So the toss was held on Tuesday 4th March 2008 at 7.40am at Nick Corner (Corner of Old Bank Aracade)
But before this I not only had a stressful sleep wondering what the heck I had got myself into, then to get a wake up call at 5.45am from Nick @ MoreFm(I didn't know this time existed) I then got yet another call at 6.30am to be put on the radio.
All of this made my nervous worse.

So Otis and I (Yes I could not do this alone) went down to Nick Corner. We had to be there at about 7.20am, ready for the radio at 7.40am

so the time came all three of us there (Raewyn, Catherine and Lisa) with our phones on the line.
Lisa went first, then Raewyn and me last.
Nick tosses a coin if it landed on heads we got to keep our phone and we also won a new phone. If it landed on tails we got our phone smashed with a sledge hammer.

3, 2, 1

So no this was not my phone, unfortantly Lisa was first up and got tails so she had her phone smashed however Raewyn and I both got heads and won.
We got to keep our existing phone plus win the new one.

Yah...
This is my new phone

Nokia N70

Its a little to flash for me, has more features then I need. so Otis has eye on it hoping I'll give it to him.
But we will have to see.

Life goes on

Well we better fill you in on rest of the details.

So my flight to Auckland went well a little bummpy but I got there in the end.
was greeted at the airport by Sue & Brian which was rather nice.
They then took me to pick up the rental which took a while to sort out as not everything had been sorted out.
So after about 1hr I finally got a rental car and then after having to pick up a few errans for Otis, I headed back to Sue & Brians place for a bit of dinner then head off to Hamilton.
This had been the first time I had driven out or around Auckland so I was a little afraid but in the end I got out of Auckland via the North Shore.
By the way Sue & Brian live in Manakau.
Yes that right I went in the wrong direction.

So I finally got to Hamilton at 12pm and man oh man was I glad I arrived safe and sound.
Enjoyed a lovely weeknd at Parachute catching up with friends and just enjoying the weekend.
Then Monday came and we had to pack up and then Tuesday we headed home.
We got home safe and sound and then spent the rest of Tuesday unpack and tidy up the house.
what a long week.

Then during that week Otis started having bad tooth ache, so the following tuesday $300.00 later Otis ended have his tooth removed.
At this stage I was not sure I could handle anything else being thrown at us.
we will just see what the coming weeks have instore for us.

Back Safe and Sound

This is just a short post to let you know we got back safe and sound.
We both really enjoyed Parachute 08 and it was awesome to make a whole lot of new friends as well as catching up with some old ones.

Here are a few photos.
But I promise I will update you some more later.





I also decided to do 29 Nights.
This is a group of scrapbook ladies who have decided to take after Ali Edwards and instead of a year they are doing the month of Feb.
I have to place a post and a photo in my blog everyday for the month of Feb.
See here for more details:
www.mummymoo.wordpress.com

Auckland, than on to Parachute...

So he is an update on the week from Hell.
I now love State Insurance.

So on Tuesday I rung State Insurance to follow up on the car and was advised that it will be towed to Wellington to get assessed and then from there decide if they ride the car off or repair it. During this conversation I asked about rental cars and how we were going to get home.
In the end it was easier for us to book the rental car and State Insurance be invoiced for the rental, so since I was flying to Auckland then going to Parachute from there Otis mum (Sue) was able to look around and a good deal on a rental car for 14 days that can be left in Wellington.
Thank you Sue.
I am flying to Auckland tonight where I'll pick up rental car and drive to Hamilton where Parachute is. YAH.
I really be glad to see Otis, man am I so thankful he or anyone else was not hurt.

so back to the car well I got a call from the assessor today to advise that he had only just got the paper work today and that he was arranging for it to be towed down to Wellington tomorrow and then taken to the Hutt Valley to get assessed. He advised I should have a defiant answer on what will happen with the car next Tuesday.
What happen is suppose to happen and so I am prepared for the worse.

But anyway that will be my last blog post till I come back from Parachute 08 but I promise I will post photos and update when we get back.
I might even let Otis write a little. :)

Thanks for reading

Not all trips go to plan.

So I hoped that since Thursday that our week would get better however I should know better.
Bad things in our life happen in threes and it doesn't rain but pours with us.

So to tell you what happened i should probley start at the beginning.
so Friday, Saturday and Sunday went spent organise and packing for parachute but in between I worked and we went out to friends for dinner dinner (Thanks Eileen & Steve) and Otis took me to the Botanic Gardens to watch the light show and the Beatgirls.

I had such an awesome weekend and I really thought we were on the up after last week but as usual as soon as I think something like that life turns to custard.
So we left packing for Parachute till the last minute and when I mean last minute, I mean we were still pack at 12pm on Sunday night however we got it done in the end and also were able to get enough sleep at the same time.

So Monday morning we packed the car and Otis dropped me off at work at about 8.30am and then he went off to meet Bob and the others and start the trip to Parachute.
So everything was going well until I get this call at about 1.30pm. It was Otis telling me he had been in a car accident just outside of Taihape.
Thank God Otis nor the passengers were not hurt however the car didn't come out the same and was a little worse for wear.
So after spending large amounts of time of the phone with the insurance company we aranged to have the car taken back to Taihape to get assessed however due to Monday being a public holiday the car could not be assessed until Tuesday and if it deemed repairable the car will be towed to Wellington.

However we had one proble how do we get Otis, the gear and the passengers he had from Taihape to Hamilton.
Thanks to Bob and a large amount of driving (2 trips from Taihape to Hamilton) he was able to get to Hamilton with all the gear and the passengers he was bring up to Parachute the downer was that by the time they got in they were all rather tied as they didn't get in to Parachute till 2am the next day. (what a long trip.)

Hopefully from there we will be able to arrange with our insurance a rental car in Hamilton so we can get home from Parachute next week but we will just have to see when the assessment is done and I ring the insurance company tomorrow, so to be honest who knows what our week will bring.

Thanks for reading.