This touched us all at work today! September 24, 2009

I am your animal control officer. I am not the dreaded “dog catcher” or the “murderer” you call me.
I am not the one who allows your pet to roam the streets to be hit by passing cars.
I am the one who must look into those sick, pain-glazed eyes, try to remove the animal without [...]

September September 7, 2009

where is the year going …
Signed up to Walk to Health and went to the opening walk on Sunday. Didnt win any spot prizes – need new shoes so thats why I went. There is another one this Sunday too so I will go to that, then another out here at Edgecumbe [...]

Laughing August 31, 2009

well … August has been a mixed bag for me. It started well with the half marathon completion without injury, then a visit for a week from Mum which had issues to deal with (not my doing), then I get told at work that I cant laugh out loud because its too loud. [...]

Defensive Driving Course August 11, 2009

Thats what I was sent on today … and you need it on the road from Whakatane to Bay Park in Mt Maunganui. Its a horrid road … anyone travelling on that be carefull. Its the 2nd worst stretch of highway in the country for road deaths. The drivers are appalling.
Anyway, this [...]

Dont ya just love that face? August 10, 2009

Delys took this awhile back. We also had a photo session today with all the gun dogs. Of course Ted stole the show with his sense of humour …

3 hours 29 minutes and 29 seconds August 9, 2009

Well I got under the 3.30 mark … for the first time ever I had a toilet stop at 10km. I was busting … after that I felt a hell of a lot better (as ya do in these circumstances). Anyway, I took off at the 15k mark as I was thinking to [...]

Three sleeps to go! July 30, 2009

Then its crunch time in Taupo at 9.10am … Ive got new socks to wear.
Taking off Saturday morning. Being picked up so I will not have to worry about driving.
This week has been long … weve had a bit of publicity in the local paper. Two letters to the [...]

The Boys! July 20, 2009

Well the boys went for their annual health check today … Tana passed with flying colours – well one colour actually because he is black … Shultz has lost weight so the vet and I came up with a plan – feeding him twice a day instead of once, plus she discovered he has a [...]

A Rare Breed of Love July 19, 2009

Joined the library yesterday … work at the council and have just joined the library!!!! anyway typical me already read two of the books … A Rare Breed of Love by Jana Kohl touches the heart and gets you thinking about cruelty!

Its Raining Again! July 17, 2009

We are halfway through winter and I am so so sick of this rain …
Been doing “stuff” … gearing up for the Half marathon in Taupo on the 2nd. Got the thermals ready as Im always cold in that place. Three of us have decided to stay at the Wairaki Resort the night [...]