Hiya, I'm firmly in the celebrate birthday camp. I'm so blessed to have had 39 years here and I'm all for a day of laughing an...

The boys school has an amazing PE teacher, one of those teachers that goes above and beyond all.the.time. Week 2 for Flip kicked off with ...

I'm back in NZ so it must be time to make lolly cake.... I haven't seen eskimo lollies for 2 years. New Zealanders are pretty comm...

Hello again! A photo rich post for Grandad who has been missing the photos. These are zoo-ish photos only - there will be others coming. ...

Some of our lovely friends are letting us stay our last Aussie days in their beautiful home. They are flying a NZ flag from their flag pol...

Y'all, It would appear that I am 38 today! Wohoo. I had a gorgeous get together on Sunday, with lovely people that I have been bl...

Nearly two years ago we left New Zealand for a two year contract The Atlas had accepted in Adelaide, Australia. We left a beautiful set of p...

Even a super-duper Patty Simcox has her limits: 1. socks - hanging on the line and pairing 2. bibliography writing - seriously? Can I no...

1. contract bad hayfever 2. have too many late nights 3. wear your sunglasses all the time because your eyes feel, and look, totally gri...

write a blog post and don't publish it hit preview and read it a couple of times tell yourself you've just read an article befor...

I snuck lentils into the lasagne and you all ate it. love you more than using up a half bag of lentils you discovered in the pantry while...

When you tuck your children into bed and as you leave you hear: Bounce: Flip, Flip smell your armpits. love you more than entertaining ...

Hi there philanthropist hopefuls, It would seem maybe the internet does have some good qualities. Karen from Did You Make That has recentl...

Brave souls welcome, It doesn't take a genius to work out that I am an above average extrovert. (See how I just gave myself a complime...

Well clearly I haven't gotten a handle yet on when to use learnt or learned! I alluded to changes the other day and now I shall elabor...

You know that time when you just pop in to grab binding and thread for a project you've already cut out? Then when you arrive the fabr...

Bounce is a little like me in his tendency to form a special attachment with things - clothes, books, toys, second copies of the same book.....