ot home last night and found a parcel waiting for me in my letterbox. Even better, it was a parcel full of fabric! Mum had texted me the other day to say that a craft shop near her was having a closing down sale, and did I want her to see if she could get…
nother thing I achieved yesterday was finally getting round to scrubbing and sanding down my old kauri chopping board. This chopping board has a bit of history. It began life as a wooden sink-bench in the old Eventide Home in Dunedin (I haven’t been able to figure out exactly when the Home was built, but…
Ok, so not entirely wasting today: I have at least sorted through a few photos from the trip to Alexandra. Lake Tekapo looking spectacular as usual: Possibly the clearest view I’ve ever seen of Mt Cook/Aoraki, above Lake Pukaki: Playing with toy cars while we wait for lunch at the Shaky Bridge Cafe: A ramp…
y holiday is almost over, and as usual I didn’t achieve half the things I’d planned to do, but on the other hand, I did achieve a lot of things I didn’t plan to do (like an impromptu trip down to Alexandra) so it all evens out in the end. And after a big burst…
hildren are a thing of wonder. As in, I wonder how on earth they managed to get jam on that? Dad and the kids went home this morning, and my plan had been to spend the day cleaning the house (it definitely needs it – those kids have an amazing ability to generate mess, and…
It’s been fun having the kids here, but I’m SO glad they’re going home tomorrow – I’m exhausted! Niece and I had our special “girls only” day today. When I asked her what she wanted to do, she said “Shopping!”, so our first stop was Riccarton Mall. I was relieved to discover that her boredom…
Another late start, with the boys not getting up until late morning. Still, it gave me a couple of hours to get stuff done while they were sleeping 🙂 After a stop at Church Corner for lunch and to check out computer parts, today’s big mission was a visit to the Air Force Museum. The…
As predicted, the kids stayed up until the very early hours playing computer games – they tell me it was “only” until 1 am, but I woke up a couple of times in the night and could still hear them, so I suspect it was actually much later. Which meant they didn’t get up until…
Back home, with two nephews in tow (niece is coming up later in the week with her Granddad). Very long and tiring trip home, but we had a lot of fun along the way playing silly car games like “When Ballycumber went to Christchurch, he took with him…”, and plenty of stops for snacks and…
We went out geocaching again this morning (Lytteltonwitch is trying to meet a milestone for the total number of caches she’s found), but thankfully it wasn’t quite so hot today, especially as we ended up clambering around over rocks and hills again, climbing down from the top of the rocks above the Clock for one…