Ahhhh, a long weekend. Long weekends, how I love thee. Three whole days. 50% more weekend! To continue our tour of places relatively close to Auckland, we are going to Paihia for two days, where we plan to introduce the girls to the historical wonders of Waitangi, Russell, and given the weather forecast, possibly the interior of [...]
Archive for May, 2009
22 May
The mice have eaten my dishwasher
Last Wednesday evening, having tidied up all the dinner dishes, put the dishwasher on and settled down to watch something on TV, Andrew and I suddenly heard the unmistakable sound of gushing water, and the TV went off. Within seconds Madeleine popped out to the living room, saying that the lights in her room had gone off [...]
21 May
Under the knife again
Today I saw my ENT to get the results of a CT scan of my sinuses I had done last month. Naturally I felt a little anxious, as one does, but it was mostly good news. No scary looking lumps or bumps. But my left sinus is completely blocked by a chronic infection, and I’ll [...]
20 May
Another rant about the way the media treats women
I posted back in March about the scary kind of beauty that the fashion industry holds up as ideal Since then I’ve got even more cross with the way our media treats women, specifically the way they look.
20 May
On the horns of a dilemma: Mt Albert by-election
Its by-election time in Mt Albert and I have the very great joy of choosing a candidate to vote for. I generally prevaricate a little before casting my 3 yearly vote in a general election, but this by-election is proving to be quite the dilemma. I really am having difficulty making up my mind. At [...]
