Jan tidies up. We are parked at Waitomo Caves, going to see them in the morning!

Well, today’s the day that ACP, me, Jan and the boys head off on our epic camping adventure. We have hired one of these and are setting off to caves, mountains and hot mud. I am taking the laptop but I fear internet connection will be patchy - I will of course send some mobile […]

Yesterday we took Anthony out to the US-style mega mall, called Botany Downs, at the edge of Auckland city. It was pretty bizarre, hardly any people there and tons of little avenues and shops and so on. However the big winner was once again The Warehouse, a very large one was there and Anthony finally […]

ACP is here from Sydney so I have been very busy and not been blogging at all! Sorry about that. We have been having a lovely time playing Singstar, driving around and having sticker photos! We are thinking of hiring a camper van and going away for four days or so down the island a […]

Myers-Briggs would say that you are an ENTP (Extrovert, Intuitive, Thinker, Perceiver). In Star Trek language, you share a basic personality configuration with Harry Kim.
People like you are generally highly creative, eager to challenge themselves, and quick-witted. You’re charming and enthusiastic, full of questions and very friendly. You enjoy dealing with things directly, rather than […]

Jan and I went back to Australia and it took us ages to find a taxi to get back to our house. Finally we got there and our house was just a pegged off bit of dirt, one of a long line of sections where they were building townhouses. We went to get help […]

My grandmother has moved into Selwyn Village (the rest home). She seems to be quite happy and adjusting well, though we fear she is going to make the staff push her around in a wheelchair all the time - she loves wheelchairs - even though she can walk!
My sister Rosie is still here as Wellington […]

Jan just made marmalade! Out of tangelos from my grandmother’s tree.
Can I just say - proud girlfriend here!
And it is delicious.
All well - had nice weekend - found another house to buy. Sister Rosie is staying, very noice to see her! I have been watching the Olympics.
Also, I have set up a broadcast where […]

A very enlightened rant over at ausculture.com that completely sums up my own feelings - except instead of New Kids On The Block, I was listening to Abba and Jon English. Hmm, showing my 35 years there!