Browsing the blog archives for October, 2009

Taupo Trip

We arrived at our lakeside hotel Friday evening and were immediately impressed!  The room was HUGE and had so many perks we wondered how they got away with charging us so little!  The best part?  This massive spa bath: We made a quick trip to the grocery store to pick up the necessities (wine, chocolate, [...]

6 Comments Posted in holiday, new zealand, photos, vacation, weekends
TMI – Worst Day Ever

The Taupo post is coming – I’m still editing photos and recovering from an all around bad day yesterday.  Luckily, I waited until we returned the rental car to have a complete meltdown.  I’m a clumsy/awkward person on a good day, but yesterday was pretty epic…even for me.  It all started after we got home, [...]

2 Comments Posted in Clumsy, TMI, life, random
Trippin’

We’re going to Taupo this weekend!  There will be walks, and hot pools, and massages, and you’ve heard all this before…Can you tell I’m excited?  And also, a little nervous?  This weekend will be the first time I’ve driven IN A YEAR!  I have no need to where I live and, more importantly, no car [...]

4 Comments Posted in holiday, new zealand, travel, vacation
The ABC’s of Dayna

I stole this meme from Sharon, who made it look a lot easier than it is!  Enjoy! A – Advocate For: ‘Advocate’ is a pretty strong word.  I have my opinions and things I believe in but it’s not like I’m out there actively promoting them.  I’m also able to see both sides of an [...]

1 Comment Posted in About Me, meme
Quick Update

A couple months ago, I wrote about how money is the root of all evil.  I still feel the same way, but the stress of it all has kinda eased off.  Last week I made my last debt payment!  Granted, I got a loan from the Bank of Matt to cover what I didn’t have [...]

1 Comment Posted in Catch up
Matt speaks #3

This is part three of my question answering saga.  The answers might be taking me awhile but I’m getting through the questions – only a couple more to go after these.  Thanks Alexbettylou and Courtney for the questions by the way (although I suspect Courtney’s wasn’t intended to be taken too seriously). If Dayna wanted [...]

5 Comments Posted in Matt
Birthday Love

I think it’s safe to say that this year was one of the best birthdays I’ve had. On Saturday, we went to Strawberry Fare for fancy dessert.  I had the Lemon Chocolate Cheesecake and it was so rich I couldn’t finish it. Then on Tuesday(my actual birthday), we went to the Green Man Pub for [...]

2 Comments Posted in Birthdays, friends