Today we went fishing at Orakei Wharf, and Madeleine caught two fish! She is officially the Best Fisherperson in the Family. One fish fell off the hook before she finished reeling it in, but the other made it all the way to the bucket. It wasn’t very big, probably about 15 cm long, but she [...]
Archive for February, 2010
14 Feb
Watch OUT for my Mini!
A few weeks ago some prat pulled out in front of me when I was zooming along a city street at a fair clip (probably about 50 kph), and I smashed straight into him, in his 4WD. I got a massive shock, the mini got a horrible dent, and now our insurance company will have [...]
10 Feb
Name suppression madness
I know this topic has had lot of coverage, but I have to add my voice to the chorus: WHY oh WHY did a businessman get permanent name suppression upon being convicted of possessing 300,000 pornographic images, including some of children? (And I’m not even going to get started on the pitiful sentence of four [...]
9 Feb
Sleeping with the fishes
A couple of weeks ago the girls became seized of the idea that they simply HAD to have a goldfish. On the basis that it was all funded from their pocket money, and that they would be responsible for all care, we agreed.
Andrew carefully investigated the options, and a starter kit was settled upon, which [...]
7 Feb
It can’t get too hot for me
I’m loving summer. At the moment, Auckland is just sweltering. Every night it cools down a little until about 9pm, and then (although I think this is actually impossible) it just seems to get hotter again, and by about 10.30pm the air conditioning is back on and the girls are kicking off their sheets.
People are [...]
2 Feb
Happy Birthday Bess!
Little Bess, the quietest and best behaved member of the family by far, turned four on Sunday. She came to us as a teeny weeny scrap of a puppy, and we’ve loved her to bits from first sight. She’s had a few difficult moments in her life, with two operations so far for wobbly knees, [...]
2 Feb
How long are these school holidays?
Today the news is full of the new education standards that will be rolled out in New Zealand primary schools this year. All the stories say that children are going back to school today. But no! Not all children – Madeleine doesn’t start school until Thursday. I’ve got no idea why, she’s been on holiday [...]
2 Feb
Finally – a picture of the beach
I know we’ve been back for about four weeks now, but I’ve finally downloaded the photos we took while on holiday at Tutukaka! I know, its terrible that we only took four photos, but we were having such a relaxed time I guess I never thought about it. Ah well, we have the video.
So, here [...]
