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| 1959 | In art I began cutting my copper jewelry piece - a backward "F" [ed. - spent four periods sketching designs and could only come up with that!]. Basketball after school - had drills. | |
| 1960 | School - in English we had impromptu speeches: Bardot, Fabian and millionaire. Went to the Hub. I got a haircut, band to hold my glasses on, shoes, gym shoes and we ate at the Pixie Diner. |  |
| 1961 | High = 41°F. Grandma sent me a card and I sent her a letter. Kincy and I beat Milo and Bill 60-22 at basketball. Opened my gifts: bowling shoes [ed. - still have and use them 48 years later], gloves, 2 books and darts [ed. - still have some of those darts 2009]. |  |
| 1963 | Report card: A's in Religion, and Problems of Society and B's in Physics, Probability and English. Walter Geddes rode home with us. Typed out applications for scholarships from the University of Minnesota and AFL-CIO union. |  |
| 1964 | Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Leader of the Pack by The Shangri-Las. |  |
| 1967 | Bought Beg, Borrow and Steal by Ohio Express for 88¢ and Money Music for $2.98. |  |
| 1969 | Hawaii: Details in Peace Corps Journal. | |
| 1970 | I am red all over and thoroughly refreshed. Worked on the library. Dick came over to listen to tapes. | |
| 1971 | Worked in library until the bus came. Minnesota driver's licence renewal notice - it had been sent to Manilla. First Christmas card and a letter from Margie. Murphy's. 6th formers had post-exam booze up. Mesake tried to put them to bed which started a fight. He drew blood on Anare. Loruama was causing most of the trouble and he tried to hit Kacimaiwai. All of the keys were stolen from the office. Biology and chemistry labs broken into trying to get to anything resembling alcohol. Eric was burgaled. |  Loruama |
| 1972 | Prizegiving in morning. Justice Moti Tikaram, Ombudsman gave an interesting talk on leisure and education. We went to Epeli's where I talked to the "Ambushman" over lunch. Saw a couple buses of boys off, then back to Kaci's where we drank beer out on the verandah until 12:30AM. Kini had a son. | Non-Ac Prizes Acad Prizes |
| 1973 | Read, washed windows, snooker and cribbage. Had our first barbeque at the flat on the thing I built from cement blocks gathered from building dumps. Difficult to get a fire going as what they sell is simply charred wood. |  |
| 1974 | Jackie, Noeline and Catherine spent the first three periods with me making Merry Christmas signs to put up around the school. Truck arrived with 94 cartons, so I had Dean Clark and Harry Creasy shift them into the Stationery Room. Maths4F went over trig ratios. Bridge club meeting. Card from mom. Letter (Page 1 Page 2) and card from Chris. Letter from Jane. |  ex Chris |
| 1975 | Jim dropped us off at the Greyhound station in Tallahassee where we had grits for breakfast. Wrote a letter to the Thomases but mostly I slept. I was awake to see the Suwannee River as we crossed it. Had lunch in Ocala with a Baptist minister who preached to us as we ate. Donna Mae was at the depot in Orlando and drove us over to their place On Rocky Lake. Sean (9th grader) and Foxy (a small dog) were waiting for us. Sean brought around Buena Vista Village. We joined Leroy and Donna at a cocktail lounge where we were so out of place. Leroy had a table up front and introduced us to Herbie Green (jazz), who was playing a set there and Harvey Lang. |  Sean |
| 1977 | F - Extremely busy at school. Noeline Meirs was using stationery room to sell keyrings to seniors. The seniors were also truning in textbooks. I had the 4T girls finish off the inventory. 4U girls doing textbooks. Michael and Richard set up the radio station and at 10AM we broadcast The Sportsman of the Year. Brenda Wooley gave me a card and shower soap. Brought the cradle to Mike so he can put it into his display room. |  |
| 1978 | Sa - Brought Mom to Huka Falls (photo of Ne) and the new Village nearby. We had photos taken dressed up in old-time clothes [ed. - think photos went up in smoke when mom's house burnt]. We had a silhouette of Ne cut. Went to Orakei-Korako. Jet boat over to where the hot springs and silca formations and Aladin's Cave are found. Owner/boat driver was surprized when I told him that we had been before in 1974 - probably because of accents. Made it back just in time to turn the car in ($172 for the 3 days). | 
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| 1979 | Su - Into Auckland for McDonald's (pirate hats for kids) and then Mission Bay for my birthday. Couple of hours playing in the sand and water. Gave me my gifts there on the beach. Diary from Ne, a three color pen from David (he picked it out himself) and jade cuff links/tie pin set from Gail. Spent afternoon playing jarts, frisbee and baseball. Dressed the kids up as pirates. Nadine and Delwyn over with a card. We dragged Martin into the house for a glass of wine in the evening. Nadine ended up reading books to the kids. I typed up a reference for Nadine who begins at BNZ tomorrow. Delwyn goes to Air NZ in Feb. Martin told us about his drag stripping, once we loosened his tongue. | 
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| 1981 | W - Helped Pat Marzoff with her Jackson Design for a bond program. Paul came down to get the skunk and is going to play afterall. Home to find birthday wishes from Delwyn. Hansens stayed over night and we visited Bill and Shirley. Home for a pizza. Then Bob and I listened to the Gophers 90 - Dayton 84 (Randy Brewer scored 31). | |
| 1982 | Th - Record high = 63°F. Frank and Libby over for bridge. | |
| 1983 | F - Brought doughnuts in for the gang. Downtown with Steiner for a meeting with Rempert, Nancy Bass and Linda Breyer about a new test ssytem. Gail worked at Woody's. Letter to Leighton. | |
| 1984 | 3½" of snow overnight. Ne shovelled the driveway for $1. KMart bought jewelry boxes at $5, a baton filled with glitter for Ne and multi-colored, cherry-flavored candy canes. Felt rotten all day. We played a couple games of "PigOut". |  |
| 1986 | Made it through the day with out getting upset. Typed up the monthly report and was able to get some stuff off my chest. Made up the "Down-Under" birthday card and letter to Jim F. |  |
| 1987 | JV back from tour of Steel Mills and is now sold on micros. One had 34 of 78 IS staff in its IC. Steve off to Ashton-Tate meeting in Sydney. | |
| 1988 | Peter T gave me a lift to work. Morning was a staff meeting in which I complained about the way things were going,vso I had lunch with Peter at cafeteria and we tried to sort things out. Then we drove to Centron - stopping at Remurera to try to buy a $2000 antique bookcase. John Patchett ran through Centron history and why they bought Powercorp. We had a tourvand I figured out that this was same building I had come to twice in 1984 to interview with Challenge Computers - turned them down. Ne and Gail at St Mary's for bbq, Christmas pageant and carols. Pruned bushes on driveway, painted trim on master bedroom windows. Letter to Hansen. | |
| 1989 | Letter to Chris. Kelvin Road staff left 12 vehicles in our yard and we piled into a bus to Auckland where we caught the Quick Cat to Pakatoa Island. Sat with Jim and Jenny Phillips on way there. Took us 3 hours from Papakura. Very poor meal in crowded conditions - like being at camp. Dave, Jenny, Joy, Nancy Hawks and Mary Hall (I had taught her as a Van Tiel in 1977). Checked out the loud disco then went for a moonlight stroll. Ended up at an outdoor table and almost missed the boat at 11:30PM. Guitarist was in a rocking mood and he was loud. Joy was even louder, making it a funny ride back. Mary and husband were dirty dancing until Joy muscled in on Alistair. Gail and I moved onto the cold deck to get away from the noise. Arrived back at our place at 2PM and didn't invite anyone in for coffee. |  Mary  Joy |
| 1991 | Ordered a 386-25 from Graeme Stebbing at TL Systems ($3516). Gail and I went to library. I rented Witches of Eastwick as my birthday video. Letter to Chris. | |
| 1992 | Letter to Breeze. On roof with metal pieces trying to stop leaks. Birthday card and video (T-day at Fishers and Viking 17 Browns 12 game) from Mom. Walk, cribbage and card for Whites anniversary. | |
| 1993 | Ne and I went to pick up Dad. He was the last one out - told his bags were on their way to Sydney. He was wide awake very curious about everything. His bags were delivered before we had finished a coffee; apparently not lost. Walked around the block with David and talked until Gail came home. Steering Wheel (for computer racing games) for David. Milk Duds for Ne. Spices for Gail and aspirin for me. He also had a Father's Day card and Christmas card from Chris. Doug came over and we played Rock Fever. | 
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| 1994 | Bought a 4" foam mattress at Para Rubber ($50). Spent most of the day trying to figure out At Ease for Workgroups. Phone installed in my office. TP at Rhonda's. Ne, Tracy and Jenny Hibbert went to Boys to Men concert. | |
| 1995 | Sa - Letter to Dad. Brought a load to Aldies and took shots. In the evening we went to Cobb and Co with Trish and Doug (he downed trousers in parking lot and while we were dressed up he was wearing jandles he found at inorganic dump). Over to their place to look at latest home video. Gave Trish bike spokes thingies and a bike bell. They gave me the very same Virgin book that I had bought yesterday (see card). | 
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| 1996 | M - Letter to Chris. Dropped Ne off at work and then over to see Kim Klaus about Ne's flights. Kim says "yahoo" a lot. Gail and I went to Middlemore to visit Betty A, who was told that she had cancer and 6 months to live. Gave her a Goofy. Letters to Angi and Thomases. | |
| 1997 | T - IT audit at school. Fab came in to help. Letter from Lees. email from Sidey. | |
| 1998 | W - Letter to Fab. 3 hours vacuuming the pool skimmer by steps must have a leak somewhere. Card from Doug sent to "B.F.F." (Big 55) at Stoned Geek Farm. Called them and spoke to Trish. |  |
| 1999 | Th - email from Dawn. email to Laure. Mowed verge. Card and note from Ong. Postcard from Inez. Doug over with photos and tape of his party. He gave me a card and a Goofy cup. No game, just talked until 11PM. He slept over. |  ex Doug |
| 2000 | Sa - Slept until 11:30AM and felt lousy all day. Made Bad Muffin card for Trish. Letter to Granny. Ian over for a swim. ecard from Brundell. David went to Waiuku College meal at Wrights Water Gardens. Chat with Berthe. |  |
| 2001 | Letter and card for Mom. email b'day greetings from Eliason. email from Angi describing the frustrations and cost Mom and Bob are going through to get house rebuilt. Gail and girls went with Su to to Patamahoe bar and grill to listen to a country western singer. Meanwhile Marcia and Doug dropped in (with Jazz), with prezzies (a Corbans 2000 Shiraz, USA Sept 11 tissues and a Priscilla Presley bio. Doug and I went for a swim in the drizzle - he claimed a new underwater record of 3.75 laps. Checked out his latest Nelson and Rotorua biking photos. Watched All Blacks score in injury time to narrowly miss first loss to the Pumas. Had a special pork meal with a great '96 Castello d'Albola Chianti, then gifts: a beautiful Goofy hand puppet and 1980's Trivial Pursuit that turned out to be mostly Australian questions, so we played "Game of Knowledge" instead. Read "The Reservoir" by O.E.Middleton. |  Knowledge  from Dougie |
| 2002 | Well, up groggy but got out in the afternoon with the line trimmer. Weeded pool pavers and had a nap. Dr. called and said the X-rays show bone growth on neck spine C5-6 that is pinching the nerve causing the tingling in my left thumb and pointer finger. But not worth operating until pain gets worse. He also wants me to take a full diabetes test. Cribbage. Went for a swim with Ian. Cards and letters to Dad and Noriyo. |  by Gail |
| 2003 | email to Lamorna. Cleaned sandbox, and did some trim work (saw and varnish) for the studio. Ne mowed the veggie hose and I had to removed the tangled mess from the ride-on blade. Town to pay electric bill ($360) and do some grocery shopping. Then Papakura where I went to McKenzie's for the first time. Just a quick appraisal and then to see Marcia. Pete came by to fix up her pool. I went to Smiths to jump on the tramp with Cody. Gave Jaz and Eden (in a fairy costume) their birthday gifts. All three kids ended up covered with the makeup. Stayed for a meal but left before cake. Jonny might have a 3 month job in Rarotonga painting a hotel. Stopped at Trish's to get her software (James found it hanging in the closet????). Gail and I watched West Wing. | 
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| 2004 | Birthday emails from Marge and Monique. Letter and card to Gutzke. Postcard and photos from Trish. Another day sleeping the afternoon away. Won the cribbage game. David T. called to say that Gail given a job at Sandspit for one more year. email from Signe with a cure for FM. |  |
| 2005 | Letter and card to Dad and Lavonne. Zipped into town to post the VISA card dispute letter and get supplies for tonight. Letter and photos with birthday card from Mom. Christmas card from Breezes using a $2 stamp!!!!. Crashed and slept the afternoon away. Elaine over for a swim and coffee. Soon as she left we started a cribbage game and Russell, Christopher (artsy card and a Goofy window sticker) and Emery (Goofy cup, peppermints and sour spray candy) arrived in time to see me skunk Gail. Gail off to school function at Castaways. Ann and I got Chinese for the rest of us. Just as we were finishing eating Mike (bottle of Rosé) and Charlotte surprized me with their arrival. And when Ian and Su arrived Ann, Charlie and I went into the pool. Then it was wine (Rosemount 04 Sangiovese and Baritone Cab-Shiraz 01) and talk until 9:30PM when the Papakuran's left. Gail got back just after that and we got up a TP game. | 
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| 2006 | Email from Flo with pics. Birthday/Anniversary cards and letter to Chris. Card and letter to Breezes. Quick trip to Mitre 10 to get a mirror for the lower water closet and car seat covers. Then last minute stuff getting ready. 29 people came during the day beginnning at 2PM. It was a sunny day, with a bit of a breeze, but we managed to squeeze everyone onto the deck. Heather and Mary from Scotland (joke book and badge), coming the furthest. Jackie and Brad, mini-Whites (colored solar lights). Kathy and Mike (wine) Biggest surprize was Berthe (gin and angel). Joan came by with Kaitlin (candy). Kjell and Louise (feijoa jam). The Wrights (Sheaffer pen/pencil). All of the trivial pursuiters. Brundell for a couple minutes. Graeme. Paul (wine in a lovely case) was in good form. Christopher had a killer card. Ann/Russell (music voucher). Bev and Colleen (Instant Kiwi) I had the "Many Lives of Malley" presentation running with "John" songs playing. Got photos of each arrival taken with me. Scored a few bottles: wine, rum, gin. I had a Sentura '04 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot for the most part. Party was over by 9:30PM. | See the Cards
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| 2007 | Letter to Noriyo. Gail and I drove to Botany to have a Christmas lunch at The Cock and Bull with the TP gang. Good serving at very reasonable price. Though they skimped on the Kaluha on the cheese cake. Emery gave me a Goofy picture frame for me birthday. Christmas card from the Easties. We checked out Tile Depot in Manukau, got a light for David's room at Lighting Direct and then more tiles at Mitre 10. Crashed when we got home. Up to win cribbage game. Plastered bathroom wall. Weeded and pruned pool patio. Watched Rules of Engagement, 24 and The Filth and the Fury. |  |
| 2008 | emails to Steve N and Schwitters. Got one from Monique. Cards for the Easties. Ne and I went shopping at New World and I found Leoni working there stacking shelves. Cards from Steph and Mom. Shock dosed the pool. Blasted side entry area concrete. Got skunked. Ian and Susi over for bridge. Gail thought she was saving my 3-heart bid by switching to spades. She was set, I would have made it. Apparently, they sleep on coat hangers. Word from Philippines that my SS application has been sent to Baltimore for approval. | 
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| 2009 | W - Te was here when I got up. He brought along a DVD of Mom's funeral, aspirin, postcard of Rolle Bolle, and Sweet and Sour Twizzlers. Letter to Dad and a card and letter to Gutzke. Lost cribbage game 120 - 123. |  |
| 2010 | Th - email to Carolyn Norquay. Ne left. Card from Steph and one from Berthe. Hauled branches, weeded veggie garden, pruned reeds by pool, mowed back paddock until mower went up in smoke (Jim picked it up and thinks it blew the head gasket - over strained in the thick paspalum). Switched to push mower and did back lawn. Pruned boxus by pond until drizzle came. Lost cribbage game. Back out to tidy up garden by garage and cut down branches from large trees. Laps. Ian over for 4 games of Dominion. |  |
| 2011 | F - Spent day in bed with a migraine. Won cribbage game on a nobs cut. Ne over after supper with a birthday cake and a Young Ones DVD. Gail gave me a bucket of nuts/dried fruit that had been vacuumed sealed in bags and came out as one big clump. We played Dominion each winning a game. | 
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