Archive for March, 2009

The story continues…Part 5

After I posted my writing about having cancer, some of you said it felt as though the last chapter of the story was missing.  And you were right, it was.  Originally, I planned to write about it in 5 parts, but once I finished four, I couldn’t think how to write the next part.  Now [...]

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Scary beauty

I saw a documentary a few months ago about two model scouts who went looking for fresh young model material in deepest, remotest Russia. Their quest was to find the next big thing, someone new and different who would stand out from the crowd, sign to their agency, and make them a lot of [...]

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I see dead fish

Lulu is apparently throwing off the shackles of being born second, behind a girl with the determination and will power of a bulldozer. For three and a half years she has generally bowed to the will of Madeleine, which has meant following along with her games, taking the submissive role, and slavishly copying her every [...]

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Maybe I should trust the weather forecast

This weekend we had planned to go to Snowplanet, an indoor artificial snow slope north of Auckland.  The weather forecast was for terrible weather, so an indoor activity seemed like the best idea.  However, once ballet was over on Saturday morning, it seemed like a nice day, so we decided to visit the Pacifika festival [...]

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Sydney with children

Two weeks ago the much anticipated (see earlier post..) trip to Sydney finally arrived.  We left Auckland early on Friday morning, and arrived back late on Sunday night.  The girls were incredibly excited, as much about  a plane ride as anything else, and we actually encouraged a bit of  sprinting around the airport before we [...]

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I’m baaack!!

I know, its been a while since this wee blog saw any action, but I’ve just got my laptop back from a serious bout of open heart surgery.  I fact, I think it would be fair to say its had a heart and lung transplant, but the prognosis is good.   It packed a major [...]

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