The days are flying by way too fast. We’ve barely scratched the surface of Dunedin and it’s time to hit the road again. We arrived around lunchtime yesterday and grabbed a quick bite before going on a six hour eco tour of the Otago peninsula. It was an amazing experience, enhanced by our vivacious Chilean […]
Yesterday started very badly and ended so, so well. I had two really intense episodes of vertigo while lying in bed that felt like the head spins I had when I drank too much as a twentysomething … times 10. Horrible. DD reckons it was a calcium deposit that came loose in my inner ear. […]
I wasn’t expecting it to be so summery in late November on the South Island of New Zealand. The past few days have been glorious, albeit with the occasional torrential shower. I haven’t packed nearly enough T-shirts! Yesterday was so lovely. We started by driving to Wanaka via Arrowtown for breakfast. Arrowtown is so picturesque […]
OK, I’m calling it – I’m a blogging addict. I can’t help myself – I have to give you a little update on the first day of our adventure. After a mimosa in the departure lounge, we flew to Queenstown – which has the most picturesquely situated airport I’ve ever been to – and drove […]
Qantas had a special earlier this year that offered flights for half the Frequent Flyer points as usual. I had a few up my sleeve from all the grocery shopping I do at Woolies, so I threw caught to the wind and snapped up a ticket to Queenstown. I feel guilty about it now because […]
I aleays cram too much into my weekends, but yesterday was a bit off the scale. I woke up at 5.30am … dammit … and spent 45 minutes on idiom and thesaurus websites trying to find a name for the blog I’m setting up with DD. At 6.30am I had a shower then walked the […]
There’s a thingamajig called The Fountain of Goose that’s popped up at Circular Quay and I was lucky enough to go to the launch last night with my friend Jemma. I can’t remember how Jemma and I met. It was one of two ways and I’ve forgotten which came first. We used to work together […]
We took the eldest to the Scoliosis Clinic at The Children’s Hospital yesterday and … yaaaaaay … the spinal surgeon was very reassuring. Apparently the eldest’s 38 degree curve has occurred in the best possible place it could – in the middle back area – which means it’s not affecting anything crucial and probably won’t […]
When the kids were little … which feels like five minutes ago … I was the party queen. Oh how I loved the plotting and planning and ebay ordering. I’d agree on a theme with the birthday child, then go for broke on coming up with matching entertainment, decorations, food, birthday cake and party bags. […]
I got paid on Friday and celebrated by getting Dino the gardener over to trim my hedges. Remember Dino? Here’s a refresher: It was very hot on Friday, so Dino trimmed my hedges and mulched my garden beds looking pretty much like he does in the above photo, wearing just a pair of boots and […]
