well, I guess Welcome to the new year. It’s hard to believe it’s 2009, it seems like it wasn’t that long ago we were all waiting for the Y2k bug to hit with a vengeance at the end of ’99. 9 years later and I’m still waiting. What’s even scarier 2010 was so Sci Fi when I was born. hahaha.

I hope every one had fun on New Years Eve. We went into the Square in Palmy. There was great entertainment, even with the couple of heavy rain showers which made things a little damp. We had a great evening.

There were some very cold looking girls there though, It always surprises me why people don’t take warm clothing when you know it’s going to get chilly. All in the name of getting a shag huh..

Shaun Preston was awesome on stage performing Elton John, Kings of Leon and others, songs.

The sound system I think was much better than last year and I would’ve loved to have heard strike again, but the entertainment that was put on was great.

Someone (hmm. that’d be me) forgot to take a camera though. My cell phone camera isn’t that great in low to no light. So I didn’t get any photo’s worth keeping unfortunately. But we learn from out mistakes. Just like not taking a cushion to sit on, My arse was sore for 2 days. Next time we are so taking some folding chairs to park on.

I hope everyone has a great 2009.

We decided to go have one last look at the Farmers Santa Cave, we are unsure if it will be setup when Farmers move premises. So it may be the last time we ever get to see it again.

Some of the displays still look like they need some tender loving care and work done to them. Though we were impressed that they have fixed a few of them already. The twirling cats and the monkey band, look like they have had some major work done to them.  So a big thumbs up to Farmers for the effort they put into maintaining the displays. It will be a shame if it goes for good.

Though I still don’t know about the merry go round, There were some kids getting off that, looking decidedly green around the gills

Surprisingly it wasn’t as busy as I’d thought it would be. We arrived at around 11:20am and I had thought we’d be queuing for a heck of a lot longer than we had to.

If you’re in Palmerston North, I’d highly recommend taking the kids down to see it. You may not get the chance again, once Farmers move to the new Plaza building.

Ok, I’m sure everyone gets those weeks that just seem to drag on. The past few have seemed to be the longest I’ve ever had.

We left home to drive up to Auckland for a week on Sunday the 19th October, my cat was at her favourite cattery for the duration. On the way up was pretty uneventful.

Just your usual long drive from Palmy to Auckland. We did get some idiot try and pass when the signs clearly stated “Do not Pass on Painted Median” Well, no wonder the car in front was going to turn right in the turning lane when this moron came screaming up the side of us and just about collected the car turning. If I hadn’t been driving I would’ve whipped out the camera and taken a photo. Anyway, he didn’t learn. I was sitting around 105kph when who should come flying past us. The same idiot passing on a corner no less, do some people need to kill themselves or others before they learn. Maybe they just never learn I dunno.

Got to Auckland that evening and once we were settled in to where we were staying, we decided to order Pizza Hut for dinner. The weather was reasonable so we sat outside and ate.

We had an appointment at 8am the following morning (Monday) so after a long drive I was pretty much ready for bed by 9pm. I didn’t think I was going to be able to get up early enough but I managed it.

The week was pretty good, weather wise but due to the circumstances of why we were there (which I won’t go into at this time) I spent most of it inside or running up and down a bloody hill. I even managed to kill a pair of boots which I have to get the sole re-attached.  Hopefully that won’t cost too much.

The last night we were there, We zipped up to Glenfield to stay with my parents. We all went up to Albany for dinner on the Friday evening and had a lovely roast pork meal. Upon getting back to mum and dads I managed to sit down and relax with a Bourbon and Coke. I wasn’t looking forward to having to drive home on Saturday.

The trip home was pretty good. Only had some issues with a tour bus speeding up then slowing down for about 30 minutes but after that the roads were relatively clear. Had some rain fall but nothing too bad. Got back to palmy and felt like I had stepped into a freezer.

Mum and Dad had left earlier on Saturday on the Motorbike to do their trip down the country. They came up to Palmy from Wellington on the Sunday so it was great having some more time with them. They then headed back to Auckland on Tuesday the 28th after gallivanting around the Manawatu on the bike on Monday.

I guess the past couple of weeks have been pretty busy really. though having the slow week in the middle seems to have made everything seem slow.

Anyway, I guess you’ve stopped reading by now and I probably make no sense what so ever.