June 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
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2 Years of updates condensed.
So its been 2 years since I posted any life changing updates on this blog and so here is 2 years worth condensed into a few paragraphs to keep it short and sweet.
Jess and I both found jobs and are still at those jobs; I am a fire Alarm Tech in Dunedin and Jess is a Grocery Assistant part time at a supermarket 20 mins from our house. We moved out of the little cottage into the city which is...
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Photos of Hugh
Hugh James Ferguson born 20th January 2011 Photo Album link http://bit.ly/hNWMZ2
Havent posted in AGES!
Been about 2 years since my last post & tons of things have happened in that time which I will blog about eventually.
February 2009
1 post
Merry Christmas, happy new year…. yadda yadda...
Hello there; friends, family and strange people reading this on the interweb.
Sorry I have not updated this blog in aggggeeess, I havent forgotten you I promise; I have just been busy thats all.
Well we had a fun trip driving around America during October and November; went to places like Saint Louis, Atlanta, Huntsville, panama city, Dallas, some place in New Mexico and everywhere in...
October 2008
1 post
Almost Home
Our friend Scott came to stay with us for the month of September, we did a bit of traveling with him going to San Fransisco, las vegas, Hoover dam, grand canyon and Zion national park; we covered about 4 states with him seeing more of the USA in a month than we have done in the three years we have been here.
Jess and I will be taking a trip beginning next Saturday for about a month and a...
August 2008
1 post
July updates
Hello friends, hello family.
I hope this post finds you well; a fair bit has gone on in the last month or so; the fires are slowly getting better, smokey days are a lot less which is good but it is still stink’n hot… BBQ weather everyday.
We have been going out with friends from work every weekend having BBQ’s and having drinks; just generally having fun in the summer heat. Last night after...
June 2008
1 post
June update
Hi guys; Summer is here in full force bringing very hot days with no clouds for shade, lately we have been getting 40deg Celsius days and have been keeping the Air Conditioning running all night long.
On Friday Jess got laid off again from her job which sucks but we will manage just like we did last time; she got laid off because there just isn’t enough construction work being done around...
May 2008
1 post
Almost half way through.
Wow, the time has flown by; almost 6 months through 2008; it is scary how quickly time has flown by this year.
The first 4 months went some what slowly as I was not working but now I am working time is just whizzing by ever so fast.
Hope everyone is good and well and surviving the outrageous prices at the pump and the grocery store; Jess says for me to tell everyone sorry for what Bush has...
April 2008
1 post
Hello again
Hello Friends, Hello Family.
Its been ages since I last wrote in this thing so let me try and catch you up on what we have been up to.
We had a good Christmas day with good food and conversation; we didn’t go anywhere for a holiday this year unfortunately but maybe next Christmas we will.
We had a decent sized snowfall with about 2 feet of snow on our yard and in some places 4foot snow...
February 2008
1 post
January/Febuary update
Been awhile since I last updated this thing; found some time today and so am sending out the updates.
I started my new job on the 2nd of Jan which I love; even more so than installing cable TV, I am now a Fire Protection System Technician installing and fixing firealarm systems in hotels/casinos, hospitals, schools, military bases ect ect. This job doesnt have as much stress as my last job as...
December 2007
1 post
Merry Christmas from Scott & Jess
Hello, things are getting colder here in Reno, 4 degrees below 0 celcius each day, the sun is shining as usual but it is just so cold; we had a 4″ snow fall last Friday and the snow is still just as thick on the driveway, the roof and everywhere else around here because if the sun melts the top of the snow it just freezes almost instantly. I am sure summer is really great there...
August 2007
1 post
Sorry for the delay
Dear all.
Been a busy couple of months with work and whatnot so have been unable to post an update so here is my attempt at letting you all know what we have been upto in the since June.
I started working at my new job doing the same sort of thing but with better conditions, better money and people that actually know what they are doing and how to teach me unlike the last place I was at. I...
June 2007
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Well hello there :-)
Just letting you know that we are doing fine; bit busy that is all. I found out on Friday that I have been accepted into the official apprenticeship program and am starting work on the 11th of June (next Monday) with one of the union contracting companies. I gave my old boss my weeks notice but since they allegedly don’t have enough work they told me that I couldn’t work this week which is...
April 2007
1 post
Happy april from Scott & Jess
Hello; it’s been a long time since I have updated this blog & so I will attempt to do so now. I have been working in a little desert town called Hawthorne which is 3 hours from our house; I have been staying in Hawthorne 3 nights a week working 4 days and having 3 day weekends which is nice. This week how ever I am working only an hour from home and am still earning the federal prevailing...
December 2006
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Merry Christmas from Scott & Jessica
Been a busy 2006, first year back in the states; it doesn’t seem like it has been a year since we left New Zealand but looking back on this year on all the things that we have achieved and done, it doesn’t actually feel possible that we have only been here in the states 14 months.
The last couple of months have been hectic with work and personal lives, I have been working busy working 1-3...
October 2006
1 post
Hello from Scott & Jess
Its been a long time since I have last updated this blog and let you guys know what we have been up too.
Jess and I are both enjoying our jobs; we are managing to save more money now that we own our own house than when we were renting which is terrific.
We moved into our new house 2 months ago; had a few plumbing problems but that is all fixed now, still need to get the pipes under the ...
August 2006
1 post
2 months with out updates.. heres one.
Hi guys.
Havent really had much time to update the blog in almost 2 months but I have found some time to do this tonight.
Jess and I have been very busy with work; Jess is loving her job as an electrical apprentice and I am loving my new job as a cable guy.
Weather has been hot the last couple of months with only a day or two of rain and blue sky every day with no clouds in the sky which...
June 2006
2 posts
Our Trip to Vegas.
Hello everyone. Just got back from Las Vegas, weather was good cept from the 1st day when we had a downpour and the streets filled with Water. Had a great time riding the rollercoasters and the other thrill rides aswell as visiting the main hotels and casinos in the strip. The HIM concert was good, best part was meeting the Band that opened up for HIM after the show; Aiden is a great new...
June already? Scott and Jessica Ferguson
Hello everyone.
The month of May just flew by so fast and before we knew it, it was June; my goodness this year has gone so fast; it has just been flying by faster and faster. Not allot went on in the month of May in our lives except we were pretty busy in the weekends building a fence around the property here to keep the dogs in; now we can leave the dogs outside and they cant bother ...
May 2006
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Camping ect
This is a 2 week update, sorry to have kept you all in the dark for so long.
2 weekends ago Jess, Jess’s mom and sister and I went on a trip to Lake Mono to see the rock formations protruding out of the water and to see all the bird life there since about 50% of seagulls from the US are born at Lake Mono. Lake Mono was interesting but more so were the Prairie dogs we were watching by the...
April 2006
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Wow, cant believe Ive finally gotten my drivers...
Been pretty busy as of late with work, being a salesman in a busy computer store is quite demanding and I have been having a hardtime keeping up with this blog aswell as doing other things.
Some big news I have finally gotten my drivers licence so now I can drive to and from work and finally go fishing in the weekends which I will be doing this weekend IF the weather is warm BUT i dont think...
Hola All from Scott & Jessica
Just got back from the movie theatre seeing ‘The Shaggy Dog’ it was great; you should see it.
Just a couple of updates for you to read.
Last weekend Jess and I went to California for the weekend to pick up a car I had brought (you can see photos if you click here) we had allot of fun in California; on the way back over the Sierra Nevada’s we passed through areas on the road on the mountain...
March 2006
2 posts
Hola All.
Just an update on how we are doing
Jess and I are doing good; we are both enjoying our jobs; Jess gets to drive really fancy cars and I get to tinker with really nice computers. On the 2nd of March I started working for the Washoe District Attorny (DA) moving computers from 3 older buildings to a brand new building; I will be going back to my actual job working in the TCreno office 1st of ...
February 2006
1 post
Jobs YAY
Finally we have jobs, I started my job as a sales person at a computer store in Sparks last wednsday and Jess started her job as a Valet Parker at the hospital today. No more boredom as we are working lol.
I love my job, I get to work with technology and friendly people; I am on a base rate aswell as commision which is pretty good, the basepay is good and the commision is even better. Jess...
January 2006
2 posts
Sunny weekend
For the first time in a few weeks the weather this weekend has been good nice and sunny with no breeze; little nippy because its winter but apart from that; its all good.
I spose you have all heard about the whale in the Thames river in London by now sad story; unfortunatly the whale past away.
I finally think my computer is fixed, thank god; it hasnt crashed on me for about 2 weeks which is...
Some updates
Since Christmas Jess and I have been Relaxing doing things that need to be done before we commit to permanant jobs such as getting drivers licences (I still havent gotten my US drivers licence but will be doing that soon, differnt rules and regulations I have to learn), Since Jess is a new resident to Nevada she had to get her Nevadan drivers licence so we did that last week; she now has her...
Happy new year
Happy new year from Scott & Jess.
Hope you had a good one.
It was too wet and cold here to do much partying since reno has had the worst flood since 1997.
Our house is fine but some other peoples are not since the river in the city burst.
Take care. Scott & Jess
December 2005
4 posts
After Christmas Hello
Dear all.
I hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas, filled with lots of Christmas Spirit and cheer.
Jessica and I had a good Christmas, it didnt snow like we had hoped but there is still all winter for it to do so; the weather was not all that cold but still the coldest christmas I have had.
We opened our presents before lunch time and we are very happy for what we recieved. I gave...
Photos of snow
I took these photos tonight; there is about an inch of snow on the ground with more on the way.
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Merry Christmas from Scott & Jess
Haven’t posted to the blog in over a week since on thanks giving my motherboard was inadvertently fried due to some unknown reasons but I was able to source another one and am blogging now
We started working for Amazon.com on the day before thanks giving; the entire first day was orientation which was just the managers and trainers going over safety rules and regulations and...
November 2005
4 posts
updates
Not much to update on but heres just a few things going on in our lives at the moment.
Jess and I havent started working yet; we start this wednsday since they had to delay starting work by one week due to some unknown reason but we are really looking forward to starting work.
Last week we had Jessicas Grandma’s Birthday dinner which Jess and I cooked; we cooked roast beef with roast...
Virginia City
Today we woke up early to visit Virginia City Nevada, its about 40 mins from the heart of Reno and is about 6000ft in the air (Reno is about 5000ft) Virginia City is an old Silver mining town and the buildings are the same as what they were in the 1800’s when the town has 30′000 people living in it for the silver.
Virginia City is the City Mark Twain the auther first used the name Mark...
New Jobs for Scott & Jess
Just a quick update.
Jess & I on Monday were fortunate to get ourselves jobs working at amazon.com’s Fernely warehouse as pickers with same hours.
The pay is really good and there is about 20 hours of overtime each week that is compulsary; we start on Wedsday the 16th, the job is a temp job until the xmas period is over but we could get permanant jobs there.
Weather the last 2 days has...
Settling in the USA
Its been about 3 weeks since Jessica & I left New Zealand for USA.
In the time that we have been in USA we have accomplised quite alot; caught up with old friends and family, registered our car & purchased car insurance, visited San Fransisco.
Yesterday I recieved in the mail my official greencard and today I recieved my Social Security card which I have to use for tax purposes and...
Last few days
Was sick on wedsday (food poison) but better on Thursday so we went to brentwood CA to visit Daves family. We went to the lake on Friday to pass around the rugby ball which was fun till it landed in the canel and someone had to go in and get it.
Saturday Dave got food poisoned too from some old apple juice so we didnt do anything that day.
Sunday Dave was better so we went to San Fransisco...
October 2005
3 posts
In the USA
Well here we are in the USA; here is a brief run down on what has happenend so far.
Got on the plane in dunedin after saying goodbye to everyone there; we landed in christchurch and got the rest of our bags before flying to auckland.
we were almost late for our flight in auckland because the plane times were so close together and the terminals so far apart; we made it anyways but were the...