Molly is the face of Blind Week 2009

It's Blind Week in New Zealand and as many of you know, Molly was chosen as the 'face' of Blind Week. Her wee face has adorned leaflets, posters, website and now the newspapers. Each day this week, there is a photo of Molly in The NZ Herald and Wellington's paper (The Dominion Post) are coming to interview Molly and I at her school on Friday morning. Molly, of course, is taking all the media attention in her stride!

Tomorrow, Molly is going to the local Visual Resource Centre to meet up with other visually-impaired kids and their teacher aides and generally have a bit of fun. On Thursday, Molly (along with her class and the other 500 pupils in her school) are going to make eye patches and decorate them and spend some time wearing them around school to see what it's like to be in Molly's shoes. On Friday, the local Guide Dog Trainer is coming along to give a talk to Molly's class and will be bringing her guide dog, Sky, to meet the kids. The donation buckets will be rattling around the classrooms!

Never leave your shaving foam lying around

So some random updates on life over here in the perpetual winter

My Ladies up at Viv and Neil's. We zapped up there for a few days over the school holidays. Mum and Neil were in Auckland for a chunk of it so we had the run of the place. The weather was terrible but we snugged up inside and picked a couple of decent vintages out of the cellar. A few single malts were had as there were some almost finished bottles taking up valuable space in the liquor cabinet.

Shaving foam left open in bathroom =

It's like a 70's Gene Simmon's snap with a fan.

This is what happens if you eat too much fish.

Pizza oven in Featherston. A Friend of mine (Nick) from IT days has a place in Featherston (Wairarapa). We shot over for a Sunday and it was magic. We cooked Pizzas in this oven.

And played cricket on their lawn.

That is the signal for a 'no ball'. Maddy - Umpire / Molly - Medium fast right arm over.

Lots of love from all of us standing upside down.

Nick