Unbelievably, it’s suddenly the first of April, and the day I go to America. In just a few hours I’ll go to the airport to fly to Auckland, where I’ve got a couple of hours’ wait before I fly for another 12 hours to San Francisco, and then it’ll *still* be the morning of the…

Another long day of meetings, but it’s over now, so that means I’m officially on holiday! I’ve got tomorrow off to sort out all those last minute bits and pieces of packing, then on Friday afternoon I’m off to the USA!!!! I seem to keep adding new things to my “things to do before I…

…I’ll be somewhere over the Pacific. 🙂

Mum posted up the bookmarks I’d left behind at her place (because they hadn’t properly dried yet) when we were down there: I call them my crazy cat ladies with bling (except you can’t really see the bling in the scan – they’ve got glittery and jewelled accessories). She’d also included a few she’d made…

Life continues to be strange. The horrifying pictures from Japan make our earthquake seem so minor, which in a way is reassuring – it could have been so much worse – but also kind of scary – it could have been so much worse! Just as after September, now that the initial drama has died…

I decided to have another big baking day, this time for “Comfort For Christchurch”, a group who are delivering food parcels to the worst-affected suburbs. So I made: Lemon & Coconut Slice (which didn’t work as well as I hoped, because the filling didn’t quite set. MrPloppy reckons they still taste good though, and happily…

Still no word on when we can go back to work. I should be making the most of this unexpected holiday, but it’s hard to settle to it not knowing how long it will go on. And it’s a bit frustrating – the further we get into March, I’m very aware of how quickly my…

I’ve had a busy wee day today. I made: Apricot muffins Apricot and orange loaf Walnut biscuits (which don’t actually contain walnuts – it’s an old family recipe that once upon a time called for walnuts, but as none of us liked them, we always substituted sultanas. The name has stuck, though.) Gingernuts Fruit loaf…

First, proof that my trip down to Alexandra was constructive as well as being restful – I spent a very enjoyable day playing in Mum’s craft room again: I kind of cheated with these ones, because I relied on stickers a lot, but they’re still fun, I reckon. There’s another batch as well, but they…

We’re not getting that refugee after all. My boss had called me a few days ago to say they’d found a lost kitten, and needed a home for it, so I’d said if they hadn’t found the owners by the time we got back we’d take it. He was supposed to be dropping it round…