2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/philandjess/rss.xml Hola Amigos, well done you've found our website. This is where Phil and Jess will be keeping all our loved ones updated with news and photos over the coming months. Keep in touch on the message board or email jaffacakejess@hotmail.com or philip_a_harding@hotmail.com Four years ago we had an idea... today we're finally on our way! Hasta Luego! http://www.getjealous.com/philandjess http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=465532&go=philandjess Crikey I've gone and done it again, having far too much fun and forgetting to tell you all about it. Now where was I? Well in a welcome break from our traditional wanderings, we have found ourselves inundated with travellers coming to play, thank goodness we found a place with a spare room, feel so grown up! A short haired, pixie-like Lisa came to stay first we spent lots of time lying on the beac... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=465532&go=philandjess Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=440568&go=philandjess Happy New Year!We set off North on Christmas Eve to stay with Becky and her parents for Christmas in an idyllic bach in the Coromandel not far from where we stayed with Mum and Dad. The bach was set in bush down a 7km dirt track, with a private beach and a little space for our tent (fast becoming a Christmas tradition!), with the most amazing rainbow coloured parakeet-like birds flying around cal... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=440568&go=philandjess Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=429821&go=philandjess Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!Before I tell you about Christmas plans and fill you in on our whole new life here on the North island I had better just skip back to my birthday a mere 2 days after Mum and Dad headed off to San Fran. In true Phil and Jess style, we thought it was high time to head off for a walk in them there hills. Undeterred by a serious ... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=429821&go=philandjess Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=421633&go=philandjess I had been doing my sunshine dance in earnest for about a week before Mum and Dad arrived and the sun came out as we went to pick them up from the airport. It didn't stop them from stealing thermals and buying fleeces though but I suppose they had just stopped in Bali for a week! The first few days was catch up, exploring Queenstown, packing up the cabin and a quick trip down Skipper's Road - scar... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=421633&go=philandjess Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=421461&go=philandjess Having been woken by an earthquake in the middle of the night that lasted at least a minute and measuring 6.2 and with yet another snow storm on it's way, unsurprisingly we were keen to get out of Queenstown for a few days. Trekking was out of the question due to the number of avalanches and the depth of the snow so we threw everything in the car and headed for the coast.First stop was Dunedin a S... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=421461&go=philandjess Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=400794&go=philandjess As our time in Queenstown draws to an end and we grow increasingly excited about getting on the road once again and in style I might add, no hitching, smelly buses or waiting around, it's a deluxe camervan for us! I thought I ought to fill you in on our last few weeks in Cabin 74. It was back to reality with a bump after Sophie and Jethro had gone, only time for skiing at the weekends, new colle... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=400794&go=philandjess Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=382559&go=philandjess With the road trip over it was down to some serious hard graft so by 8am Monday morning we had everyone piled into the cars (no mean feat trying to lever this lot out of bed) and we were off up to Coronet Peak. It was Rich's first day, ever, so we left him in Phil's capable hands, left Jane bundled up with cups of tea and the new Harry Potter and caught the lift up to the top of the mountain. So... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=382559&go=philandjess Tue, 7 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=379136&go=philandjess Well it's all quiet on the western front after the last of our guests squeezed themselves out of our cabin and headed off to the land of kangaroos, koalas and shrimps on the barbie. July passed without mishap with me teaching at a language school and Phil happy making designer stools and a sofa. Oooh and he's just had his first celebrity job it's for Shania Twain! Sophie and Jethro arrived at... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=379136&go=philandjess Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=351083&go=philandjess Oops sorry, time flies when you're unemployed and skiing! Where was I? Well lots of updates for you, Phil has a job working for a joinery company and has already been making box sash windows so gently easing himself back into the working world. I on the other hand have been going ever so slightly mad (I think they call it cabin 74 fever) waiting for the snow to fall and a job to turn up. I... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=351083&go=philandjess Mon, 21 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=327782&go=philandjess Apologies we've been very slack in updating you, it's all been a bit manic as you can imagine, so I'll try and fill you in on what we've been up to since we landed. We flew into Auckland at the crack of doom and without even stopping for a look hopped on a bus to Hamilton a couple of hours south to catch up with Becky and Pat and recover from an evil 15 hour flight. Pat's doing his pilot trainin... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=327782&go=philandjess Thu, 3 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT