From previous posts you might have got the impression that there was a family member shy of a family. The youngest child had mysteriously and inexplicably decided to shy away from contact with … Continue reading →
It’s down to the final few games of College hockey for Ms17 (MS18 in 37 days she informs me), and last night was the final of the local secondary schools tournament. I’d forgotten how … Continue reading →
Let the Right One In (2008 / Sweden) v Let Me In (2010 USA) Both of these films have merit. Usually a remake is a chance to add amend or … Continue reading →
You might have been following the “Unhappy Families – at least you can pick your friend” story and the fall-out from an innocuous question and answer, and of the aftermath of the … Continue reading →
I make no apology for the airing of dirty laundry and tawdry family behaviour in what follows. I’m as amazed and amused as you might be; The cast, a family … Continue reading →
Baker’s cyst? You’re not a Baker. Dur. Baker’s Cyst then, basically an inflammation of the soft back-side of the knee, that means that you have incredible pain in the knee … Continue reading →
That I seem to have written a lot about beer lately! Must work on chaining that, and writing more about different things.
Day 7: 14th June, skip a day It’s frosty as a frosty thing this morning. My knee is a shocker and is so sore that I can’t bend to take … Continue reading →
Holden in Australia rang me today, well a spokesperson did, to talk about my 2009 Holden Cruze, someone in their PR department, who knows, I didn’t write his name down. … Continue reading →
After the last effort, where 40 in a 50, and 50 in a 60 zone don’t cut it for the examiner, Ms17 had another crack at it today, in the … Continue reading →
The Deep Creek Bewing Company, Browns Bay, Auckland. A birthday celebration with the family. Well I had this : Potjies Kos , this iteration was Lamb Shank in a rich spicy … Continue reading →
Today is my birthday, it should be a day to smile and indulge. Last year we went to Queenstown for a visit, this year on the weekend we went to … Continue reading →
Five in a row, it helps that it’s sunny in the mornings of course, and today being a Saturday was a couple hours later. Slightly longer less pain and I’m … Continue reading →
Day 4 of less of me – Colder than yesterday but that’s 4 in a row. Slower though,sore shins. Can’t complain, just did though
Day 3 of less of me, and it a faster mooch around the block and MrsPdubyah stays in bed citing not a morning person as an excuse. Still it’s a … Continue reading →
Consecutive walks. 6am, cold as a cold thing, but 40 solid minutes of walking. Problem is I’m now hungry in the car on the drive to work.
From the email today , and freely available on many other blogs, far too numerous to mention….. When pondering the question of mining super taxes and the structure of our … Continue reading →
I’ve got a confession. I’m lazy. It’s not a medical condition it’s just laziness. I’ve got another confession. I’m greedy. I wish that was a medical condition then I’d be … Continue reading →
I was all “Woe is me” recently, it’d been about 15 months since the mother died, and coming from a widely dispersed family settling the estate was proving a problem. … Continue reading →
A life just as ordinary 