Nelson continued...
Hi Everyone..
Things are still moving along well here in Nelson. Our illustrious bud rubbing careers came to an end on Monday and we've been enjoying our unemployed status since then. The position I interviewed for is looking pretty positive so far (knock wood, they actually say "touch wood" here) and they're taking some time to finalize issues on a project contract in which my skills are needed. So hopefully that'll start soon. In the meantime we've joined a gym and tomorrow I plan to rent a mountain bike for a couple hours and explore some of the surrounding trails. I've also been spending a lot of time trying to figure out how the hell you successfully connect a voice and/or video conversation with MSN Messenger (behind a non-uPNP router). So if anyone knows what settings need to be made to do it, I wouldn't mind a little hint..Thanks.
Guy Fawkes day
A very rare occurrence happened last weekend. Something that is seldom seen even when we were living in San Francisco. An over booked social calendar. That's right we were surprised ourselves, but last Saturday was Guy Fawkes day and we were invited to not one but two parties. For those of you who don't know what Guy Fawkes day, than please look it up becuase I don't know either. My guess from the ramblings of people that I've heard is that sometime in the 1800s a man named Guy tried to blow up the British Parliment. The government found out about the plot and stopped the attempt. This day celebrates the government intelligence. To kiwis it means a lot of fireworks, a bonfire and a good 'ol burning effigy of Guy Fawkes. For some reason the NZ youth go a little crazy with fireworks. They start shooting them off about 2 weeks before Guy Fawkes day and some of them like to shoot them off into people's houses. There were a couple of huge fires, caused by stray fireworks, in the days leading up to Saturday and there is a big movement going on to ban fireworks altogether. Gay and I went to a sushi rolling party and ended up missing a proper Guy Fawkes party complete with a bon fire and burning effigy which was put on by Roger our former vineyard manager. We had fun.
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posted by Jon @ 1:29 PM
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You can't leave until I come visit! ; - )
What do you guys say to a fun filled week with me around March 10th (ish?)
Sounds like you are still doing great down there! And, who is the cute blond (retriever, that is!)? Jon - be kind to lambs who you throw over fences!!
Wishing you both a happy turkey day soon! I know they won't celebrate it there, but I'll have some tofurkey for you!
Miss you and love you both!
Heater
I concurr with Heather...you guys are not aloud to leave New Zealand until the end of the summer. I'm not sure if I will be able to visit, but I want the option. Are you guys going to go to Australia during your tenure? Nevertheless, keep up with the posting and pictures and I am calling for increased posting volume by Les...that kid should be on that America's next top comic show...or maybe America's next top model. All the best,
Corey
PS - I got married three weeks ago and Mitch did the blessing over the wine in Jon's absense. My giving him a role in the wedding was not enough to get him to make the journey back to the states. You were both missed.
I'm sitting here in dread of seeing a posting by Les. Maybe you could issue passwords to your regulars, and omit you-know-who.
Write and tell us about the hospital experience, and the second interview.
Love to both of you, and you'll be missed at Thanksgiving.
Paula
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