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!
After a slightly bumpy start to the weekend involving husband away on a work project, bronchitis, being locked out of the house, bleeding/vomiting dogs, dogs shitting on carpet, grumpy-ass children, children weeing on carpet……culminating in Fish ‘n Chips and bourbon on Saturday night, I woke …
For the first time in like, ever {or maybe 3 or 4 years} Dave was home from work on time to go Trick or Treating with us last Friday. I think this is possibly due to the cute factor being multiplied considerably this year by …
Thanks so much to Sovereign for sponsoring this post. As part of their #lifetakecharge campaign Sovereign have identified sleep, along with eating well, exercise and happiness, as four essential pillars to well being and I couldn’t agree more! Sleep (and in many cases, the lack thereof) can be all …
I pretty sure I’m going to rebrand the blog, possibly considering “The Screaming Toddler & The Barking Dogs”. What do we think? Tuesday sucked. And then there was today. I spent ALL day yesterday in the kitchen without cooking a damn thing. Just trying to …
Radio Hauraki is pretty much a part of my DNA. I grew up listening to Dad rock out to DJ Kevin Black playing Dire Straights, Led Zeppelin and ACDC while cruising in his ute, albeit horribly embarrassed by his ute as a teenage girl is …
{look away Uncle Kenny, look away!} My Little Hippo is still breastfeeding. I remember saying to Dave and my mum about 3 months ago, “I just want him to keep going until we are done with his surgery and then he can quit whenever he …
TODAY 7 WOMEN will be diagnosed with breast cancer. THIS YEAR 650 will most likely die. YET 30% of eligible women don’t have regular mammograms. AND 60% of young women don’t know the signs beyond a lump. Those stats are scary. I’m going to be brutally honest here; watching someone you love die …
Finally the spring school holidays are here! One more term then we can all relax into summer, it feels like it’s been a long time coming this year right? I am quite surprised at how Ethan has finished the term; usually he slides into the …
Pass the wine. For the past 13 months I have been self-righteously patting myself on the back, mentally high-fiving because the huge age gap between our kids has been a huge non-event. And truth be told it hasn’t been difficult in any of …
Today, on the eve of Nixon’s first birthday, I woke up without having left my bed at all {!!!!!!!!!} the night before. My serial night-feeder only woke once and settled himself back to sleep after about 5 minutes of fussing. This is a huge deal for …