Well I did it! And loved it! I biked to work this morning. It took me a grand total of 10 minutes (I'd allowed half an hour) biking really is a lot faster than walking!
And this isn't my helmet it's just a random helmet I found on google as it's on topic. But in other exciting news I'll probably be getting my photos from the weekend developed over the weekend and will try and scan some and post them up.
Oh yeah I haven't written about the weekend! It was AWESOME! The Big Day Out was great... Darren loved it too, and it was great to have a wonderful boydguard in the mosh pit. Which brings me to the point I am getting older, or maybe just lazier, as I only partook in one mosh pit this big day out (the Mars Volta of course!) they just dono't appeal to me as much anymore. Plus I'm short so I still can't really see even when I'm right up the front. I actually have a better chance when I'm a wee way back. So the Mars Volta were absolutely brilliant, 6 thumbs up, I can't believe how good they are. Other stand out acts were Shihad (despite confusing me by wishing everyone a Happy New Years Eve!), and the Living End.
Also it was SO SO SO nice seeing Lara. I had a few dramas over the weekend including losing my wallet (which had the tickets in it) and it was ncie to have her hugs. But I found the wallet! Well more accurately it got handed in to the police. And we went to Karekare beach (I think that's how it's spelt) and it was lovely. It's been ages since I've just spent a day at the beach.
Also Darren and I went to Rainbow's End and went on all the rides and had a great time. Once I got over feeling a bit sick. Honestly some of the scary rides don't scare me they just give me motion sickness.
Right well I'd really really better get to work now.
:)
M
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Sigh
Hi there,
I stayed up too late last night and now I'm tired. And by too late I mean 11.10pm, which really isn't that late at all. But the rabbit woke me up this morning. Stupid rabbit. So I went out to check on it, and there was a huge white tail spider crawling in the hutch. I hope the rabbit didn't get bitten. I'm not sure there's anything I could do if it did.
Also I'm going to start biking to work. Now I'm quite excited about this. I borrowed a bike off Mum and Dad's (it's one they found in the pond at Jellie Park) and even went and bought a helmet yesterday at lunch time in preparation for the big day today. But Darren took his car to work this morning, and the garage key is with his car keys so I couldn't get into the garage to get the bike. Which is sad.
Also my computer died for a second time last night. I was playing a game and it just crashed and won't turn on again now. So that is sad as well.
:)
M
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Big Day Out
Hello!
Well sorry I haven't updated yet this week. I was sick on Monday and lazy on Tuesday. Luckily today is Wednesday and everything seems to be in order.
So I'm going to the Big Day Out! Lucky me! I'm going to watch the Mars Volta, and some other bands. I'm going with Darren and Andrew and it will be great!
In terms of other news I'm a little low. Um. I had Mum and Dad, Amy and Tom, and Claire round for tea on Sunday night and it was lovely. We had spag and meatballs.
I'm also going through a bran muffin phase at the moment.
My training for the City to Surf hasn't been going at all this week with me being sick on Monday and not feeling 100% still and I doubt it's going to improve much as I'll be in Auckland soon. But come Tuesday and I'll be back into it!
The fish are all doing great. The shark is ALWAYS chasing the platies, but he seems to leave the neons alone which is good as they are tiny and probably can't swim as fast as him, but the platies seem to get away ok. I've named some more now.
So the shark is called Kirsty, the biggest neon is called Tim, the smallest neon is called Bridget the midget, and the girl platy is called Bubbles. I need names for the big fat male platy and the little scrawny but colourful male platy still.
so yeah I leave for Auckland tomorrow afternoon and get back Monday night. Woo! And I get to see Lara!! Yay!!
Hope you are all well.
Love
M
Well sorry I haven't updated yet this week. I was sick on Monday and lazy on Tuesday. Luckily today is Wednesday and everything seems to be in order.
So I'm going to the Big Day Out! Lucky me! I'm going to watch the Mars Volta, and some other bands. I'm going with Darren and Andrew and it will be great!
In terms of other news I'm a little low. Um. I had Mum and Dad, Amy and Tom, and Claire round for tea on Sunday night and it was lovely. We had spag and meatballs.
I'm also going through a bran muffin phase at the moment.
My training for the City to Surf hasn't been going at all this week with me being sick on Monday and not feeling 100% still and I doubt it's going to improve much as I'll be in Auckland soon. But come Tuesday and I'll be back into it!
The fish are all doing great. The shark is ALWAYS chasing the platies, but he seems to leave the neons alone which is good as they are tiny and probably can't swim as fast as him, but the platies seem to get away ok. I've named some more now.
So the shark is called Kirsty, the biggest neon is called Tim, the smallest neon is called Bridget the midget, and the girl platy is called Bubbles. I need names for the big fat male platy and the little scrawny but colourful male platy still.
so yeah I leave for Auckland tomorrow afternoon and get back Monday night. Woo! And I get to see Lara!! Yay!!
Hope you are all well.
Love
M
Thursday, January 12, 2006
New Additions
Well I don't have much to write today except to annouce the addition of three new fish to our tank... these are pictured above. They're called platies and they're very cute. Actually our ones are yellow rather than red like in the picture but have similar spots etc.
Another important announcement is that Kirsty the Shark is actually a male. Which is both good and bad news - although I'm not sure why. Actually maybe it's just good news.
:)
M
Another important announcement is that Kirsty the Shark is actually a male. Which is both good and bad news - although I'm not sure why. Actually maybe it's just good news.
:)
M
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Dream
Well it's raining in Christchurch today. And despite this I am in a terrible mood I had such an aweful dream last night. It really scared me a lot and even though I know it was just a dream I just really can't shake it. It was quite an involved long dream which various people and scenes... but mostly it involved me screaming at people pretty much against my will... totally pushing Darren away because of this... and eventually it turned out that the devil was inside me. Pretty intense for a dream. I think we got it out but by then I think everyone hated me.
Also my shark is doing ok... I'm not sure what their normal habits are but she seems to like being in the far back corner of the tank. Also in our cave which is slightly disturbing as I keep thinking she's dead since I can't find her.
Oh I don't want to work today, I feel completely exhausted after that dream and not rested at all.
:)
M
Also my shark is doing ok... I'm not sure what their normal habits are but she seems to like being in the far back corner of the tank. Also in our cave which is slightly disturbing as I keep thinking she's dead since I can't find her.
Oh I don't want to work today, I feel completely exhausted after that dream and not rested at all.
:)
M
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Shark
Right so today at lunchtime (hopefully hopefully hopfeully) I'm giong to go and get one of these fellas. He's a rainbow shark and he should put our tetras in their place!
Other than my fish I don't have too much news. I went for a walk last night and sat down for awhile and watched the ducks in the pond and ducks really are quite funny. What I found particularly amusing was when the bobbed down for food and lent so far forward that their feet came out of the water... I thought they were going to do a rolly polly.
Almost halfway through the week!
:)
M
Other than my fish I don't have too much news. I went for a walk last night and sat down for awhile and watched the ducks in the pond and ducks really are quite funny. What I found particularly amusing was when the bobbed down for food and lent so far forward that their feet came out of the water... I thought they were going to do a rolly polly.
Almost halfway through the week!
:)
M
Our Fish
This is a picture of the fish we currently have in our tank. Well this is a picture off google of the breed of fish we currently have in our tank. Our ones are much cuter! Although I definitely think they need some company as they're getting a bit cocky zipping around like they own the place.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
2006!!
I'm back! And boy do I have a lot of news. But unfortunately a limited lunch break so I will do my best.
- Christmas was super awesome! Darren TOTALLY spoiled me :)
- We went up to Port Underwood after Christmas for new years with Mum, Dad, Amy and Claire.
- The weather was almost perfect the whole time.
- Did some fishing, I caught a spottie (and threw it back and it lived).
- Did a bit of waterskiing, and met up with this lovely creature known as a sunfish (picture above courtesty of google, this isn't the actual one we saw). They are huge and very ugly but also kinda cute.
- New Years was nice and quiet.
- Went for quite a few walks in the forest as well, a good escape from the heat of the day.
- Got back to Christchurch on Wednesday last week.
- Finally got some fish for the tank! 6 little neon tetras, they are doing splendidly and are very happy in their new home.
- Darren also considerably extended his carnivorous plant collection, I'm not sure how many plants we have, but we have at least 7 different breeds.
- I made a skirt and it's great.
- And the new house is going great, I love living there.
And that will have to be all for now. Hope you are all happy and had a great festive season.
:)
M
- Christmas was super awesome! Darren TOTALLY spoiled me :)
- We went up to Port Underwood after Christmas for new years with Mum, Dad, Amy and Claire.
- The weather was almost perfect the whole time.
- Did some fishing, I caught a spottie (and threw it back and it lived).
- Did a bit of waterskiing, and met up with this lovely creature known as a sunfish (picture above courtesty of google, this isn't the actual one we saw). They are huge and very ugly but also kinda cute.
- New Years was nice and quiet.
- Went for quite a few walks in the forest as well, a good escape from the heat of the day.
- Got back to Christchurch on Wednesday last week.
- Finally got some fish for the tank! 6 little neon tetras, they are doing splendidly and are very happy in their new home.
- Darren also considerably extended his carnivorous plant collection, I'm not sure how many plants we have, but we have at least 7 different breeds.
- I made a skirt and it's great.
- And the new house is going great, I love living there.
And that will have to be all for now. Hope you are all happy and had a great festive season.
:)
M
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Merry Christmas!
Hi Everyone!
This will be my last update for 2005! Scary eh? I finish work today and don't have a computer at home at the moment so this is it from me till I come back to work on the 9th of January 2006!!!
Anyway first to quickly update from my past few days. Work lunch on Tuesday was nice, I had a steak sandwich - yum! Tuesday night was an extremely exciting evening. Darren and I set up our aquarium. It looks SO great, we are both very happy with it. We bought plants and an ornament and gravel. Now we need to let it sit for a week or so to allow bacteria to start developing before we put the fish in. Last night I met up with my school friends which was great, really don't see them enough. We went out for desert to Blue Jeans Cuisine, which was nice but I thought the deserts were pretty average, like perfectly nice but not special. Susannah is up from Dunedin so it was great to see her.
Today I did the VERY LAST of my Christmas shopping! Woot! It was an awesome effort I must say. And pretty funny too because I went with Earl. We split up and met again 40 minutes later. I had bought 5 presents in that time and he'd bought none. I guess not everyone can be as awesome at shopping as me!
Now Christmas Day will be fun! I haven't decided yet if I'll have lunch with my family or Darrens. And we're having my family for "tea" at our new place. Although it will be most likely just picking at leftovers. I can't wait. Hopefully I can convince my family not to exchange presents till they get to my house but we'll see.
Then we're going to the sounds for a holiday. And so we'll be there for New Years as well. I really can't wait. I love the sounds - well Port Underwood - so much. It's one of the most special places in the world to me. So many wonderful holidays there with family, and waterskiing and sunbathing and going for walks etc oh I'm getting all excited just thinking about it!
I hope you all have a really awesome Christmas and New Years!!!!
Loads of love
Mindy
ps I almost forgot the most important thing! I had my annual Church going experience on Sunday. Mum and Amy were singing in the choir at their Church and they sounded fantastic. Now I'm not a Christian but I was bought up one so it's always a bit straneg for me going to my old Church, I went through a period of absolutely hating it, but I think I've grown up a bit now and I didn't mind it at all. I've even decided I could possibly get married in a Church, for tradition reasons not for religious reasons, but I know my family, grandparents etc would prefer a Church wedding. Not that I'm getting married anytime soon, it's just something I've always worried about.
This will be my last update for 2005! Scary eh? I finish work today and don't have a computer at home at the moment so this is it from me till I come back to work on the 9th of January 2006!!!
Anyway first to quickly update from my past few days. Work lunch on Tuesday was nice, I had a steak sandwich - yum! Tuesday night was an extremely exciting evening. Darren and I set up our aquarium. It looks SO great, we are both very happy with it. We bought plants and an ornament and gravel. Now we need to let it sit for a week or so to allow bacteria to start developing before we put the fish in. Last night I met up with my school friends which was great, really don't see them enough. We went out for desert to Blue Jeans Cuisine, which was nice but I thought the deserts were pretty average, like perfectly nice but not special. Susannah is up from Dunedin so it was great to see her.
Today I did the VERY LAST of my Christmas shopping! Woot! It was an awesome effort I must say. And pretty funny too because I went with Earl. We split up and met again 40 minutes later. I had bought 5 presents in that time and he'd bought none. I guess not everyone can be as awesome at shopping as me!
Now Christmas Day will be fun! I haven't decided yet if I'll have lunch with my family or Darrens. And we're having my family for "tea" at our new place. Although it will be most likely just picking at leftovers. I can't wait. Hopefully I can convince my family not to exchange presents till they get to my house but we'll see.
Then we're going to the sounds for a holiday. And so we'll be there for New Years as well. I really can't wait. I love the sounds - well Port Underwood - so much. It's one of the most special places in the world to me. So many wonderful holidays there with family, and waterskiing and sunbathing and going for walks etc oh I'm getting all excited just thinking about it!
I hope you all have a really awesome Christmas and New Years!!!!
Loads of love
Mindy
ps I almost forgot the most important thing! I had my annual Church going experience on Sunday. Mum and Amy were singing in the choir at their Church and they sounded fantastic. Now I'm not a Christian but I was bought up one so it's always a bit straneg for me going to my old Church, I went through a period of absolutely hating it, but I think I've grown up a bit now and I didn't mind it at all. I've even decided I could possibly get married in a Church, for tradition reasons not for religious reasons, but I know my family, grandparents etc would prefer a Church wedding. Not that I'm getting married anytime soon, it's just something I've always worried about.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Hot
Apparently it's going to be hot today, not that I'll know it as my office only ever gets to 23 degrees and no hotter. But to everyone who is outside remember to wear sunscreen!
I had a lovely weekend in my new home. The weekend started though at the Jade Christmas BBQ which was a very nice evening. And Adam make a new friend, Dominque, I think he was quite taken with her, I'm sure I heard him exclaim at least twice how cute she was. She seemed pretty interested in him as well, though they didn't talk very much. But she was hanging around him a lot! Anyway after most people had gone home we left and took Adam home where I got a tour of Adam's house which was really messy ;)
The rest of the weekend was good too. Darren spent all Saturday Christmas shopping which is a great sign. I spend the morning (and some of the afternoon) gardening and washing windows at my old flat. And we had a family dinner on Saturday night which was great.
I get a lot more visitors at my new house, it's great! Mostly they are from my immediate family but that's still good.
Anyway I'd better go now.
Love
M
I had a lovely weekend in my new home. The weekend started though at the Jade Christmas BBQ which was a very nice evening. And Adam make a new friend, Dominque, I think he was quite taken with her, I'm sure I heard him exclaim at least twice how cute she was. She seemed pretty interested in him as well, though they didn't talk very much. But she was hanging around him a lot! Anyway after most people had gone home we left and took Adam home where I got a tour of Adam's house which was really messy ;)
The rest of the weekend was good too. Darren spent all Saturday Christmas shopping which is a great sign. I spend the morning (and some of the afternoon) gardening and washing windows at my old flat. And we had a family dinner on Saturday night which was great.
I get a lot more visitors at my new house, it's great! Mostly they are from my immediate family but that's still good.
Anyway I'd better go now.
Love
M
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Mystery
The strangest thing happened yesterday morning. Let me tell you a wee story.
Well I was driving to work as usual, as per any other day (albeit taking a slightly different route since I live in a different house now). On my entire trip I saw nothing out of the ordinary at all. Now maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention to the outside world, I do try to be a diligent driver and concentrate mainly on the road and traffic whilst driving. So driving along totally unaware of what was about to happen. I pulled into the work driveway, again everything appeared to be normal. I got a good park got out of my car... forgetting to look at the Ks, as I was attempting to measure exactly how far it was from my new house to work. And writing this now I realise I did exactly the same thing this morning... bugger. Anyway I get out of my car, walk up to the door. Open it. That's all fine nothing strange yet. Open the next door with my special door opening wand. That's fine too. So so far it's pretty a pretty average sort of morning, not in the least the type of morning that you'd expect to be turned upside down in just a minute. Anyway I walk up the stairs, through the door, past the kitchen and into my office... and there it is. A wet tea towel sitting right in the middle of my desk in front of my computer! Dampening the piece of paper I had sitting there (don't worry it wasn't too important).
Now I am washed a flood with confused thoughts. "Did I leave that tea towel there?" no, "Did something spill on my desk that requires mopping up with a tea towel?" no, "Has someone been drying dishes at my desk?" possibly, but unlikely. To this day (which is a day later) I still haven't solved this mystery.
Now the curious amoung you might be thinking, "well what did you do with the tea towel". Well I'll tell you. I took it into the kitchen and hung it on the tea towel hook.
And that's the end of the story... for now.
Incidentally the picture of the tea towel I found to accompany my little tale of intrigue was from amazon, and that picture tea towel cost $11.99US isn't that amazing!
:)
Mindy
Well I was driving to work as usual, as per any other day (albeit taking a slightly different route since I live in a different house now). On my entire trip I saw nothing out of the ordinary at all. Now maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention to the outside world, I do try to be a diligent driver and concentrate mainly on the road and traffic whilst driving. So driving along totally unaware of what was about to happen. I pulled into the work driveway, again everything appeared to be normal. I got a good park got out of my car... forgetting to look at the Ks, as I was attempting to measure exactly how far it was from my new house to work. And writing this now I realise I did exactly the same thing this morning... bugger. Anyway I get out of my car, walk up to the door. Open it. That's all fine nothing strange yet. Open the next door with my special door opening wand. That's fine too. So so far it's pretty a pretty average sort of morning, not in the least the type of morning that you'd expect to be turned upside down in just a minute. Anyway I walk up the stairs, through the door, past the kitchen and into my office... and there it is. A wet tea towel sitting right in the middle of my desk in front of my computer! Dampening the piece of paper I had sitting there (don't worry it wasn't too important).
Now I am washed a flood with confused thoughts. "Did I leave that tea towel there?" no, "Did something spill on my desk that requires mopping up with a tea towel?" no, "Has someone been drying dishes at my desk?" possibly, but unlikely. To this day (which is a day later) I still haven't solved this mystery.
Now the curious amoung you might be thinking, "well what did you do with the tea towel". Well I'll tell you. I took it into the kitchen and hung it on the tea towel hook.
And that's the end of the story... for now.
Incidentally the picture of the tea towel I found to accompany my little tale of intrigue was from amazon, and that picture tea towel cost $11.99US isn't that amazing!
:)
Mindy
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
What I learned
Actually is it "what I learned" or "what I learnt"? I'm not sure. Maybe if Lara reads this she can tell me.
So anyway moving has taught me one thing. That is, that I am clumsy. No I didn't break any $4mil dollar antique vase (possibly I would have if I had one though) but the fact remains I'm a bit clumsy. I managed to get scratches in a set of drawers I had, additionally I split a bucket full of water onto the floor.
Now I've always been a bit clumsy (you know suddenly tripping over when walking when there are absolutely not obstacles to trip on, and I always manage to walk into doors - not closed ones I'm not that stupid but when I walk through a doorway I often hit my arm or shoulder or hip on the frame or door handle) but a whole bucket of water! I guess it could have been worse, it could have been a bucket of jelly or something.
Speaking of which I made some pineapple jelly last night and it was delicious!
Anyway apart from my clumsiness shifting went well, mostly because of Darren and Mum and Dad who did an awesome job. And we're all shifted in and it's such a lovely little house.
:)
Mindy
So anyway moving has taught me one thing. That is, that I am clumsy. No I didn't break any $4mil dollar antique vase (possibly I would have if I had one though) but the fact remains I'm a bit clumsy. I managed to get scratches in a set of drawers I had, additionally I split a bucket full of water onto the floor.
Now I've always been a bit clumsy (you know suddenly tripping over when walking when there are absolutely not obstacles to trip on, and I always manage to walk into doors - not closed ones I'm not that stupid but when I walk through a doorway I often hit my arm or shoulder or hip on the frame or door handle) but a whole bucket of water! I guess it could have been worse, it could have been a bucket of jelly or something.
Speaking of which I made some pineapple jelly last night and it was delicious!
Anyway apart from my clumsiness shifting went well, mostly because of Darren and Mum and Dad who did an awesome job. And we're all shifted in and it's such a lovely little house.
:)
Mindy
Monday, December 12, 2005
Moving Day Today!!!
Well today is moving day, although I'm almost 100% positive that not everything will get moved today. But today is the day we're shifting the bed and so will begin sleeping in the new house, which counts as moving day in my books. But the weather looks bad so we'll see. And also we're not taking time off work or anything, this will all take place after work so good luck to us.
Right I'm off to go see if Adam or Nick have updated their page.
:)
Mindy
Right I'm off to go see if Adam or Nick have updated their page.
:)
Mindy
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Busy Week ahead
Happy morning tea time everyone! Just a super quick update since it is only morning tea. I had a BUSY weekend. It started off fantastically with Adam's pirate party. It was super fun, everyone was suitably attired (Adam looked great in his Captain Jack Sparrow-ish outfit and makeup), the punch was delicious (well it was at the beginning of the night), got to catch up with Nick who happens to be wicked at the macarena, what more could you ask for! After that my weekend involved a lot less alcohol and a lot more cleaning and shifting.
Saturday morning I packed up my room, then Saturday afternoon we shifted things into the garage of our new place. Saturday evening I was knackered and watched a teen chick flick borrowed from Claire then went to sleep. Sunday we cleaned and went to the dump and cleaned some more and then relaxed. I'm going to have a few more evenings of the same this week I think. Just due to the unfortunate web of shifting I'm involved with: We're moving into Mum and Dad's property which my Auntie has been living in, that Auntie owns the flat that Darren has been flatting in so there's a lot of shifting and cleaning all to be done at once and that's without even taking into consideration my flat!
Oh well I must leave you now and continue at my work.
Hope you all had great weekends!
:)
M
Saturday morning I packed up my room, then Saturday afternoon we shifted things into the garage of our new place. Saturday evening I was knackered and watched a teen chick flick borrowed from Claire then went to sleep. Sunday we cleaned and went to the dump and cleaned some more and then relaxed. I'm going to have a few more evenings of the same this week I think. Just due to the unfortunate web of shifting I'm involved with: We're moving into Mum and Dad's property which my Auntie has been living in, that Auntie owns the flat that Darren has been flatting in so there's a lot of shifting and cleaning all to be done at once and that's without even taking into consideration my flat!
Oh well I must leave you now and continue at my work.
Hope you all had great weekends!
:)
M
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Happy Birthday Party Day Adam!
Hello Everyone!
Today is Adam's birthday party day! And Happy Actual birthday to Adam and Greg for tomorrow.
Adam is having a pirate birthday party. I can't decide whether to go as a female pirate, a whore (you know the type that services pirates), or just dressed in a pirate flag. I will update all with my decision on Monday!
My sores/burns are quite a bit better, well I'm not sure about the one on my leg because it's all covered up but the one on my arm is which is good. Although it does still look suitably impressive. It will help add tomy authenticity if I decide to go as a pirate chick.
Also my good good good friends Sarah and Uma are down from Wellington this weekend! Yay!!!! It feels like years since I've seen Uma, which it isn't, but truthfully I can't remember the last time I saw her, I know I saw her at Rach and Greg's wedding this time last year but I must have seen her since then.... surely!
:)
Mindy
Today is Adam's birthday party day! And Happy Actual birthday to Adam and Greg for tomorrow.
Adam is having a pirate birthday party. I can't decide whether to go as a female pirate, a whore (you know the type that services pirates), or just dressed in a pirate flag. I will update all with my decision on Monday!
My sores/burns are quite a bit better, well I'm not sure about the one on my leg because it's all covered up but the one on my arm is which is good. Although it does still look suitably impressive. It will help add tomy authenticity if I decide to go as a pirate chick.
Also my good good good friends Sarah and Uma are down from Wellington this weekend! Yay!!!! It feels like years since I've seen Uma, which it isn't, but truthfully I can't remember the last time I saw her, I know I saw her at Rach and Greg's wedding this time last year but I must have seen her since then.... surely!
:)
Mindy
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
The Culprit
Hello All,
I did some (uh hm actually lots) of research yesterday and found out what the plant was that attacked me and all that jazz. It's called Giant Hogweed and is classified a noxious weed in most places it grows (not Christchurch New Zealand for some reason). Anyway this is what one website had to say:
"BEWARE! The sap from the leaves and particularly the stem is highly toxic and contact with the skin can lead to severe scars. Contact with the eyes can lead to temporary or, in some cases, permanent blindness. The sap renders skin photo-sensitive which means that exposure to sunlight following contact causes blisters and burns. If you do come into contact with the plant, and especially the sap, you are advised to wash the affected areas immediately, keep them out of direct sunlight and seek medical advice."
Scary stuff eh? I've read quite a lot and technically as far as I understand it's actually a burn on the site of the sap, the sap reacts with uv light and gains engery and burns ya, like a directed sunburn. Which is interesting because when I went to the pharmacy they didn't know anything about the plant or how to treat it but they said it looked like a burn not like a normal plant rash. Unfortunately I read somewhere else that if the wound is dark red and not blistery it will probably turn into a purple-black scar and I've got one wound like that on my leg. :( I think the other ones won't scar though which is good, although they are starting to get damn itchy.
Again poor poor Alex and Saxon!
Stay away from giant hogweed!
Love
Mindy
I did some (uh hm actually lots) of research yesterday and found out what the plant was that attacked me and all that jazz. It's called Giant Hogweed and is classified a noxious weed in most places it grows (not Christchurch New Zealand for some reason). Anyway this is what one website had to say:
"BEWARE! The sap from the leaves and particularly the stem is highly toxic and contact with the skin can lead to severe scars. Contact with the eyes can lead to temporary or, in some cases, permanent blindness. The sap renders skin photo-sensitive which means that exposure to sunlight following contact causes blisters and burns. If you do come into contact with the plant, and especially the sap, you are advised to wash the affected areas immediately, keep them out of direct sunlight and seek medical advice."
Scary stuff eh? I've read quite a lot and technically as far as I understand it's actually a burn on the site of the sap, the sap reacts with uv light and gains engery and burns ya, like a directed sunburn. Which is interesting because when I went to the pharmacy they didn't know anything about the plant or how to treat it but they said it looked like a burn not like a normal plant rash. Unfortunately I read somewhere else that if the wound is dark red and not blistery it will probably turn into a purple-black scar and I've got one wound like that on my leg. :( I think the other ones won't scar though which is good, although they are starting to get damn itchy.
Again poor poor Alex and Saxon!
Stay away from giant hogweed!
Love
Mindy
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Happy Birthday Dad!
Well today is my Dad's birthday. Happy Birthday Dad! I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll see you after sewing tonight :)
Monday, December 05, 2005
Happy Birthday Mum!!!!
Also the most important thing I really have to say today is HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!!!!!!
It's my Mum's birthday today and she turns, well something really young, way younger than 50!
ps I just found some more rash on a part of my arm I can only see in the mirror yuck! Also thanks Adam I'm sure I'll get better soon, definitely before Friday.
It's my Mum's birthday today and she turns, well something really young, way younger than 50!
ps I just found some more rash on a part of my arm I can only see in the mirror yuck! Also thanks Adam I'm sure I'll get better soon, definitely before Friday.
Scabby
Hi there,
My "rash" from gardening on Saturday is really coming along nicely. It's gone all swollen and pussy. Just lovely. lus it's started hurting something wicked. I feel SO SO SO sorry for Alex who has the same thing all over his arms (I just have a few spots of it here and there) and also Saxon who has it on his legs apparently. (Alex and Saxon are my cousins and we were all gardening at the house their Mum and Dad are landlords for on Saturday).
:)
My "rash" from gardening on Saturday is really coming along nicely. It's gone all swollen and pussy. Just lovely. lus it's started hurting something wicked. I feel SO SO SO sorry for Alex who has the same thing all over his arms (I just have a few spots of it here and there) and also Saxon who has it on his legs apparently. (Alex and Saxon are my cousins and we were all gardening at the house their Mum and Dad are landlords for on Saturday).
:)
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Ah ha!
I found a way to get around the system. I'm a genius! A genius I tell you. I can blog from the flickr site which isn't banned. (Yet) but I still won't be able to comment on my posts.
If you haven't read the last lot of comments this is all because the blogger site is now banned at our work which is very sad.
Anyway I have a lot of news but I'll just go real quick as I'm actually quite busy today. Um so it's almost Christmas, I have bought all of my Christmas presents apart from Dad's. Also it's Mum's birthday tomorrow, and Dad's birthday on Wednesday. And Adam's birthday on Saturday and also Gregs on Saturday too.
I've been extremely busy doing stuff. I'm moving in with Darren next week which is very exciting. We're going to have such a lovely house. And once we've moved in we can set up the fish tank! Woo!
Have a great day everyone. Please comment if you like I can still read the comments, just not post them. Thanks to Adam for already commenting today.
Love
Little Miss Mindy
If you haven't read the last lot of comments this is all because the blogger site is now banned at our work which is very sad.
Anyway I have a lot of news but I'll just go real quick as I'm actually quite busy today. Um so it's almost Christmas, I have bought all of my Christmas presents apart from Dad's. Also it's Mum's birthday tomorrow, and Dad's birthday on Wednesday. And Adam's birthday on Saturday and also Gregs on Saturday too.
I've been extremely busy doing stuff. I'm moving in with Darren next week which is very exciting. We're going to have such a lovely house. And once we've moved in we can set up the fish tank! Woo!
Have a great day everyone. Please comment if you like I can still read the comments, just not post them. Thanks to Adam for already commenting today.
Love
Little Miss Mindy
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