We had a nice Christmas. The boys enjoyed it greatly! And Jan liked the watch I got her - phew - never very confident of my gift-picking skills. I was very happy to receive LOTR Return of the King (Extended). Since Christmas we have been doing lots of social things with family and friends, but […]

Right! That’s it! I am going to bloody give up on Movable Type I’m afraid. 164 online poker comments in one day is too many. Plus Jess sent me this very interesting article and I don’t want my web hosting account closed down anytime soon.
Why do these things always happen when you have (belatedly) sent […]

We are sort of prepared for Christmas tomorrow. It’s more of a Jan-family-centric one this year. Dee is over from Wanganui for a holiday, and Glyn’s partner Anh is here from L.A. So tomorrow there will be us, Dee, Glyn, Anh and my brother Jake. Ham and turkey are on the menu of course! I […]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 16th July 2005!
I will be counting the days.

1) When they do your incredibly overdue BAS for you
2) When they tell you you’re getting $5500 back from the Tax Office
3) When they tell you that you don’t have to pay any capital gains tax on your property sale, saving you about $20,000
Yay for SM Rosen & Co!! Recommended.

We are installed in Camperdown. The garage sale went pretty well, not as crazy as the last one but we made about $370 so can’t complain. It was so frigging hot all weekend, ghastly - got terribly sunburned hanging out on the driveway and had to have cold showers! Now we have a pool, it […]

We are having (another) bug garage sale tomorrow to clear out stuff that is NOT coming back to NZ with us. All Sydney buddies most welcome to attend. We’re not even bothering to advertise it this time as we got so much foot traffic last time and would rather avoid the dealers if possible. Will […]

Desperate for that perfect Emily Christmas presnt? What to get for the girl who has it all? Here are some ideas:
Xena dragons
Britney’s book report
The Wombles
A woman’s lap
That should get you started!

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You’re actually not much of a Hipster. Congratulations! You may have Hipster style, but you’re healthy, you eat right, you have a decent job you enjoy, your finances are stable, you plan on buying a house […]

Absolutely swamped - work, packing, seem to have the flu - argh!
I’ll be back one day, hopefully still sane. Family are all very well.
Happy birthday to Noo Noo!