blogging avec pictures again!

hello peeps....not going to bother with the usual apology - you've all heard it before! I have a new digital camera at last so i can punctuate my ramblings with some nice photos again. We also have a new computer as our old one, which admittedly was 6 yearsold, died on us. So i am sitting here listening to Southern FM all the way over there in Sussex whilst i eat my marmite toast. The wonder of the internet, eh? I also have a very touch sensitive keyboard so excuse any spelling mistakes!

Had a hair ordeal at the weekend. Decided to visit a new hair salon as my old hairdresser has gone away to work on a cruise ship. In short, i asked for a trim, and the woman completely changed my hair. i now have a fringe for the first time since 1986, and it takes a lot of maintenance. It also dawned on me throughout the week that i was looking decideldy lop-sided, and i realised that i actually had one side of my hair approximately an inch loonger than the other side. So i went back to said hair salon and complained to the manager, who was shocked with the state of my hair and fixed it all up for me and gave me a voucher for a free hair cut next time. So i should think, though, especially as it cost me $110 JUST for a cut. Sooooo....new hair pic....

And from the front with the fringe....

This was us at the weekend with Atsuko, Sam, Jenna and baby Mia at a bit of a family barbeque thing.

And....shock news.....i am without a kettle! After the bbq on sunddy, feeling a bit worse for wear we only did a very quick tidy up, and SOMEONE (admittedly myself) didn't wipe down the counter, and in the morning we woke up to find approximately two billion ants had invaded the kitchen. Adrian bravely fought them all and cleaned it all up, and i thought it might be safe to make a cup of tea. However, in the place of my beautiful crystal clear Auckland water, was the watery grave of about a thousand ants. It was thick black ant sludge, and despite all my scrubbing of the kettle, i have been adamant that it has a funny smell and the water tastes funny. Adrian thinks it has all been in my head and that i am imagining it. But yesterday i found out that actully i am not going crazy; ants actually secrete something called Formic Acid and leave behind a horrible taste, and actually my kettle will never be the same again. So there. But it does mean i am tea-less until i can afford a new kettle. Sob.

And Heidi has turned 2 a couple of weeks ago....that's gone quickly. She's still very much the baby though and keeps us all entertained. At present her favourite phrase is "I'm Heidi Bourbon [Bergman!]" This was her with the big two at the weekend....

Anyway, that's enough from me for a morning. Hope you're all well, if indeed anyone is still reading; i have been most neglectful of you all. Lots of love xxxx