Protected: He's gone

Ok, so maybe I didn’t get the nasty gastric thingy from the water after all. Apparently they lifted the boil water notice a few weeks ago because they reckon they’ve put enough chlorine into the water supply to kill anything that might be lurking, but MrPloppy (who gets most of his news from the BBC,…

Yayyy!!! Good weather at last!!! But just one picture for now. Just to prove that I can take photos of something other than pretty flowers (and that we’re dreadful gardeners who forget to knock the old apples off the tree so they hang there until the wasps have completely hollowed them out): Who knew dried…

As predicted, I was incredibly tired yesterday after the busy weekend and late nights. The warm muggy weather didn’t help much, either – by mid-afternoon I thought I was going to fall asleep at my desk. I did manage to last out until 5 o’clock, though, and raced home to heat up the leftover chinese…

I got a great catch yesterday. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, which we released in the backpackers in Wellington in April, was picked up by someone in Te Puke. I’m so happy that one got caught – not just because it was such a good book so I’m glad someone else is enjoying it, but…

Last night, I went with gwilk and Mrs gwilk to a games evening hosted by one of the other women in the film club (which is to be officially known as “Chick Flicks”). I haven’t been to a proper games evening in years, and had forgotten how much fun they can be. There were eight…

Just heard from Jenny – she and Christian are ok. So glad to hear that. I’ve offered them the use of our house while we’re away if their place is unliveable.