Back from our overseas trip and have even worked through the pile of mail. Most of it was Janes (hooray) and only 60% were bills!

Had a great time and will update more when I have worked through some business proposals I have to catch up on.

Toodles

Shane

20 kills for MVP. My best ever!

All clear since last nights earthquake.

We lost power, which rolled us into torch candle mode for a few hours. Interestingly, the challenge without power was getting information – a tsunami concern. Well, the 3G iPhone is now completely justified. Tsunami warning was dropped at midnight. Looks like a power cable hit a tree a few roads behind our house.

Annabel had a sleepover so it was all dramatic fun for the girls in the lounge.

Ed was good and got into action well with torches and boiling water on the gas stove. Gotta have that cup of tea.

Damage report (so far):

• Bit of wax on the kitchen benchtops – they are stainless steel so no worries.
• Box fell out of rafters in garage but looks like it missed everything – empty box anyway
• one picture fell off in the office- no damage
• Not the greatest nights sleep (one ear open)
• The water in the tap is cloudy. We are on rainwater storage tanks, so the shaking has shaken up the bit of silt at the bottom of the tanks. We have bottled water backup anyway so no worries. Should settle over the next few days.

Thats about it. The office is about four stories high anyway, so that would have been waving like a goodbye hand…

Yes, thanks. Started with Ed – from one of his friends, now we are all paracetamol toting cough merchants. Not pretty. Jane is bedridden “you haven’t got what I have…”

(Update 16 July)

With chest infections and raised temperatures we probably all have – flu. Oink oink!

Pleased to announce that I have finally launched a new little business:

You will see we already have customers! Very pleasing.

Here is an example (My House!)

If you are selling your house – having it videoed and hosted costs just $150.

Call me – Shane Pleasance 027 5899921

seethru@slingshot.co.nz

An enjoyable evening, and something a little different.

Held at the Elmwood Gardens function centre.

The closing song, cleverly reworded from the original.

H&J’s said -2,

my car said -1.

The Ples res, Otatara.
7 Acres of native bush and field. Approximately 11 years old, designed my John McCulloch of McCulloch architects, Invercargill.

Unusual, it sits on four separate levels, with very few perpendicular or parallel walls.

I love it.

No, we are not selling it, I am just putting a new business together assisting real estate sales with brief video footage. This was a learning one for my friend and colleague Marcus McCann of Challenge films. Marcus has a feature film out for release through a Hollywood distributor over the next few months.