Blitzin'...again

While we were away in NZ, we had the tradies in to do a few odds and ends about the place and it’s amazing how expensive odds and ends are these days! You might remember we decided to restore a touch of former glory to our house by laying tessellated tiles on the path/porch and they look bloody brilliant. With that though, The Lovely Samantha has insisted on a new colour scheme and front garden which means you’ll be hearing about painting and prepping etc. for the foreseeable future.

Cue this weekend: Sanding kitchen benches, filling skip bins with building waste, human earth moving etc. De ja vu - The old backyard blitz from several years ago is coming back to haunt me. I even attempted to get rid of excess sand from the pebbles down the side passage. The nice white pebbles are starting to drown under the debris collected over the last 5 yrs. Talk about back breaking. I hate shoveling in confined spaces. 

To be honest, not sure why I bother with all this DIY stuff but it does put a sparkle in the old girl’s eye and makes me feel partly man again after the hiatus of the past few years.

See ya,

Minas.

Post Holiday Blues

Hey;

Are the post holiday blues a testament to the quality of the holiday or the crap work you have to come back to? 

We spent a glorious ten days in the land of the long white cloud starting with a few chilled (literally) days in Christchurch. It was freezing. Even Kell, who popped down to visit, said so.

I didn't realise (a little naively perhaps) the state Christchurch is still in post earthquake. 18 months on and the entire CBD is still a complete no-go zone. A cool pop-up mall made out of shipping containers has been created, but the rest is empty streets, barricades, half demolished buildings and rubble. On occasion it was like walking through an eerie post apocalyptic movie set.

After Christchurch it was off to the ski fields of Mt Hutt for a great week of skiing, Bodhi's first in fact. Thankfully his first day nerves settled and he ended up being a demon on the magic carpet runs. He hasn't progressed to turning yet, but big smiles on his face.

Throughout the week, we sampled many of the region's fine runs and even more of their Pinots which put a nightly smile on The Lovely Samantha's face. 

The weather just got better and better, so much so that on the final day i reached for the bucket list and did a day of heliskiing.

Couldn't wipe the smile of my face.

see ya,

Minas