Ah yes, its that time of the year. Goodwill to all men and women, lots of Christmas cheer and grumpy security guards trying to evict me from the Santa Parade. Well, I do exaggerate a little, but don’t worry, I held my ground! I showed my girls you don’t have to be pushed around by [...]
Archive for November, 2009
22 Nov
Sitting in a cloud at Piha
Today we decided to visit the new, extremely delayed but finally here, cafe at Piha. A group of people who thought Piha could use another cafe decided about four years to open it, but various appeals led by local opposition meant it only opened on Wednesday. It was a gloomy cloudy day, but we had [...]
18 Nov
Censoring Lulu
Another day, another cafe outing. But this time, Lulu’s booming vocals were the most memorable part of the trip.
We made it through nearly the entire trip with no problems at all, then just as we were getting up to leave a genuinely enormous man walked in and approached the counter. I looked around to [...]
17 Nov
Oh no, she’s found the phone
I was tidying up the kitchen tonight, when the phone rang. A little voice said “Is Madeleine there?”. Thats the first time I’ve ever heard that. Her very first phone call, from a school friend. Madeleine was terribly excited and they chatted for over 20 minutes. She even threw Lucia out of her room [...]
15 Nov
Houses and lunches
This weekend we had our first open homes, having put our house on the market. Lots of reasons for selling, but among them is the desire to be closer to the school the girls will attend from next year, and to have a bigger house. Anyway, after a feverish week of activity, it all looked [...]
2 Nov
Adios oncology!!
Good news – I don’t have to go and see an oncologist ever again!!! Well, unless, you know, circumstances change. But at the moment, so long as I keep seeing an ENT regularly I don’t need to visit an oncologist. I’ve been wondering what the point of the oncology visits is anymore, since the oncologist [...]
1 Nov
Halloween!
Its Sunday night, and we are all absolutely exhausted. The girls have collapsed gratefully into bed, and I am slumped in front of the telly (Top Gear, Richard and James are racing in a Porche to Orkney, trying to beat Royal Mail. Excellent.)
Yesterday, after a long and very hot play at the park at Orekei [...]
