Went out for dinner on Friday to Floriditas on Cuba Street. It was very nice, classily paisley, and Sam chose delicious wines for us to sample. Then it was off to the Matterhorn where for some reason we ended up doing absinthe shots. Some justification was heard along the lines of “I was/will soon be [...]

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me!
Thanks for all the gifts and e-cards. I am a happy camper. Birthday dinner tonight. And now to have the day off.

I received a parcel from my grandmother today containing all the letters and drawings I sent to her over the years. This was the most entertaining of the pictures. Obsessive personality and love of blasters seems to be showing through early. But is that Darth Vader or Chewie on Ned’s chest?

There’s an article on Stuff today about a little boy with Down Syndrome in Wellington. Coincidentally we are going to have coffee with him and his mum tomorrow afternoon. All part of the disability networking mafia. He seems lovely in the article and also seems to have at least one thing in common with Archie [...]

We’ve been using biodegrable disposable nappies for the last week or so. Karen discovered them for sale in NZ over the internet and they are a very reasonable price, about the same as Huggies. You can put them straight into the compost! Sadly we go through so many that I don’t think we’ll be able [...]

As predicted the journey to Palmy was pretty crazy, with a great bunch of people onboard, including fellow Wellington blogger David. And the play itself was fantastic, quite original and very funny. Hopefully it will go to some other venues as well.
Yesterday we took the boys for an outing on the Cable Car. Archie loved [...]

A crazy expedition is happening tomorrow organised by our mate Lyndee-Jane. She has directed a play in Palmerston North called Shaggy Dog Story, so she’s organised a bus to take her friends up from Wellington and back. (For those unfamiliar, Palmy is about 2 hours north of Wellington).
The plan is to leave at 4pm, [...]

You scored as Alphabet City. Alphabet City lies to the east of First Ave., south of 14th St., and north of Houston St. Alphabet City is a bohemian paradise filled with artists and poets. It helps if you know some spanish. There are not many subways out there. But, it’s fine if you ride a [...]

Found good lists of manias and phobias at slogrl, and here are the ones I may have or be most likely to develop:
My Phobias
Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying
Kosmikophobia- Fear of cosmic phenomenon (aliens!!).
Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.
Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts.
Tachophobia- Fear of speed.
My Manias
Aboulomania - pathological indecisiveness
Clinomania -excessive desire to [...]