I hope everyone in Welly is planning to get along to the Samuel Flynn Scott / Lawrence Arabia gig tomorrow night at the SF Bathhouse. Me & Jan will definitely be there. And great music. And maybe Sam will open his mouth wide and give us the answer to the meaning of life, the universe [...]

I have just uploaded a zillion photos from the whanau Christmas that seems so long ago now… If you are a member of said whanau, you may want to check it out! Sorry to report that my attempt to take a Christmas day portrait of everyone was ruined because I forgot two members of the [...]

Sam sent me this pic of Harry having a bash over Christmas. What a rocker!
Archie is going great at school, apart from being sick for 50% of the days so far. Hopefully that is just a temporary aberration, he is back now and raring to go.
I have just discovered Threadless and am obsessed, though as [...]

Archie on his first day of school:

He is very excited!

Archie finally starts school tomorrow (after a week long delay while the school found a teacher aide for him). He is very excited! And we are very nervous…. Here’s hoping it all goes well! What a momentous day!
Another momentous day is not far off, the annual Jems Oscar bash! Invites will be sent out shortly [...]

Wow, here I am, back on the internet for the first time in one and a half weeks! Amazing. We had a full on family Christmas in the Wairarapa. Everyone was there and it was a crazy orgy of consumerism and indulgence. Archie and Harry had a lovely day. NYE was supposed to be a [...]

Christmas madness has taken over in our household and I am finding it very difficult to get any work done! Can’t wait for Christmas Day, mainly so all this insanity can end and we can have a nice relaxing break.
Today is the occasion of my father’s 64th birthday! We have just been out for a [...]

Sending out the birthday love (in blatant Pink is the New Blog rip-off style, but with orange), to my darling brother Samuel and my lovely friend Audrey. Hope you guys have a fantastic day! We <3 you both!

And while I’m at it, a belated birthday shout out to the one, the only HELEN, my gorgeous [...]

Archie had his adenoids and tonsils out yesterday! He stayed in hospital last night but is home now, having a fine old time watching DVDs and eating ice cream. Hopefully this will help him with his constant colds.
And on an unrelated topic, Natalie Portman is a tough motherf***er: