Our Tsunami Scare Today...

Well although it amounted to nothing on our shores the heart did race a little. Its a strange feeling to be warned of impending disaster..and to get almost an exact time to which to expect this...which in our case in Napier was to be 10.40.
We live right by the sea so when we heard about the awful quake in Samoa, the kids were on their way to daycare so of course that was put off. My eldest was sleeping so I left him until about 9.30 (yes he is nearly a teenager) then went to wake him. The horror when I told him to get dressed as there had been a Tsunami warning and we had to get to higher ground was almost funny. He loves drama so was immediately on the pulse ..the news was on, his bag was packed, he was worrying about everything, on the phone to his mates who were begging us to go up there (they live on Napier hill), a million questions thrown in my direction, and the excitement only a 12 yr old boy can have..as we know they love destruction in every way, shape and form!! So you can imagine his almost disappointment when after realising we didn't have to go anywhere and to top it off when we made our way upstairs to watch the sea from our small view, there was nothing to see..except the road barriers that had gone up and the crazy fools that were walking down to the beach to get a closer view..yes really, one was my neigbour!!
Daycare re-opened off the kids went, we got on with our work and the day went on pretty much as normal..but it was a good little test to see how you would react and what you would take..my first thought was the kids, dog, computer (isn't that sad??!!), camera, photos..one of my biggest worries was about our stickytiki machinery..really expensive and really heavy, it would have to stay!!
On a different note, dont forget our comp below..ends Friday.
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Update on our comp

Hi all, thank you everyone for entering our competition below to name our latest design. We have had some awesome names and honestly I could have almost all of them. To be fair we will narrow them down then put it to public vote somehow?? (any advice on that would be great). Because I am impatient and want to get them listed I have decided to end the comp on Fri the 2nd instead of the 8th, this will just allow the extra time to narrow down our fav's. We really appreciate the time you have all taken to give this some thought..but remember if you have anymore bright ideas you have until Friday!!
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Win our newest wall mural. We need your help!!!!

Please please help us name this newest hand painted Stickytiki wall mural!! These divine (if I must say so myself:) wall stickers are hot off the press, and Si and I couldn't agree on a name. He wants the name to be short and sweet..as in not too long. I want magical whimsical..wonderland kind of thing, so after some strong disagreement I decided to hold a competition, and surprisingly Si agreed and Mr 12 thinks it is a brilliant idea. And here we are. 1.The deal is..follow our blog if you like, we of course would love you to..then you get to hear about these great giveaways! 2.Leave a comment with your name choice for our mural. 3.Leave your contact email or make sure you keep checking back to see who the winner is. With your email address (make sure the @ and . are written as (at) (dot) so as those horrid spammy folk don't get you. 3. Tell all your friends to enter..that way they might decide to give it to you as a gift! ;) 4. We will close the comp on the 2nd Oct. If there are lots of names we like we will have a public vote to via some of our favourite forums. 5. GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!

A testing two days

Ok I am down from my high of the last week! Yes we did have a good week..but like any other small business in these times we have our struggles..I am just glad that NZ is supposedly out of the recession..the only problem here is our $ has risen and as we sell mostly offshore so this adds new challenges. When I talk on this blog about features,and good stuff..it is me wanting to show only the positive..My partner has suggested this may seem like showing off:( I really hope it doesn't seem that way. We are a business that started at the beginning of a worldwide recession and are still surviving. Sometimes I feel like I need a pat on the back..lol even if it is me doing it:)
So please dont think all is just sun and, roses believe me we have had trying times and that is normally when I dont write anything.
To put everything into perspective I have just heard of a dear little girl Shanade who is dying of an inoperable tumor, and her dream is to go on a trip to Auckland and see all the attractions..bless her.
You can read more about her and the charity auctions being held to raise money to help her get her dream. Stickytiki is humbled to help her in our small way.
Shanade's dream
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