Countdown to being a domestic executive: 42 weeks to go

Many people think that I’ll not stay the domestic executive course and do a u-turn on my plans and stay in full time work. After a week like I’ve had I can continue to plead my case that I’ve had it will full time corporate executive...

Christmas confusions and panic

It’s starting to get really confusing with Christmas looming.The daylight and climate is just not very christmasy. I was wandering around the supermarket this evening and heard a carol and was temporarily glued to the floor as I tried to reconcile the seasonal...

Countdown to being a domestic executive: 43 weeks to go

Friday night drinks are a bit Wellington thing and this week it was particularly satisfying to be notified by MT over a round of drinks that it was only 20 more working days till Christmas. This news seemed to lighten the mood that was already pretty high because the...

Bringing home to NZ

I’ve talked before about the wonders of technology and we were once again able to experience the closeness of the whanau in the UK across the internet. Very frustrating when Auntie June is passing around cups of tea to those on camera in the UK and we’re...

Changes on the domestic front

Some people have noticed that I’ve been pretty quiet about the house and land for a while. This is because there have been some developments so tiresome I didn’t wish to bore everyone with the detail until we had a resolution one way or another.In short,...