We are back from a lovely week at my maman’s house in the Wairarapa. The wedding went off beautifully and everyone agreed it was the best wedding for a long time! The bride and groom were so gorgeous and the venue looked fantastic. Afterwards we had a very relaxing low-key Xmas. The boys loved it, […]

Hope y’all have a spankingly good festive season, wherever you may be. We are going to my brother’s wedding on Sunday in the Wairarapa and then sliding right on into Christmas. Hopefully everyone will be able to relax a bit once the wedding is past. At the moment the extended family is in rather a […]

Well, most of my readers probably already know the news, but I think it’s time to make it official.
We are moving back to Sydney! In January. I have decided to try and achieve a dream to go to medical school. Unfortunately Wellington does not have a medical school, so the options were either Auckland or […]

Maybe one day I’ll get used to the Wellington weather again, but right now I am damn annoyed at the sun-rain-sun-rain-rain-rain cycle we seem to be trapped in. Would two nice days in a row be too much to ask of the universe? The worst sort is when it starts off beautifully, and you dress […]

My Nobel Prize will be in the post shortly, as I have deduced a foolproof method to cure hiccups! (Well, it works for me anyway.) And it is simple and easy.
All you do is concentrate very hard on the sensation of the hiccup coming up your windpipe. Just block everything else out and focus all […]

Aside from my feelings about school holidays as a parent, it is interesting how much of a difference they make to the Wellington vibe. At university today, there were kids in the cafe, and in the hallways. And sitting here in my little shoebox of an office, I am frequently hearing kids’ voices echoing up […]

Mmm, chocolately goodness!!
But my apologies to those on IE, I have just noticed the site is completely odd looking for you. I shall be adjusting it later, but right now it’s beer o’clock!

When you are babysitting a dog, well, a puppy really, and you leave it in the house alone for a couple of hours, and then when you come back, it has EATEN your couch. As in ripped the couch open, torn out the stuffing, and strewn it all over the room. Then you call the […]

I am contemplating a reskin of Jemsweb as quite frankly I am utterly sick of it. Currently I am leaning towards an orange and dark brown look. I’m just mentioning this so no one gets a terrible shock if it suddenly appears, or if things are suddenly broken! Ooooh the suspense.

Had a most excellent time at Mighty Mighty last night attending the Cook Strait Social Club gig. Barry Saunders and Julia Deans both did amazing solo sets. Julia has such an incredible voice, it was bloody lovely to listen to. And of course the Samuel Flynn Scott set astounded and impressed! Believe it or not, […]