well we were all prepared for a family party this weekend at my sisters house in auckland city,to celebrate dads milestone birthday.

Dad has been a bit under the weather the last two weeks, with what we thought was a nasty cold virus, however on his birthday in comes the notice saying you have WHOOPING COUGH,bit of a shock really ,but sure explained why he had been so unwell and so exhausted, it is hard to keep my dad down believe me, he stills looks after his cows and buys and sells stock at his ripe old age.

So all has been postponed, as very contagious,and we have a family member who has no immunity at all, and two little boys too, so you never know what is around the corner, he does seem somewhat better than he was the last two weeks, but i am told recovery can be a long process.