Category Archives: Reviews

Waiheke Island

Chris and I finally took our trip to Waiheke Island.  Rather than making an overnight of it, we decided to just go for the day and save the extended trip for another time. We started out by walking to the Auckland Ferry Building.  We purchased our tickets and waited for the ferry to arrive. We [...]

Fatso.co.nz (I miss Netflix!)

Chris and I aren’t big TV watchers*.  Don’t read anything judgmental into that – if you want to watch TV, go for it.  I just get bored easily and would rather not pay for a service that, for the most part, I won’t use. We do like to watch movies and some TV series on [...]

“Two Brides Too Many” – August Book Review

This month’s selection is a book entitled, “Two Brides Too Many”, by Mona Hodgson. {ISBN 0307458903, Waterbrook Press, May 2010, 320 pages} “Two Brides Too Many” is the story of sisters Kat and Nell Sinclair.  Recently arrived in Cripple Creek, CO to marry men that they’ve only met through letters, their world is thrown for [...]

Envirosax Review

You may remember me writing about purchasing a set of 5 Envirosax bags.  I’d never used them before, but given that we don’t have a car and are often walking to do our own shopping, I thought it worthwhile to purchase some reusable grocery bags.  Not to mention the fact that it’s better for the [...]

Father Ted’s Irish Pub

Hello, my lovely readers!  We went out to dinner a little while back with our friends K + E, and we chose Father Ted’s Irish Pub in downtown Auckland. Image via Whenever I walked by it was always full of people, which I take to be a good sign.  Plus, we had a $40 gift [...]

New York Pizza in New Zealand

Hello, my lovely readers!  Hope y’all are having a great week thus far.  Ours has been busy, but that’s a post for another day. We had some friends over for dinner this week.  The apartment is still pretty barren, but in this case it was a good thing.  Our friends have a little one who [...]

Excuse me, are those sheep in your car?

It’s not every day that you read an article with the title, “Police Find 14 Sheep Crammed Into Car”… Seriously – what were these guys thinking?! Also, congrats to Tami of 29 and Holding for winning my May book review giveaway!  Send me your address at mrs{dot}practicallyperfect{at}hotmail{dot}com, and I’ll send it your way!

May Book Review + Giveaway: The Bride Collector

I’ll bet you thought that since I had just moved to another country, that I’d completely forgotten about the monthly book reviews.  Well, you’re wrong!  I didn’t forget, and this month I have another good one to share with you – “The Bride Collector”, by Ted Dekker. Ted Dekker is known for being primarily a [...]

“Demon: A Memoir” Book Review

This month’s book selection is a bit darker than those I’ve reviewed in the past.  It’s entitled “Demon: A Memoir”, by Tosca Lee. Tosca Lee graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts, completing a degree in English and Literature and in International Relations in 3 1/2 years.  She later spent time at Oxford studying economics, and [...]

“Perfecting Kate” Book Review + Book Giveaway!

Welcome to my 3rd Christian Fiction book review!  I started reviewing books of this genre because, well, I enjoy reading them.  I wanted to share some of that joy with you, my lovely readers.  I hope that I’ve been able to do that, and hope that I’ll continue to do so with this month’s selection [...]

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