Well first day at work seemed to go well (you might be best consulting with my new colleagues though just in case I have my head in the clouds again!).
Was to start at 9am and knew it only takes 5-10minutes to get there in the middle of the day so decided to leave just before 8.30am in case traffic was bad. Was there for 8.35am twiddling my thumbs in the carpark for 10 minutes!
I believe my title is "Content Analysist" and when I actually manage to work out what I do I will be sure to let you know!
In a nutshell and from what I know from one day - basically the Online Services team (which I am part of) is responsible for checking all information put on the internet and intranet. We offer a helpdesk service for staff and are currently migrating info from about 8 different ources into 1.
So we shall see if I am correct after a couple of weeks and hopefully have a handle on what I am doing!
The social whirl title refers to the fact that I have been invited to a Tuppaware party on Thursday (not quite as exciting as Ann Summers methinks!) and as the Netball team at Graemes work is short of players tonight we are both playing. The netball should be hilarious as I have not played properly since primary school! I told G to warn them that I didn't have a clue!
No photos today as my dinner is almost ready and then we need to mentally prepare ourselves and go and buy Graeme some track pants ready for netball.
How are you all doing?
Monday, August 08, 2005
Post No. 45 -
This is the current picture on my desktop:
Graeme thinks its quite weird and thought it strange when I asked him to take this picture. It is the tunnel leading to the Durie Hill Elevator in Wanganui. I think it has come out great! So it currently resides on my desktop (until I get bored of it and find a better one!) and now on here as well!
So tomorrow I start work as a temp. I am surprised I don't feel more nervous. I think it may have to do with the fact that I am desperate to get out and get to work and start meeting people! That or it will all hit me in the morning and I will forget what way to turn when I drive out the driveway!
Last night we saw Joseph at the Regent on Broadway. It was great, very enjoyable. The theatre is beautiful, not quite as grand as the Kings in Glasgow but its hard to believe someone had to save it from demolition! Some highlights from the show were the Pharoah being an Elvis impersonator and a reggae number from one of the brothers!
Today we were shopping again! I can't believe how much time we have spent in shops since we arrived in Palmy - we are definitely ready for a few weekends with a shopping ban (might be easier for Graeme then me!). Should be easy now we have all the necessities! And then we can actually spend some time seeing the local area before we start to venture a bit further!
Graeme thinks its quite weird and thought it strange when I asked him to take this picture. It is the tunnel leading to the Durie Hill Elevator in Wanganui. I think it has come out great! So it currently resides on my desktop (until I get bored of it and find a better one!) and now on here as well!
So tomorrow I start work as a temp. I am surprised I don't feel more nervous. I think it may have to do with the fact that I am desperate to get out and get to work and start meeting people! That or it will all hit me in the morning and I will forget what way to turn when I drive out the driveway!
Last night we saw Joseph at the Regent on Broadway. It was great, very enjoyable. The theatre is beautiful, not quite as grand as the Kings in Glasgow but its hard to believe someone had to save it from demolition! Some highlights from the show were the Pharoah being an Elvis impersonator and a reggae number from one of the brothers!
Today we were shopping again! I can't believe how much time we have spent in shops since we arrived in Palmy - we are definitely ready for a few weekends with a shopping ban (might be easier for Graeme then me!). Should be easy now we have all the necessities! And then we can actually spend some time seeing the local area before we start to venture a bit further!
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Post No 44 - Mussels and Joseph
Dolphin at Marineland, Napier Today we went to a lovely little bistro cafe on the Square for lunch. We had gourmet wedges (v.posh!) and a chefs platter. On this platter was some stuffed mushrooms, pork balls, olives (yeuch!), houmous, pate and mussels. Graeme convinced me I would like them and that they were not slimy so I tried one and I must say not too bad - might even try again!
We finally got the telly - woohoo! so DVD player and XBox are currently being plugged in (obviously I am leaving that to the expert and having nothing to do with it!) Also bought a cordless phone which is in the bedroom so we don't have to get out of bed early at the weekends to call the folks. Another thing on our purchase list was an answerphone so Lou - feel free to ring up and practise your Scottish accent/sing me some songs!
Tonight we are going to the Theatre to see 'Joseph and the Technicolured Dreamcoat', the show is only on for 2 performances today and tickets were v. cheap at $35 (£14 approx) each including booking fee. Looking forward to it.....'I close my eyes, draw back the curtains, to see for certain, what I thought I knew'! Good job its not Mr Donovan in the starring role as I may have reverted back to my 8 year old self where I fancied Jason Donovan something rotten! How sad was I!
Other news - we finally bit the bullet and signed the sales agreement for the Holden Astra which is now on order so should be shortly driving a brand new car - exciting stuff!
Saturday, August 06, 2005
Post No. 43 - Many weird and wonderful things
Okay, so now we have broadband in the house I am spending way too much time online! But this is my last day of being a lady-of-leisure so I am spending the day in style - in my Snoopy pyjamas! I really must go and get dressed soon though and get some 'stuff' done. I'm not too keen on 'stuff', 'stuff' always seems to take hours of my endless free time away from me. Things I catagorise as 'stuff' include: washing clothes, washing up, hoovering, dusting, ironing, and anything else I have no wish to do but have to!
So I am making a stand - I am taking a couple of hours out of time to do random things, I have been linking from one strange thing to another online and found these:
Lovin' it! So has anyone actually read aforementioned book? And would anyone wish to comment on whether description suits me to a tee? Thought not! The religious background I am deeply rooted in would have to be my worship of chocolate and tiramisu obviously! And of course the majority of you are all resistent to my message because none of you leave us any comments! And I don't have a problem being a Belgian Waffle as long as I get to pour syrup over myself!
Enough of that nonsense and on to the next:
Now thats more like it! I can put up with the moody comment as the rest is quite nice. Not quite sure what my freak flag looks like but will need to remember and leave it at home on Monday so I last for longer then 1 day in my new job!
No pics today as I want you all to go and do these quizzes and let me know what you came out as!
So I am making a stand - I am taking a couple of hours out of time to do random things, I have been linking from one strange thing to another online and found these:
You're The Poisonwood Bible!
by Barbara Kingsolver
Deeply rooted in a religious background, you have since become both
isolated and schizophrenic. You were naively sure that your actions would help people,
but of course they were resistant to your message and ultimately disaster ensued. Since
you can see so many sides of the same issue, you are both wise beyond your years and
tied to worthless perspectives. If you were a type of waffle, it would be
Belgian.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
Lovin' it! So has anyone actually read aforementioned book? And would anyone wish to comment on whether description suits me to a tee? Thought not! The religious background I am deeply rooted in would have to be my worship of chocolate and tiramisu obviously! And of course the majority of you are all resistent to my message because none of you leave us any comments! And I don't have a problem being a Belgian Waffle as long as I get to pour syrup over myself!
Enough of that nonsense and on to the next:
 You are dependable, popular, and observant. Deep and thoughtful, you are prone to moodiness. In fact, your emotions tend to influence everything you do. You are unique, creative, and expressive. You don't mind waving your freak flag every once and a while. And lucky for you, most people find your weird ways charming! |
Now thats more like it! I can put up with the moody comment as the rest is quite nice. Not quite sure what my freak flag looks like but will need to remember and leave it at home on Monday so I last for longer then 1 day in my new job!
No pics today as I want you all to go and do these quizzes and let me know what you came out as!
Friday, August 05, 2005
Post No. 42 - Developments
1) As of last night we now have broadband in the house so at least one of us will
probably be online everyday.
2) I have heard from the recruitment agent and will be starting work on Monday, have
an appointment today to find out a bit more so should be able to tell you more
later.
3) Hoping to buy a car over the weekend so I can drive to work rather then take the
bus.
4) Still no tv - and to think I could be rewatching Desperate Housewives as they are
just showing the first series here.
What else? Let me think....the sun has been splitting the sky these last 2 days. Thats great when you are in the sun but as soon as you hit some shade or it gets dark it is really really cold! We thought we might be getting away from that whole 4 seasons in 1 day thing when we left Scotland but it seems to have moved up to a whole other level!
I have been averaging reading 1 book a day since Graeme started work - now the world is full of books and I still have quite a few left to read, however, any reading recommendations would be gratefully received!
I have been reading loads of vampire and ghost stuff and am really starting to spook myself out. There are loads of weird noises as its a new place to live and I keep jumping and shouting "Who's there?"! Yep - those neighbours really adore me! Think I will have go back to some straight RomCom without a hint of anything supernatural!
And the thing that is giving me a good giggle with the library books is that someone who seems to have similar reading tastes to mine (as I have found this in at least 3 books now) has taken it upon themselves to correct any spelling or grammatical errors in the library book! They put crosses through words and write the correct spelling in the margin! I don't even do that to my own books let alone ones owned by other people! The thing is once they have pointed something out you can't help but notice any other mistakes that pop up. God help me if they ever stumble across this blog and my terribel typos!
Now for todays photo...some big fluffy baby penguins at Kelly Tarltons in Auckland...
probably be online everyday.
2) I have heard from the recruitment agent and will be starting work on Monday, have
an appointment today to find out a bit more so should be able to tell you more
later.
3) Hoping to buy a car over the weekend so I can drive to work rather then take the
bus.
4) Still no tv - and to think I could be rewatching Desperate Housewives as they are
just showing the first series here.
What else? Let me think....the sun has been splitting the sky these last 2 days. Thats great when you are in the sun but as soon as you hit some shade or it gets dark it is really really cold! We thought we might be getting away from that whole 4 seasons in 1 day thing when we left Scotland but it seems to have moved up to a whole other level!
I have been averaging reading 1 book a day since Graeme started work - now the world is full of books and I still have quite a few left to read, however, any reading recommendations would be gratefully received!
I have been reading loads of vampire and ghost stuff and am really starting to spook myself out. There are loads of weird noises as its a new place to live and I keep jumping and shouting "Who's there?"! Yep - those neighbours really adore me! Think I will have go back to some straight RomCom without a hint of anything supernatural!
And the thing that is giving me a good giggle with the library books is that someone who seems to have similar reading tastes to mine (as I have found this in at least 3 books now) has taken it upon themselves to correct any spelling or grammatical errors in the library book! They put crosses through words and write the correct spelling in the margin! I don't even do that to my own books let alone ones owned by other people! The thing is once they have pointed something out you can't help but notice any other mistakes that pop up. God help me if they ever stumble across this blog and my terribel typos!
Now for todays photo...some big fluffy baby penguins at Kelly Tarltons in Auckland...
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Post No. 41 - That Lizard thing named
Those of you that have seen the photos with descriptions on Kodak Gallery will be aware how much my memory fails me when it comes to giving things their proper name!
Well today I am posting this picture for you:
so I did a little googling and came up with its proper name - it's a TUATARA and I sure hope I never come face to face with one without a pane of glass between us. The other thing that really freaks me out here is the Weta - like a humungous cockroach beetle thing and I swear I actually nearly stepped on one here in Palmy in the motel carpark - eeek!
Still at home today and getting really sick of it, although I have found a new way of passing the time - playing all the music I like that Graeme would be cringing at! So far this morning, I've had some Toni Braxton, Aretha Franklin, Elvis, Andy Williams and of course, some good ole Lionel (that would be Ritchie - NOT Blair!). Will be following all that up with some Norah Jones, Eva Cassidy, Ultimate Dirty Dancing and of couse, Chick-Flick Love Songs. A pure girly heaven. If only we had the telly and then I could have a proper chick flick fest!
Well I am off to sing out of tune and dance like a looney around the living room - the neighbours will love me! Then I have a gazillion phonecalls to make chasing up TVs, Xboxes, catching up with the recruitment agent, sorting out some stuff with the bank, and finally harrassing the car salesman about waiting times for new Astras!
Well today I am posting this picture for you:
so I did a little googling and came up with its proper name - it's a TUATARA and I sure hope I never come face to face with one without a pane of glass between us. The other thing that really freaks me out here is the Weta - like a humungous cockroach beetle thing and I swear I actually nearly stepped on one here in Palmy in the motel carpark - eeek!
Still at home today and getting really sick of it, although I have found a new way of passing the time - playing all the music I like that Graeme would be cringing at! So far this morning, I've had some Toni Braxton, Aretha Franklin, Elvis, Andy Williams and of course, some good ole Lionel (that would be Ritchie - NOT Blair!). Will be following all that up with some Norah Jones, Eva Cassidy, Ultimate Dirty Dancing and of couse, Chick-Flick Love Songs. A pure girly heaven. If only we had the telly and then I could have a proper chick flick fest!
Well I am off to sing out of tune and dance like a looney around the living room - the neighbours will love me! Then I have a gazillion phonecalls to make chasing up TVs, Xboxes, catching up with the recruitment agent, sorting out some stuff with the bank, and finally harrassing the car salesman about waiting times for new Astras!
Monday, August 01, 2005
Post No 40 - Rainy Days and Mondays
Well today is Monday and its very rainy! The rain was so heavy it actually kept us awake last night. Of course...the roof is metal (I think) so all raindrops land in stereo!
As I now seem to be able to upload photos without too mich hassle I will try to remember to post a few each week, a random selection. I will try to remember a description with each one! So as its Monday and I am back to being a lonely housewife (or should that be lonely house-fiancee?) I decided on this one for today....
This is the view from our balcony - you see that tall blue-glass building in the background (between the balcony and trees) - thats is Graeme's office building! You can also see the building from windows in the main and spare bedroom. He walks to work each morning and it takes less then 10 minutes!
We have arranged to get broadband connected at home so shortly will be a lot more 'available' for emailing, chats etc. Hoping to be online by Friday.
Other than that its pretty quiet around here. Still haven't got a tv, we put one on order last weekend and still don't know when we will be able to get it. I mean, its not like we can't live without telly but I feel my video-ezy memebership is going to waste here!
Went to look at cars yesterday....Holden (the Oz manafacturer) buy in the Vauxhall/Opels from Europe and put their own badge on them....anyone have any comments about Astras?
As I now seem to be able to upload photos without too mich hassle I will try to remember to post a few each week, a random selection. I will try to remember a description with each one! So as its Monday and I am back to being a lonely housewife (or should that be lonely house-fiancee?) I decided on this one for today....
This is the view from our balcony - you see that tall blue-glass building in the background (between the balcony and trees) - thats is Graeme's office building! You can also see the building from windows in the main and spare bedroom. He walks to work each morning and it takes less then 10 minutes!
We have arranged to get broadband connected at home so shortly will be a lot more 'available' for emailing, chats etc. Hoping to be online by Friday.
Other than that its pretty quiet around here. Still haven't got a tv, we put one on order last weekend and still don't know when we will be able to get it. I mean, its not like we can't live without telly but I feel my video-ezy memebership is going to waste here!
Went to look at cars yesterday....Holden (the Oz manafacturer) buy in the Vauxhall/Opels from Europe and put their own badge on them....anyone have any comments about Astras?
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Post No. 39 - All by myself
...don't wanna be....all by myself. Okay, I will stop - those that have heard my singing will be covering their ears in case the horrific noise travels the oceans and meets their ears! Plus I am in Cyber-space at the Library and I am pretty sure the people hear don't wanna hear me sing!
I have just uploaded more photos to the Kodak Gallery so if you fancy having a look, drop us an email and we will send you an invite to view the album.
In the meantime, while I have an afternoon of free time stretching before me and the photos on a CD I am going to attempt to post some on here - eeek!
So here goes....here is a picture of our new place:
Okay the preview looks good so I will go on! This is Whangerei Falls:
And here is Whakatane:
Us with a Maori at Auckland Museum:
And finally.....a geyser
Gosh, how proud of myself am I?! Of course, when I go to post something will probably go wrong....we will see!
On the news front, I have been for a temp induction with the agency and it looks like they have found something for me. There is a slight hold-up as the person that normally fills in all the paperwork for temps onsite is off but fingers crossed I will be starting work soon! This weekend we plan to start looking at cars....eeek! Secondhand cars seem awfy expensive here but you really do need one. Graeme is enjoying his new job and the house is still great.
Hopefully Graeme will be back online this weekend so if you have sent him an email and he hasn't yet replied you might hear from him over the weekend!
Hope you are all doing okay and have a great weekend!
I have just uploaded more photos to the Kodak Gallery so if you fancy having a look, drop us an email and we will send you an invite to view the album.
In the meantime, while I have an afternoon of free time stretching before me and the photos on a CD I am going to attempt to post some on here - eeek!
So here goes....here is a picture of our new place:
Okay the preview looks good so I will go on! This is Whangerei Falls:
And here is Whakatane:
Us with a Maori at Auckland Museum:
And finally.....a geyser
Gosh, how proud of myself am I?! Of course, when I go to post something will probably go wrong....we will see!
On the news front, I have been for a temp induction with the agency and it looks like they have found something for me. There is a slight hold-up as the person that normally fills in all the paperwork for temps onsite is off but fingers crossed I will be starting work soon! This weekend we plan to start looking at cars....eeek! Secondhand cars seem awfy expensive here but you really do need one. Graeme is enjoying his new job and the house is still great.
Hopefully Graeme will be back online this weekend so if you have sent him an email and he hasn't yet replied you might hear from him over the weekend!
Hope you are all doing okay and have a great weekend!
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