It was a big day for our basset boys – time for their snip. Given that they’ve been fighting a bit more than we’d like we decided to get them done sooner rather than later as it may help to calm them down. Also, Fortnum had a missing bit which needed... One of the things I do miss from England is my beloved Waitrose. You could always rely on Waitrose to serve up interesting things to eat that tasted delicious. They also did amazing recipe cards which we continue to use regularly here causing much frustration as we... Cruise ships are a regular sight in Wellington, usually so big to make the cake tin stadium look like a muffin case. The latest cruising attraction to arrive this weekend was the brand new $676 million, 90,000 tonne ship – the Queen Victoria – stopping off... The bassets have turned terrorist since they returned from their holiday. I’m trying hard to see this as a natural process of them growing up but am starting to feel victimised a little and increasingly convinced that these little ratbags are giving me the... Just in case you’ve been visiting this week and found not much to read you should now be able to catch up with the domestic-executive musings as I’ve finally got the blog posts up to date. Sorry about the interuption in service, hopefully things will be... 