Kiwi Christmas

Christmas kiwi style, like pretty much much else here, is a low key affair. Certainly the shops don’t get angsty and over the top with the commercial push and since there is a pull in many households as whether to go traditional or not the food shops have...

38 weeks to being a domestic-executive

Although maths is not my strong point there is a reason for me rapidly increasing the countdown to being a domestic executive to only 38 weeks. This is because I now have two glorious weeks away from the office – yeh….!By about Tuesday this week I started...

Countdown to being a domestic executive: 40 weeks to go

I could make lots of excuses about why I’ve not been blogging but best to be truthful and say things are a bit normal – in other words not very interesting to my average reader.The festive break won’t come soon enough – I’m tired and need...

Post party blues

After the excitement of partying last week I was looking forward to a few quiet days to prepare myself for the holidays looming. Trouble is, I think I’ve slowed down too quickly and now struggling to get going at all. At first I thought it must just be an age...

Countdown to being a domestic executive: 41 weeks to go

The fact that we’ve now exchanged contracts on the land on Kaitoke Loop Road and told the vendor of the other land to take a hike the whole domestic executive thing is becoming more real. Put together with another week passing in a flash I can see that time is...