Mums are Forever

Dear Mum,
I miss you dearly.
Your kind and warm heart, your way you have when times were hard, the magic you had, you just knew, no words needed to be spoken before you gave a gentle smile, that look you had that would make things okay. Wishing you are still here with us to talk too. Just to sit and enjoying a cup of tea, lovingly looking at your well kept garden 🏡, you did love your garden. 💐. I'll always remember when you came to visit with freshly picked rose's for me, but that was sometime ago now, as your last few years in a rest home, you didn't enjoy one little bit. We knew Mum, that's when it was our turn to bring a smile to your face, armed with beautiful rose's for you ❤ .
I can't believe its only been a few weeks now, that you have passed away to become an Angel above. May your pain be gone and you are enjoying the company with Dad by your side.
You will always be in my daily thoughts.
Your loving daughter

Trina x❤x

It's All About Timing

It's been a while since I've sat down to talk with you guys, I'm so sorry, but I've some-what got a little busy, you know, working...so very boring really, so I thought, hey, instead of keeping you guys enlightened with my journey of sorts. I thought, lets just take a teeny break from each other and have a big catch up when I return. 
 
This 'Life Changing' Courier Business I've brought, has not gone smoothly as planned, well, to be fair, actually, nobody planned what would follow after signing over to me.

The sweet ride that came with buying this self-employed opportunity, stopped, I mean it just gave up!, after all, I manage over 1,000kms a week in my car and I haven't left town, so I'm not surprised the poor little red car needed to rest.

So off  to the Auctions it went, nobody could fix(gearbox)in that model Toyota in the whole country!. Thank goodness the lovely chap I brought this adventure from gave me the book value to go buy a new car in two days!, yep, I had to have wheels for a courier business, find it tricky walking all those km's by foot. Was time to trade my Holden in and brought a 2014 Mazda3.

And with that said...out with the old and in with the new.
Had my chance you give it a make over, don't know about you guys but I'm wrapped with the new look.
Must be working, I've picked up three more company's since owning it, so that makes 35 in total. Busy Me.
Talk soon xx



We are still waiting for 'Summer'

I'll put the jug on!

We are still holding on to winter here and day-light-saving is here in NZ, I'm getting a little excited.

 It's warming up, so that must mean Summer is knocking at the door!.

Looking forward to seeing all my pretty flowers that like to pop up every year
all by themselves, they're good like that.

It's like a garden of surprises' when you walk around, bulbs are showing their little heads and of course the weeds are pushing there way through too, but that's okay if you start picking at them early enough, bucket in hand.

So now that the weather is warming up and we have more day light to play outside
to get busy with the yard, was such a wet winter, it's time to get into this garden and 
knock arse. Thinking of changing...everything! what you see here... path is going to be a tiled court
yard, like the idea to simply walk out to more clear area for a social entertaining space.

Please, feel free to give me some ideas.

I would love to see some comments on new fresh ideas.

About to change this path!
Good idea or not?



'Life', it's all about change

Yes, change is a good thing!, Right!!

I've shared with a bunch of my close friends, all about a life changing adventure I've gone right ahead and brought!. ( so it's all too damn late to advise me differently now people😝 ) but, have you any idea how scary this is!.

Have you never let go of a long time comfort zone job that you have hold on to since..heck since, FOREVER!.

My day use to be full of  wire/machines/cold concrete floors/poor lighting and bad coffee!.

As from Monday next week, I will be my own boss ( WoopWoop ) zooming around in this little number you see below👇.

Air-Con here I come. Ask me, go on, ask me ," What the hell are you doing, Trina"!.

And I would stare back at you like a ridiculously panicked individual, with that long blanked look, when you see on someone, just before they bust into tears and they say, ' I don't know'.

But wait!, there's a really good side to this crazy move I've made, let me just say, ( I'll say it out loud so I can convince myself, its going to be AMAZING), 'its only when I leave, will they understand I was misunderstood all this time of my talent here, they will realize that after 30+ years of  reliable service, I should have got more recognition looking after this firm and have a mentioned to you, I haven't had a pay-rise for over 8years!'.

 So with that alone, I will be super reliable to myself and the people of Tauranga, will benefit from my loyalty.

Check out my Office!

Sunrise in Paradise

When you have the opportunity to start your morning so early you witness the most beautiful, breath taking moment of your day, it's right then when you realise, its going to be the best day NEVER.

No such thing as a free lunch!

Great day to stop in at the park for lunch with some hot chips and boom, the word was out, it didn't take long before we weren't alone.

Funny how seagulls just know, if you stop in at a park, you will come with food and hang around until you get comfortable at a bench, fold out that parcel and are happy to wait!. 



 You got a spare chip Sir!...

Yum, don't mind if I do!



'this one was so shy'



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Who doesn't love 'Lighthouses'

Manukau Heads Lighthouse

So here I am, at Manukau Heads, Awhitu Peninsula, Auckland NZ.

What a beautiful day to visit this sweet little lighthouse, views for miles, wildlife enjoying the peace and quiet on a picture perfect day.

We spent the best part of an hour looking for land-marks beyond this peninsula. We could identified exactly where the airport was!, that was easy, every two minutes an International Flight would amid straight for us!.

Yep, Auckland City was also out there in the distance.

We had some beautiful Maui Dolphin's swim by, there
was a great viewing platform from the lookout point, they were just enjoying there day like us.

I've got this thing going on, on my face-book page, #FindMeFriday it's fun, it's making me aware of my world around me. My partner reminds me, well, where are we heading to this week for your Fridays Pic, it's making quite an impression on this household, even have my daughters friends ask her, 'what's her Mum up to this week!', kind of cool actually.

Educational for some, remember-able for others. It's great when people comment to my photos and take a guess where I could be. No prize, just be first at getting it right, simply a 'Well Done, Congratulations' from me, try your luck again next week #FindMeFriday. 

Awhitu Peninsula

Look...that's me up there!

Easy hill with few steps to the top, phew!

Worlds rarest marine mammal, the 'Maui Dolphin'