Blogs from New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 7

We went to Pukekura park to look at it in the daylight and we walked all around it is amazing really old tall trees and forests and water falls we went on the stage and danced and sung. and played on the playgrounds we got hungry so we went and got tomatoes lettuce cheese ham cucumber and this big pack of bread that had icing buns and buns and bread for $6 dad was really impressed with the bargain we ate it all for lunch at the camp groun, we played cricket at the camp ground and just played on the playground so we could have an early tea. we had steak sandwhiches on the barbie then we went for a swim and got dressed in warm clothes to go to the festival of lights. That ... read more

Hey! Just a quick update! It was Mark's birthday on Wednesday, he has been working nights though so he slept til about noon, I got him tickets to see Crusty Demons - a bike show, daredevil kind of thing - in Feb. in Auckland! We just puttered around the house and went to town to renew his car insurance stuff - a little different than just renewing our license plate stickers, and then looked at vinyl for the bathroom and kitchen. I went to work with him in the truck and we had a pretty good time, until this grumpy man yelled at him over the radio! He had pulled out onto the road and there was this truck coming but he was a ways away, plus Mark's truck was empty and it can really giver ... read more

Hello and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful time bringing in 2009!!! So I haven't updated for a little while, here is what we have been up to! After Christmas Mark went back to work (day shifts) so I had some more time to myself! I went and signed up to the library around the corner on Parklands Street and actually met some of our neighbours - turns out two of our neighbors work at the library haha!! I didn't have any mail with me with my name and address on it so as I was filling out the forms they said I could bring something in later. I filled in the address and the one woman said "oh OK I can vouch for her" and then introduced herself as my neighbor, Jay. ... read more

Hello and Merry Christmas Eve from NZ! Just came on to post some pictures from yesterday and last night! I took some pictures of our house from the street and my little white Honda plus some of the grocery store etc to satisfy all the questions I've been getting about how similar/different things are here, as you will see things are really quite the same. Plus we were watching Forest Gump on TV last night and the whole room went pink and there was the most beautiful sunset so we raced down to the beach to take some pictures! Enjoy! And tomorrow is Christmas day for us here so I will say MERRY CHRISTMAS now because we will probably be busy most of the day! Mark is working the night shift tonight and will be home ... read more

Hello!!! Glad to see even more ppl are signing up ok to my blog! Make sure to "Subscribe" publicly - there is a button under my picture and once you've done that, you will get an automatic email each time I add a new entry! So today I just have a little update: We had a pretty good weekend! Mark worked Friday but was home by 5 ish and then he needed a nap! Then we got ready and he took me out to dinner to Lonestar - which is one of the only really "Americanized" restaurants around. It was really yummy food but a bit pricey! I find that the prices are all higher than back home, you could pay like 12 $ for soup here lol or even more at fancy restaurants! Anyway, then ... read more