I wish I were able to report excitedly about progress on the house. Once again it’s been a slow week – well as far as I’m concerned. Seems that the Gib-stoppers (plasterers) have only been there two days and apart from making a heck of a mess... Back working from home today catching up on the launch of the big campaign which I missed yesterday. I’ve been advising on this since the campaign started planning earlier in the year.New Zealand has an appalling and shameful record for family violence, especial... It’s an official excuse for not blogging for a few days – I’ve been struck down with a lurgy. I think it’s just a bad cold but as you get older you get less resilient to even the common cold. Having been as grumpy as a girl can be I became... 