He may or may not have hunted and killed this sheep himself……

He may or may not have hunted and killed this sheep himself……

A Shi-tzu wearing a sweater chewing on a sheep skull.  This is what Lou did all day after he dragged himself out of {my} bed.  It’s getting cold but still no rain.  This time a year ago I was obsessing about how to get my 

School Holidays #1 – How to Train Your Dragon

School Holidays #1 – How to Train Your Dragon

Ethan doesn’t often want to go to the movies, he has ten trillion better things to do but he wanted to see this movie.  Dave was away for the day on a fishing charter and I was the pre-req first trimester exhausted so a movie 

Something I haven’t mentioned yet…

Something I haven’t mentioned yet…

Is that Ethan has two pet frogs.  Tim and Mike.  One is shy, one is not.  I don’t know which one is which but they are WILD creatures, caught fresh by Steve Irwin Ethan himself in his Nana’s pond. So, five minutes ago I went 

Our Summer of Frugality

Our Summer of Frugality

We had another awesome no-spend day today, as is my goal most days it seems!  Luckily there is heaps to do around here so it is quite easy to plan adventures that keep Ethan amused and happy. Today we borrowed our landlords kayak which has 

Hmmmmm, Food for thought Supre – even though you obviously don’t promote eating

Hmmmmm, Food for thought Supre – even though you obviously don’t promote eating

See what Twitter and Bookface can achieve!  In less than 24 hours 160+ like-minded people have gathered to say “NO!  I don’t want to dress like a ho-bag…..even if I could fit into their Huss-Plus clothes”.  The interweb is a beautiful thing – just like 

You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

Hello Hello 2010!  I think I love you already.  The weather on your first 2 days!  Hello?  Keep it up. We saw in the New Year Rhodes Family style as we did last year, but with children who were fast asleep as the fireworks blasted 

Top 5 of 2009 – Pearl Jam Concert

Top 5 of 2009 – Pearl Jam Concert

What a year, seriously.  Not a stellar stand-out year by any measure but there were definitely some diamonds in the rough. The Pearl Jam concert. This show was incredible, the music, the weather, the company of my best friends and seeing a band you have 

Christmas Eve in New Zealand

Christmas Eve in New Zealand

I had to ‘work’ this morning but had to stop my car as I was driving down our road and take some pictures because it was a breathtaking morning – these photos have NOT been edited or colour corrected Merry Christmas everyone, stay safe on 

Schools Out – T-60mins

Schools Out – T-60mins

After his brief (3week) foray into the realm of book bags, uniforms, homework, the occasional bully, lunch-orders and a crap-tacular New Entrant teacher, Ethan’s first official Summer Holiday begins in one hour. What this means to him is that Christmas could arrive at anytime, thus