Ah January! A month of holiday, sort of. We've been back at work since the 10th but Amelie was off school for the entire month – a new one for us; this is the first time we've had school holidays to contend with! We made it through but I can already tell that for next summer … Continue reading Five things in January
Category: adventures
A week on holiday in Mangawhai
If there's one thing New Zealanders do well, it's shutting down and taking a break over Christmas and New Year's. Each of those dates has two public holidays associated with it, and those public holidays are 'Mondayised' (applied to the following workday if they happen to fall on a weekend) so almost everyone with an … Continue reading A week on holiday in Mangawhai
On being the Reece Witherspoon of my friend group
I saw Reece Witherspoon's publicly shared resolutions/habit formation post for 2022 being roundly mocked on social media the other day, and Ina Garten's response being rightly fêted (it was funny!). What I did notice, and start thinking about, was that I didn't see anyone publicly identifying with Reece Witherspoon's stance. To be fair, that might … Continue reading On being the Reece Witherspoon of my friend group
Five things in December
So this month, five things is essentially just an extended gratitude list. By the time December was over, I was feeling pretty snarky about the whole of 2021, but in front of you lie five awesome things, all of which I am so grateful for. And there was more! This could easily have been ten, … Continue reading Five things in December
The last day of 2021
Welcome! I hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful Christmas break, if you celebrate. If you’re overseas, I hope you got to see family and friends, and didn’t have your plans scuppered by the Omicron variant (what a twist for the end of the year, right?!) We were down in Hayden’s hometown of Hawke’s Bay for the … Continue reading The last day of 2021





