Kneading the Bread
I made bread today, It’s something to fill the gap in time, and makes for a pleasing change. Easy to make, well the machine does it all really I … Continue reading
Beer – out and about – Deep Creek Brewery
I decided that rather than mope at home, now that I may be jobless, that I would make a trip to the local pub, in this case the Micro Brewery … Continue reading
Who you going to call? – Ghost Hunters (of Auckland)
My eyebrows litterally moved when I saw this article. The link is here : Mystery at the asylum It starts badly for them ‘Hunted Auckland”…….. “With a rise in reports of … Continue reading
Restaurant Critic #6 – The Foodstore – Auckland Viaduct
Occasionally I get the opportunity to be taken out to dinner, for work purposes. Happened that this happened on Tuesday this week. We’de been sitting in the SkySport bar Grill … Continue reading
From a stressful job to the stress of no job
After 15 years with the same employer, doing various roles from sales to people management I got to point where enough was enough. Having travelled more than 450,000 commuter kilometres … Continue reading
The less of me – the more I write the less I am
Well. Today I stood ont he scales. at 88.0kg or 194lbs, or 13 Stone 12lbs, all those things work. Which is a long way from 105Kg, 231lbs, or 16 1/2 … Continue reading
Restaurant Critic #5 – One3One Bar Kitchen Cafe – Paeroa
We had dinner at one3one in Paeroa. 131 refers to it’s street number It was on the site of a pub called “The Fathers Tavern” and let me tell you … Continue reading
Melbourne Diary.
Had a trip to Melbourne at the end of January, 5 days. 5 of some of the hottest days they’ve ever had. One day was 40 degrees. A bit warm. … Continue reading
Honda Accord NT – a quick drive around the block
Those nice people at Honda New Zealand can’t help themselves, they keep calling and asking if I want to drive their new cars. This time it was for the Honda … Continue reading
The one with the Tooth Fairy.
I found the today when I was looking for something else. It’s a note from my daughter from many years ago to the Tooth Fairy about a tooth that had … Continue reading
666
This is post number 666 I might be Post 668 or 669 because along the way I may have deleted a couple of older posts, but in the spirit of … Continue reading
The one with the new car
It came to that time that the old car had to be replaced. Because it was 10 years old, had 180k kms on the clock and because there didn’t seem to be … Continue reading
A life just as ordinary 