Heading off to the Nui shortly. X has gone for a holiday to the Wairarapa with Noo Noo for the weekend. Very exciting for him. Apparently he is gambolling in the fields as I type.

Off to the Nui later today to attend Jan’s former stepfather’s third wedding tomorrow. Should be fun… hmm… but before then I have to go and buy clothes to wear to the damn thing!! Going to start in a big second hand shop in Petone before caving in and going to Cuba Mall. I hate […]

The Warehouse in Lyall Bay is no longer the biggest one in the world! They’ve just opened a new 11,000-square-metre operation at Te Rapa, Hamilton.
The Warehouse wanted to make its stores more convenient and the Te Rapa store was a “laboratory”.
“Everyone has more disposable income and less time,” Mr Morrice said.
The Warehouse innovations at […]

Some not very methodical before-and-after shots, as requested. Didn’t get a before of the other tree but here is its after.

Today’s Garrick Tremain cartoon from the Stuff website.

Flat out with work today - I hate fiddly ASP pages sometimes, they take far too much brainpower. Still it was good timing having a quiet week while Karen & Den were here. Archie is a bit sick today - you know your toddler is sick when they lie on the couch!! Very out of […]

Two people have said to me recently that my blog is not as “topical” as it once was, and I have to take that criticism on board. It seems every time I sit down to write a post, I am uninspired! But I will endeavour to improve.
On this note, let me detail our exciting weekend […]

The boys have had a momentous day. Archie did his first ever poo in the toilet! He’s been doing wees for ages but poos were a bit of a barrier - no more!! And Harry has suddenly started imitating words - today he has said “cheese”, “nose” and “glyn”. Wow.
Glyn (Jan’s brother) arrived from Sydney […]

Thanks to Wanda H, I just discovered the Internet Anagram Server.
Emily Walker
Rake me, Willy
Lamely we irk
Early we milk
We kill my ear
and the winner is… WAY KILLER EM

Got some very good friends Karen & Dennis, and their boy Fred, arriving to stay from Auckland today. They will be our first official houseguests (of course Noo Noo has slept on the couch a few hundred times!) Their arrival has actually got us sorting out some things - finally unpacked the rest of the […]