01-04-2023, 09:37 PM
My grandmothers were both amazing - the day the 1931 quake hit was my Dads 13 year old brother first day at Technical college in Napier - the quake hit and Nana walked about 20 km into town - the road was gone so she walked along the beach - when she finally made it into town they had the boys who had been killed under a tarpaulin - she had resoled his shoes and saw his shoes sticking out from under the tarpaulin .She wanted to get his body back to Eskdale so she carried him to the harbour and took a boat from the sea scout den and rowed him home .Luckily our family plot is on a hill in Eskdale and his grave is safe .My other Grandma came out on a ship from England with 4 little children - my grandad was a drunk i don’t think he ever worked - she was amazing - unfortunately at 99 she like your husband Hunni was the victim of a drunken driver - was sitting in the bus stop and he crashed into her
Our lawyer yesterday was extremely helpful - he contacted all the cousins before we got there for permission to sign the property over to my sister - she kept maintaining the lady at the council said we just needed to put the silt in plastic bags and put it out on the road side .He gave her a choice to have the property or let the other family have it - she wanted time so she has a week .I reached out to her before she left as she had a 10 hour drive home - she was very good to us when we were children being the oldest she often stepped in - my Mum would get absorbed in her crafting -when I was a kid my mother always seemed to be pregnant but we are all 3 years apart - 4 girls then finally a boy - she used to say she wasn’t going to stop until she had a boy -we call him the golden child she absolutely adored him
My granddaughter sent me some Queen Anne Easter eggs - I promised not to open until Easter but couldn’t resist - real marshmallow covered in dark chocolate
I can’t remember if we were in Taupo when the Bauma family were killed - the Reperoa tea rooms used to make yummy milk shakes .Have been to Kerosene creek many times - I did know why it was called that but can’t remember .Can remember once a group of us trudged through the bush in Taupo to the Honeymoon pool expecting something special - what a disappointment looked more like a mud bath .I think back in the day I was very gullible
My neighbour had a heart attack 4 weeks ago - they are not complainers at all but she came over this afternoon they have had a rough time in the hospital system - the specialist in Wellington said if he hadn’t been as fit and healthy as he was he would have died - he had 5 bypasses - his surgery was delayed four times - he was resuscitated 3 times - has been transferred back to Hastings - is not going to be a good patient very active man recuperating rather than out riding his bike will not suit him at all .She has never driven - we grew up next door to each other - small world
Our lawyer yesterday was extremely helpful - he contacted all the cousins before we got there for permission to sign the property over to my sister - she kept maintaining the lady at the council said we just needed to put the silt in plastic bags and put it out on the road side .He gave her a choice to have the property or let the other family have it - she wanted time so she has a week .I reached out to her before she left as she had a 10 hour drive home - she was very good to us when we were children being the oldest she often stepped in - my Mum would get absorbed in her crafting -when I was a kid my mother always seemed to be pregnant but we are all 3 years apart - 4 girls then finally a boy - she used to say she wasn’t going to stop until she had a boy -we call him the golden child she absolutely adored him
My granddaughter sent me some Queen Anne Easter eggs - I promised not to open until Easter but couldn’t resist - real marshmallow covered in dark chocolate
I can’t remember if we were in Taupo when the Bauma family were killed - the Reperoa tea rooms used to make yummy milk shakes .Have been to Kerosene creek many times - I did know why it was called that but can’t remember .Can remember once a group of us trudged through the bush in Taupo to the Honeymoon pool expecting something special - what a disappointment looked more like a mud bath .I think back in the day I was very gullible
My neighbour had a heart attack 4 weeks ago - they are not complainers at all but she came over this afternoon they have had a rough time in the hospital system - the specialist in Wellington said if he hadn’t been as fit and healthy as he was he would have died - he had 5 bypasses - his surgery was delayed four times - he was resuscitated 3 times - has been transferred back to Hastings - is not going to be a good patient very active man recuperating rather than out riding his bike will not suit him at all .She has never driven - we grew up next door to each other - small world