Yesterday I attended a sales presentation for a retirement village. I’m a long way from retirement yet, but I thought it would be interesting to explore the local retirement village at closer quarters. I’m always ready to do something in the name of research because I...
Today I read a magazine article about the birth order of children and how it affects their lives. Experts believe that birth order definitely influences a child’s personality. It also has a bearing on their career choice and the way they deal with relationships. I...
I haven’t done the trip from Auckland to Wellington for a long time. Yep, I was excited about the prospect of a trip South. We picked up the van we had to drive to Wellington the night before. It’s a little van with vinyl seats and not much leg room. Mr. Munro...
Hubby and I have a love-hate relationship with Ava, the stern taskmaster on our new Your Shape Wii. She barks out orders and tells us when our legs or arms are out of position. I often hear hubby cursing her. Along with orders, she dispenses health tips. One of her...
Happy New Year! I hope 2010 is full of happiness and lots of good books for you all. I don't make New Year resolutions, but on Christmas day I mentioned to my husband that we really needed to have Christmas dinner on the beach one year and also to have a white...
No, that's not me writing, tapping away on my keyboard. That's the noise I hear while I'm writing. Now that our trees have grown we have a lot of thrushes and blackbirds visiting our garden. At this time of the year they hunt out snails, cart them to the nearest...
Today I visited Newmarket (an upmarket shopping area not far from the inner city) and then stopped at Sylvia Park, one of the local malls. I was peering out the window on the way there and I saw it... An ad for a magazine. I noticed one of the headlines on the cover...
I met two girlfriends for coffee this week and the subject of handbags came up. I've been thinking about doing a blog post on handbags and their contents for ages so I con...ah, persuaded them to let me photograph what they were carrying in their bags. Note - they...
About two weeks ago, my sister told me about this new program she'd started watching on the Living Channel about organizing wardrobes and cleaning. My first thought was "Huh! There's no way I'm getting excited about housework and cleaning!" While our house is...
