Author: Melissa

Mid-semester break reading list

Mid-semester break reading list

Because reading for pleasure has sadly been replaced with ‘reading for a boring accounting degree’ in the last two years, I embraced my new Part-Time Student status with reckless abandon and checked out three novels from the library yesterday.  I have two weeks off before the semester 

Good Friday

Good Friday

We had a working bee at Mum and Dads on Good Friday and helped spread the dumptruck-load of mulch through the orchard.  When we arrived the Easter Bunny aka Nana, had just been and dropped off a sweet stash of easter eggs and awesome goodies;

Being a web fiend sometimes pays ; )

Being a web fiend sometimes pays ; )

One of my favourite shopping sites 1-day deals launched a new site today called 1-day tees offering short run t-shirts in cool designs.  As part of the launch they gave away 200 FREE tees to the first lot of F5/refresh master-punters.  I got two of course, one for Dave and I,  yay!  Had to pay a measly $2.99 shipping – not a bad price for 2 tees don’t you think?  Thanks 1-daytees!

My free T-shirt!

The Barber

The Barber

Finally! Ethan’s hair is trimmed and I can see his sweet little ears again. The Barber was awesome, obviously an old pro, Ethan sat as still as a statue the whole time and thought that being squirted with the air compressor at the end to 

Haircut #2

Haircut #2

Lou had a close call this week.  His fur grows like a weed, and being recessionary times I figured that surely I could give him a trim myself rather than pay $50 for a trip to the groomers?  Yeah-no.  Seeing as how I don’t own 

We are going to attempt….

We are going to attempt….

a trip to the barber this morning.  Dave has gone fishing so I am all alone…..with Ethan…..who thinks The Barber is going to hurt him.  It has to be done though.  It wasn’t intentional but my boy is sporting a rather convincing bowl cut.  I didn’t actually put a bowl on his head and cut around it persay, but I can’t remember the last time he had a hair-cut and I have been trimming just the edges for a few months now so it’s looking real fancy. 

On a different note, I think the transition from blogger to WP is just about done and I have to say I love it.  Good on ya Julzy for initiating the change (you know I just can’t stand to be left behind!).  It’s nice to have my own domain name finally, though WP is not cloaking the redirect yet, I hope it will.

How many dogs & Jacks can you fit in a Pulsar?

How many dogs & Jacks can you fit in a Pulsar?

The answer is Molly, Marley, Louie, Ethan, Dave and I.  We took the pups out to Muriwai last weekend for lunch on the beach to lament the end of daylight saving and to celebrate the fact that dogs can go on the beach all day 

My Handsome Boys

My Handsome Boys

How cute are they?  We finished March with a landslide of birthday parties, I took this pic before the guys left for Josh’s 4th Birthday party.  Being Ethan’s social coordinator, driver, gift shopper and gift wrapper does not leave time for normal more mundane things, like……laundry or vacuuming.  Oh well!

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Love, Love, Love this band

Love, Love, Love this band

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