Our Far North Road Trip

To commemorate the occasion of two years of marriage we thought that this year we would explore a part of our country we have both never been to. And so the 6 day road trip happened, complete with boutique accommodation at a cute house in Whangaparaoa, toe-digging for cockles in the sand, long drives through the subtropical scenery of Northland, sipping freshly ground coffee on the deck at an impromptu visit to some dear friends, beholding the most stunning sunset at the most northern tip of New Zealand, Cape Reinga, driving around in the dark at 10pm to find a campsite (then setting up camp with a flashlight and a horde of determined mosquitoes , almost getting lost in the giant sand dunes of Te Paki, beautiful white sandy beaches and turquoise waters (sorry this list is getting long but I'm nearing the end, promise!), Indian curries for dinner on New Year's Eve, body surfing at Ocean Beach at Whangarei Heads and a fascinating visit to the National Clock Museum. Okay, enough talk...

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...And we're back!

Hello blogging world! After a long hiatus of postlessness the urge to return to blogging has been stealthily creeping up on me, not unlike a jaguar silently stalking its prey until WHAMM it pounces on you unawares and it's all you can do not to succumb. Golly how does one even begin to write the elephant that is a year of happenings? We travelled to three countries on three separate occasions, celebrated a Quarter Century and five years together, drove to the northmost point of the country and watched a glorious sunset, bought a wee house in the suburbs and waved goodbye to apartment living (a little reluctantly at first but we are the better for it), and ate a whole lot of pizza. The pizza part happened primarily in the latter months due to our discovery of The Best Pizza In Town but, and this is just between you and me, it is possible we ate a year's worth of pizza over that period, so I think I can justify adding it to the list. Sadly the owner decided to close shop recently (waistlineS, you will thank us llater), so here's to a year of homemade pizzas, attempts to garden, and more frequent posting. Cheers.

Disclaimer: I did not have a crazy moment and cut all my hair off, this day was just ferociously windy so my hair was safely tucked under to avoid spending hours brushing out the knots.  :)

This is where we'll be for the next month...

Vacationing in South Africa! Until then... "totsiens" :)

Early Riser?

I am not a morning person. As much as I love the idea of getting up with the sun, my brain hasn’t yet convinced my body to put this idea into action. Rather, I push the snooze button every 5 minutes until it gets to the point where, any longer, I would be running late for work.

Unfortunately for me, Mr B. is not a morning person either (who ever said opposites attract, anyway?), which means both of us struggle to find the motivation to make the other our morning hot drink when all we want to do is sleep ::sigh::

This morning was different as Bardoe had an early bus to catch to go to a conference out of town, so we were both up 2 hours before usual (though not without difficulty).

That is how I came to be awake and ready at 7am when the most unusual thing happened – I had all this spare time on my hands before I had to be out the door. What to do? Well I made a hot breakfast (normally a weekend treat) and then straightened my hair. Voila les resultats!