On our way

Have spent the weekend in Timaru with my family. I had a really relaxed lovely time and it was hard saying goodbye to each and every one of them. It hadn't really hit me that I was moving away till I hugged my parents today before we got on the shuttle. It hit me like a brick wall, I just felt so sad, but so excited at the same time which is truly a bizarre mixture to feel.

People have asked me if Im scared about moving to a new country and a city I've never been to. But Im not in the least bit scared. I know what being scared is like and I know what its like to have my life threatened by an un seen force. I know what its like to feel the most intense anxiety. I never want to feel those feelings again so to move to a new city and a new country is feeling like the most relaxed and carefree thing I've ever done. This feels so right and thats weird for me becuase I stress at the slightest thing.

Ive sort of made a pack with myself to let what ever may be to be. Im lucky to be alive, Im lucky to have amazing friends and a super loving family and I swear to make the most of life.

So that brings me to traveling on a cramped bus, with a driver wearing a piano tie and feeling so happy. We are on our way to Levin to see Toms family and our friends before we make our way to Melbourne on sunday.

Love to all my siblings and Mum and Dad.

Peace

Rah

Mister Tom

I have a gorgeous man!

Peace

Rah

4 course dinner with Alice, Dan and Tophs

Alice, Daniel and Christopher put on the most amazing dinner for Tom and I last night. It was the perfect last dinner before we leave. We had heaps of laughs, heaps of food and lots of singing. I'll post the group photo later.

Loved the card that they gave us too, made me cry! Thank you guys, your the best!

Also Mum and Dad gave us a new pet to take traveling with us. Its super cute and made its first apearance last night at dinner. She will be our new melbourne mascot.

I have a wrap party tonight, would prefer to go to bed but thats all good.

Peace Rah

The Bed fiasco

So it turns out Salvation Army and the City Mission are super busy at the moment collecting stuff so when we finally got round to asking them to pick up our bed they said they couldn't do it for a week. We thought, 'Oh Crap' how are we going to get rid of our bed in one day.

Simple, strap it to the roof of our car, drive really slowly and avoid any police and DaDA! We were rid of it! It was a very happy moment and a huge relief.

It's amazing how much 'stuff' we have collected over the past year. We took 8 supermarket bags of clothes to the charity bins, a million trips to the Sallies to drop things off and yet we still had way more boxes to put in storage than we wanted. It's rather nice to think all our worldly possessions now are all in the one room with us. We can carry it all on our backs (If we forget about the boxes we have in Timaru)

Not long to go,

Peace

Rah

Christophers Haircut

So my younger brother asked me to cut his hair, I zoned out for a little bit while I was doing it and ended up giving a slight bald spot.

Sorry Tophs!

Peace

Rah

Fruity Cocktails

Logan, Alice and I got creative at our going away party and we made a fruity strange cocktails. As you can see by the look on the faces they weren't particularly good tasting. It actually looks like Alice is going to cry, but I think she was laughing.

Peace

Rah

New Shoes

I got new shoes that don't have holes in them!

Peace

Rah

Wet feet

Since the snow it has been bucketing down with rain. Since I've thrown out most of my shoes in anticipation for the move to Melbourne and the shoes I do have all have holes in them, I've had constant wet feet. My lovely producer bought in her gumboots yesterday so I could go on a run and not get wet feet. I loved them!

Not long to go till Melbourne!

Peace

Rah

Online comics

Have loved discovering online comics to entertain me during these long snow days. Mister Tom is getting cabin fever real bad. We are about to trudge to the mall which happens to be open to get important supplies like chocolate and popcorn. Any way one of my new loves is the online comic Scary go Round presents Bad Machinery. Its a pity I've made my way through the whole archive as well.

Any way off into the snow! My toes are frozen.

Peace

Rah

Living in the living room

We are now living in our living room as we pack up the rest of the house. Reminds us of our first tiny one bedroom house we had when we first moved to Christchurch.

The novelty will probably wear off soon but at least its warm.

Peace

Rah

Snow again

It snowed again! We even had a snow fight!Peace

Rah

Old School Games

I had a lovely surprise yesterday when Alice, Christopher and Dan came round with a picnic and a game of marbles and pick up sticks. We had a good laugh and heaps of fun!

Peace

Rah

Black and white Mister Tom and Flynn

So we have another snow day today which is the perfect opportunity to finally play around with some photos. I took these ones when we were staying with my sister in Timaru. I love how creative, inquisitive and entertaining my nephew is. He and Mister Tom were trying to Hula Hoop. I have discovered the B/W settings on Photoshop so had some fun playing around with making B/W look interesting.

Peace

Rah

Inside a computer

I have always wanted to take a laptop apart to see inside it. So when Mister Tom had his ready to throw out I spent a thursday night taking it apart. I had no idea what any of the parts were but I wish I had a macro lense because some parts were beautifull! 

Peace

Rah

Potting cactus

There are some very cool looking cactus out there but my goodness its dangerous to repot them as i learnt the hard way

Peace

Rah

This is me!!

On the road again

Off for a weekend in timaru :) Its Alices 21st. Cant wait to see the family! !!

Tugboat

The lighthouse

This week we are going to the warf. Love the lighthouse i made.

Peace

Rah

The Hospital

This week on Tiki Tours we are going to the hospital. This is my favourite make.