Big exciting things will soon be happening around these parts! After almost two years living in the country, we're nearly ready to take the next step and make this house what it needs to be. If you remember, the country house used to be our weekend home, and we spent most of our time living … Continue reading Some exciting house news
This is a 'clear the writer's block' kind of post – one where I sit down and just write out the first ten things that come to my mind. Inspired by Kelly in the City, I'm also using it as a kind of catch-up as I've had a lot going on as of late. It feels … Continue reading Ten things
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
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
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
The Judd Crew 