Our own little Kiwi Thread !

do a B'n'E pie seas - easy and will travel well.
or make a pizza, surely they can heat that up.
Wow wellington - thats fantastic, when does she go ???

i hadnt thought of B'n'E pies but that is a good idea! i think they wanted finger food so not so sure on pizza. they usually go at the end of the year so beginning of dec they will go. if i didnt have to go with the principle, i would volunteer to go as parent help altho i doubt the principle would let me anyways LOL.

OMG - 10 HUGE strapping Tongan lads - singing and doing the EQC thing - a very tribal day today !!!!!!!! LOL

................ and now they are singing tribal songs ...................:)

they are winding you up G! put the bikini on and cook them a nice primal lunch LOL

hahahahahahahahaha - no they are just happy in their work.
I made them homemade bread with chutney, cheese and sliced tomatoes !
Interesting thou, the older guys keep driving off in one of the three vehicles that they came in.................. bunking praps ??????

I got a hair stick!

I'd been having SO MUCH TROUBLE finding hair sticks in NZ. I could find hair sticks made in NZ, shipped to the US, sold in the US, and then ship-able back to NZ, which just seemed damn silly!

Then, my friend and coworker found one at a local shop that sells maori art and crafts, and she got one for me. it's bone and carved and stuff. I love it. It works great. Now I can wear my hair up!

I'm on a mission to grow my hair out to waist-length. It's silly, but I want to do it!

So, this means that my 4 hairstyles are out. I usually do pony tails. Actually, if I can find my fancy clip, I will be able to wear that, but otherwise -- no pony tail bands, nor the kind of clippy barrets that I have because they break the hair and create split ends. I can use hair sticks to hold my hair up -- but haven't been able to find any -- hence my excitement!

From here, I brush with a boar bristle brush or the bone hairstick (which has two prongs and doubles as a comb), and then get a trim every 3-4 months. I had my first one a few weeks ago to start the growing-out. She had to lob off a fair bit -- nearly 3 inches! -- but it's a good start and I'm excited to see how it grows.

One of my online (new) friends told me that she got from shoulder to waist length in about two years -- which I think is pretty cool! I started to notice, too, that many of my friends have long hair. One has waist length, the other is mid-back/'bra strap' and another has between mid-back and waist.

My first "goal" is waist, and then I'm thinking about tailbone. We shall see. :D

I just googled hair stick - they look great! I have waist length hair, but lately the ends have gone really feral and lots of breakage, think a lot to do with hair ties. I see there's some on ebay if I can't find one at the local shops.

I sometimes use chopsticks to put up my hair. And scrunchies when prepping food. Mine's not too long; just below the bottom edge of my scapula.

Morning all - I also sometimes use chopstix or a pencil etc... Quite easy if your hair is long enough.

Two van loads of Tongan boyz today. This house painting caper will be over before we know it !!!!

I have had huge issues over many years with a food allergy, that has ended in hospitilization a number of times. I have NEVER thought that dairy has been the culprit until last night............. now I am curious, so I will put a dollop of cream on my inside wrist and see if it reacts with my skin...... if it does - what an absolute duffisssss I have been.
Honestly I have blamed sugar and grains, but am thinking maybe its been a combo of all three - all along.
Yesterday I had a wee bit more dairy than usual - no grains - no sugar, and honesty I was not a well camper over night - so we shall see.................