To keep you going while I sneeze and cough ......

"Nude man hit by bus

By STACEY WOOD - The Dominion Post
10/06/2009

A naked man has been hit by a bus in the Mt Victoria bus tunnel in Wellington.

Inspector Paul Jermy said the man was walking or running through the tunnel about 4:45pm when he was struck.

The man was being taken to Wellington Hospital with serious injuries, an ambulance spokesman said. The exact nature of his injuries was unknown but they were not believed to be life-threatening, police said.

"He seems to have been able to express his dissatisfaction at being hit," Mr Jermy said......." "

Purrball settled at last

All is getting back to normal - Zebedee is purrrrrrumbling away to himself on our bed.

Back Home Again

Yes, both Mickle and Zebbycat came home this afternoon and evening.

I woke up in Tauranga with what I really hoped was just an allergy sniffle. My immune system decided other wise and it soon became a head cold.

Rang the vet centre to let them know I was back in Wellington, and they told me I could come and get Zeb around 6 tonight. Following his various tests, and teeth cleaning and ultrasound under anaesthetic Zeb has shaved patches on his neck, both front legs and a huge area over his tum. I can see his tummy button!

With the lad's undertow his tum rests on the ground when he's sitting, and it is getting a bit cold. After 4 hours at home ( for the first 3 he was completely hyper) he has finally settled on our bed, but wont let his head go down in a snoozle.

My boy has been diagnosed with a (currently) low level Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Cor, the same disease type as me! And his kidney function needs keeping an eye on. too

Typical Zebby - the super smoochy lad won over all the vet centre staff . My daft darling even purred at them today when they were putting in IV needles. He is so popular there I'm lucky I got him back!

Yes, more photos and tales from the weekend soon, just let me get through this slowly descending lurgi (voice starting to croak).

I don't know what Sister said........

..... for Mum to be threatening her with a knife ,

meanwhile Dad looks bemused (?) !!!

Survived it all....

Was a great "do". I made it out of the kitchen after a wee while. Got more huggles than I can remember in a long while.

We made it!

My Takeover Continues...

Preparations for my Folks' big 50th Wedding Anniversary celebrations continue.....

My Dear Folks have openly said to others that "Mickle has been organising us" and they're happy about it!

We are edging closer to D Day (yes they share their wedding anniversary with the anniversary of this other event).

Visit this morning to the deli of chef Peter. Dad went to some cooking classes here a couple of years back. Mum joined in for the meat cookery class. The darling parents were having a great general chat with Peter. I wanted to talk food specifics but struggled to get a word in*. The folks are getting Peter to put together some foodplatters for Saturday. I did get to choose the general make up of them, and request a specific cheese**.

Much of the food needed for cooking and feeding now here. The fridge got a clean anyway. Tomorrow is a lazy day for me - I'm supposedly on holiday, LOL.

Dear Sister Liz, and her partner, Pete arrived in NZ today from England. They are lying low in Auckland tomorrow, then pick up their hire car and drive down to Tauranga ( about 2 1/2 hours) Thursday afternoon.

Then organised the (by me) chaos will happen. Friday I will be cooking and directing the traffic. I am really looking forward to a day of cooking - the folks have a dishwasher, I don't. And much talking - the folks are foolishly going out to be test patients for a graduate nursing course exam in the morning ( no, nowt medically procedural). Leaving Liz, Pete and me loose in their home. There is a good supermarket only a kilometre (less than a mile) away

Now expecting about 40 people on Saturday plus the five of us. Dad and Pete both have digital cameras, so let the fun begin!!!



* Sister is 3 1/3 years older. Apparantly I didn't really talk until she started school aged 5. Then I didn't bother with baby talk rubbish, I spoke in full sentences. Hey, with Liz around I could never get a word in. Family friends even named a budgie "me too" after Mickle. Liz would tell them "we went to ......." as she eventually took a breath I got the brief chance to slip in "me too"! In this aspect Liz takes after our dear Mum!!

** Whitestone Cheese's Windsor Blue, made down in NZ's South Island, is creamy, luscious and bluely devine. Will serve alongside Mickle homemade quince jelly. yummo.

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Coo - how did I find this much to rant and rave about?

Still stunned that folks want to visit here!