IT'S ALIVE!!!!!

i really never had any intention of abandoning my blog, but somehow it happened.

anyway, here's what you missed.

my beautiful eldest daughter graduated university (college)

with a Bachelor of Design majoring in Advertising (with Honours)

she also moved in with her boyfriend

and bought her first car

and they're only a couple of suburbs away.  yay!

after the last lot of paint dried, we did this

while we didn't have a kitchen we camped out in the lounge

...watched the olympics

and all the while i was working FULL-TIME

AND flying to Christchurch in the weekends to see my dad who had open heart surgery

(he's recovering well, thank you) :)

and then we christened the kitchen

miss 16's bestie flew over from australia for 2 weeks

then miss 14, myself and miss bestie flew back for tara's birthday

somebody turned 23

then somebody else turned 16

of course there was zumba

zumba sentao - LOVE! 

6 times a week when i'm not working and significantly less when i AM!

there were (and always are!) lots of zumba related fun times

like this PYJAMA party back in june  

then there was the week we made 44 dozen cupcakes and raised $1280 for the SPCA

there was the night i got to be my friend's PLUS ONE at the Wellington on a Plate Bake Off

She placed in the TOP 5!!!

there was a steam train trip 

 a cake decorating class

my SIL's 60th birthday party

she does NOT look 60, does she?!

(that's her 3rd from the left)

another party (bastille)

another hair cut and colour

a high school ball

(awwwwwwww...)

 ...and of course no winter is complete without a sports injury...

and that pretty much brings us up-to-date!

lurching forward: we're planning a 21st for THIS little cherub

and then it'll be time to start CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!!!

TUNE IN TOMORROW for an extended before and after of the NEW KITCHEN!!!