What could be better than family time in Auckland, New Zealand? We moved from San Diego and definitely miss the weather, but life in Auckland is just peachy!
At 5pm on a Saturday arvo it’s now totally acceptable to whip up a batch of Date Scones even when no-one else in the house really even enjoys them {aside from E who’s great love of warm baked goods does not discriminate against dates}.
I feel like we are so close now, but still a good half marathon away from meeting our new baby. Physically I know these last 7-10 weeks are going to be rough; baby turned on Sunday so he is now no longer breach {that was …
Do you remember that sporty guy at school? The one that was good at everything, who had the best gelled spike hair style and who was so cool he came across as mean 70% of the time? He could cut you to the quick with …
I have been using Google Reader to follow and enjoy all of your amazing blogs for years now. I love it. It’s simple, it works and I valued being able to sign in to Gmail and all of my shit was in one place. Sigh. …
You haven’t missed out the festival ends Sunday the 24th February! For more info visit the organisers website http://www.aucklandnz.com/lantern/programme/sunday Attending this event has been on my to-do list for years and yesterday, late afternoon we headed over to town and got amongst the wonderful crowd. We …
Our house has been a massive work in progress since we bought it in May of last year. We have done so much {and thankfully stuck to budget} and are now up to the final phase of finishing touches and tidying things up. Little projects …
He was a skateboarder when I met him (I skated too actually, fairly well) and he will be a skateboarder long after the wheels have stopped spinning I’m sure. As is always the way when all of a sudden you can’t do something, I secretly …
Anniversary Day has passed, as has our five days at the beach. We have swam, snorkeled, fished, skateboarded and dog-walked (having the little dogs with us has been so lovely!). We have market-ed, Op-shopped, perused the aisles of many 4 Squares and enjoyed a multitude …
Just before Christmas Dave and I celebrated our eighth wedding anniversary. Eight years of married bliss! Haha. Who can honestly say that cheesy line is 100% true? We have done so much in the past 8 years, we have moved 6 times – one of …