Tag: New Zealand

Living off the land.  Or trying.

Living off the land. Or trying.

I am soooooo excited about my vege garden this summer, I haven’t felt this excited since the summer of 2006 which is when we moved to opposite land and I couldn’t stop planting shit because we had a GARDEN AND WE DIDN”T LIVE IN AN 

Kiwi Mummy Blogs

Kiwi Mummy Blogs

Just in case I am not giving you all of the Mummy Blog love that you need, there are ‘other’ places you can go :::::rolls eyes::::: So, pop over to Kiwi Mummy Blogs and get friendly with the locals!

A little reflection on the days tweets

A little reflection on the days tweets

I read an update on twitter today, thought ‘ho hum’ and obviously filed it away until my brain was ready to process it.  Well I was ready to think about it when I was driving home from netball this evening.

Here’s the tweet

Beenie Man kicked off BDO line-up

Soooo…..a little background.

Dance Hall artist Beenie Man has been scratched form this years Big Day Out line-up because of his homophobic antagonistic lyrics.  Gay rights activists launched a FB campaign, got some publicity and the promoters pulled old Beenie Man.

What I find ironic or moronic about the tweet by djsevere is his indignation at ‘conservative’ New Zealand.  Ummmm, I could be wrong but in my experience it’s the homophobes of the world who are generally classed as the conservatives in ANY equation.  My hash tags would be #headdesk #fail @djsevere.

Discuss.

This is what 'socialist' medicine looks like

This is what 'socialist' medicine looks like

What I had suspected was a particularly nasty case of Man-Flu has turned out to be a bit more serious as Dave is now into his 24th hour in residence at North Shore hospital. Maybe it’s his appendix maybe it’s giardia WE JUST DON’T KNOW. 

Melissa & Dave's Yearly Excursion  Out Late at Night

Melissa & Dave's Yearly Excursion Out Late at Night

  I was on my way home from a fab Cocktails & Canapes Baby Shower last night when Dave called from work and said he had finished early and why didn’t I join him for a going away party for one of the staff at 

The flying kiwi – Photo by Fred

The flying kiwi – Photo by Fred

Ethan on the Trampoline

First Day of Surf Lifesaving

First Day of Surf Lifesaving

It was a gorgeous day today and the little Tadpole was so excited – he wore his wettie and clubbie beanie all the way to the beach! E’s coach decided after the session that he needs to move up a grade with the older kids 

The Snapper Haul

The Snapper Haul

Dave and E went fishing with Mikey and Gemma today and came home with a bin FULL of big fish. Ethan reeled in his biggest fish yet, an impressive 8 pound snapper – hooked and brought to the boat all by himself, I think today 

How is this fair?

How is this fair?

  003You were only with us for one night Ducky but we all loved you so much (except for Louie).    We all wanted you to get strong and well so bad that it’s hard not to cry even though you were just a lost little duckling Ethan found on the lawn.  That’s what makes it even sadder.  Ethan has cried a million tears  this afternoon and is terrified that he might forget his little duckling, though he has promised to pick Jan’s flowers every day to lay on your grave and make mudpies for you as well as he thinks you might like those.  He is suitably worried about how God is going to get you to heaven now that you are buried, but ‘The Fairies will help’ has eased his worries for the time being.

Everything is shit today, and a precious little ray of light that made us all happy getting snuffed out just compounds the shit-i-ness.  Are there enough happy pills?  I don’t know.

Is this New Zealands finest twitter moment?

Is this New Zealands finest twitter moment?

The Outrageous Fortune final was last night and it was insanely insane.  The ending was the ultimate cliffhanger (Pascalle or Sheryl?) and as a result Twitter exploded.  #outrageous quickly became a trending topic followed by Outrageous Fortune.  Two New Zealand topics in the top 5