Houseblogging: essential services

The floor and essential services have been installed on site since our last visit. We now have a floor, veranda, water tank and sewage treatment system.We also met our immediate neighbour today who was busy planting trees along the boundary to provide privacy. That...

Countdown to being a domestic executive: 24 weeks to go

It’s been a while since I looked at the countdown position and it seems that time has stood still, or I simply couldn’t count earlier in the year. It is now 24 weeks until the end of my contract with MSD. If I want to have the fancy tiles in the hall and a...

Photoblogging: Karori Wildlife Sanctuary

To make a change from the commute to Kaitoke this Sunday (we’ll be heading there on Wednesday instead) we headed off to one of Wellington’s gems – Karori Wildlife Sanctuary.Karori Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected natural area where the bio-diversity...

Lounge cinemas

I can’t be sure but as well as having the highest number of cafes proportionate to the population Wellington must have the largest number of cinemas. There are all shapes and sizes and a film festival running in one cinema or another all the time.Trips to the...

Let’s bring it home!

As America’s Cup fever starts in earnest, there’s been outrage here at the suggestion that if NZ wins and brings home the cup then sponsor, Emirates Airline will want to the kiwis to defend the title from Dubai. Who ever heard of such tosh?!Not taking any...