Happy Star Wars day

Also happy Star wars day! May the 4th be with you!
Saffron is combining  her birthday and Star wars day today and dressing up as Queen Amidala, India is something- not sure what...Ewok, Jawa, Emperor or just old Ben Kan-obi.  School playground looked fun today though, Princess leia and Jedi's everywhere.  I think the teachers will be confiscating light sabers by morning tea!

Happy Birthday Saffron

7 Years old today, wow!  She woke  up full of beans and ready to open presents. She got a netball,One direction cd, microphone stand, smiggle stuff, necklace, knitted hat, clothes, Puss in Boots DVD and a Purple MGP (when it arrives in the country!!!).

Go Silverpine Wild Horses

Bet you couldn't guess who came up with the name??!!!!
The firstmatch of the year was a friendly warmup tournament with the other Silverpine teams.  Five 20 min matches.  It was just a relaxed dress up in team colours and get to know your team and positions.  They all had great fun.

Start of the work and test cake

The work has started,mainly just digging foundations and pulling off the old wall coverings.  I have also done a practice cake for saffron's birthday using colours.  The idea is do do the butterfly mould with coloured wings and a choloate body.

X Country

It was Silverstream Crosscountry today,so a few photos of the girls,who both ran really well. Saffron was 23rd in her year (girls race) and India 14th.

My PEGI Baby

After a lengthy 2 yearss in the making! the PEGI project I was heaviliy involved with (in lots of ways), was formally released to the public by the Minister Phil Heatly. On top of that the project has been named as a finalist in the Wellington Gold awards. http://www.goldawards.co.nz/

So all in all its been a great finalie to the project.  The website (data portal) that I have done most of myself is an awesome way for anyone to discover NZ's geophysical data for use in not just the Oil and gas industry, but coal, minerals, or gold exploration, hazard identification and so much more......

Register for free here http://data.gns.cri.nz/pbe

 After that today I think I may deserve alarge glass of Pino Noir!

Expansion packs

As much as Josh would like another Age of Empires Expansion pack, I am in fact referring to the new extension to the house.  We have go the approval from the council to go ahead with a 4th bedroom, adding a shower to the downstairs toilet, and a deck out into the garden from the 4th bedroom.  Work starts in the next few weeks.  We are also taking the opportunity to remove the chimney (Earthquake hazard) and re-roof the house and replace the guttering and make a start on replacing the large glass windows and back door with double glazing (including back door, laundry, office, bathroom windows and the new windows/French doors).  Once complete the house will have a new coat of paint come next summer too.  

I have been looking at wall paper too, doing a feature wall and wallpaper the rest with a more solid colour.  Nice green curtains, wall mounted TV and lush carpets!  

India has already claimed what was our bedroom - well room is required for her Sylvanian families!!!

Now to start think heatpump, and bathroom sinks.......something like this would be nice!!!!