Velvet Brown....

Ooops - I did a Britney.....

~ Nope didn't marry a backupdancer.

~ Nope didn't get pregnant twice.

~ Nope didn't get divorced then have my life spiral out of control...

~ Nope I didn't shave my hair off....

But yes I did go Brunette.........Velvet brown to be exact...

Keeping blonde was just a little bit expensive in a year where I want to save 20G for a holiday ;)

First day survived with a surprisingly amount of positive comments - even guys noticed! I mean c'mon, men noticing a hair colour - I guess something drastic like going from Blonde to Brunette would actually them notice. And all of them said they liked it better than blonde - Really????

Anyway final decision of change pending - the blonde in me isn't that easy to get rid off. At least I think this colour will stay longer than my mousey brown 5 days last year ;)

Fun weekend....

We had a FUN weekend just been.....!

....not only for the fact that it was a break from the first week back to work, but that we did two things that we never normally do.

Saturday night we went to the Speedway. I haven't been to the speedway since I was a kid!

Fun!

It was the perfect weekend to go as Te Marua Speedway had a $10,000 fireworks display and a demolition derby at the end of normal racing.

Fun!

Sunday we went to the Central Golden Retreiver Club Dogs Day out in Titahi Bay. Not only did Sage get to play with lots and lots and lots of other Golden Retreievers, but she also got to play at being a show dog, agility dog and meet a couple of her brothers, sisters and cousins.

Sage being followed by a small puppy

Fun!

Anyway here are some pics of our Fun weekend - well actually the fun Sunday cause I didn't take my new cool very expensive camera to the speedway.

Sage learning how to be Show Dog (her cousin to the left of the pic and her show dog sister to the right)

Sage learning how to be an Agility Dog

Sage very satisfied at the end of a Fun Weekend!

Au Revoir Sir Edmund Hillary.....

1919 ~ 2008

I wish I had something deep and meaningful to say about one of New Zealand's most famous personalities.

I don't.

Au Revoir - may you rest in peace.

And so begins 2008....

Well 8 days in to the new year and its Business as Usual....

Get up , work, eat, walk dog, sleep and repeat.

Tell me why we do this again? Oh that right we are living the kiwi dream of the bank owning our house. Or two in our case ;) oh well - C'est la vie

Now that I'm back at work and finding ways to procrastinate from actually working, I've got no excuse to upate this blog.

So the year that was.

2007 - Highlights

* Buying my new racing stripes car
* Becoming Landords in Maungaraki
* Becoming Upper Hutt residents in Totara Park - flat land, more sun and NO WIND!!!!
* Getting my gorgeous Golden Retriever!
* Surviving one year of marriage ;)

2007 - Lowlights

* Overspending (all me)
* Having to commute 45mins each way to work
* Going up 2 sizes since Wedding
* Overspending - did I mention that....


2008 Resolutions

Not that I actually make any but are more like goals that I will work towards this year...

* make more of an effort (in everything)
* lose at least a dress size and get back to normal fitness!!!
* don't spend so much
* save for Europe Holiday in May 2009
* survive another year of marriage (that's the easy one!)
* don't spend so much... did I mention that....

so that's me for my first entry of 2008...
TTFN