Joe loves his solid foods. Avocados, parsnip, carrots, chicken, spinach, beef… and so on and so forth. However… I’m worried about having a picky eater. I don’t think that Chris or I were particularly picky eaters {though Chris did have a reputation for gagging and making himself throw up whenever they went out to eat… Read More Octopus? Really?
I’d like to vacation here: Queenstown (image via) Fjordland National Park (image via) Fox National Glacier (image via) Arrowtown (image via) Dunedin (image via) Stewart Island (image via) Marlborough Wine Region (image via) Abel Tasman National Park (image via) In other words, I want to visit the South Island (of New Zealand)! Now, all I… Read More The South Island
One of the perks of coming from a big family: there’s plenty of hand-me-downs and things that are saved for future use. Case in point: the seemingly unending supply of toys available to Joe during our holiday. We have photos of Joe seated in bins with playthings spilling out around him – he was so… Read More Going Retro
Chris and I decided to stop subscribing to TV channels about 4+ years ago. Notice that I didn’t say we decided to go TV-free – we decided to go without any TV channels. Bit of a difference there. We love to watch movies and there are some shows that we have on DVD {“Friends”, “NCIS”,… Read More Too Much Television
Apparently, New Zealand has some really great coffee, but don’t ask me for any recommendations. I, my lovely readers, am a tea drinker. Having a “quick cuppa” with some bikkies {biscuits, aka, cookies} is part of the culture over here. My staff break room at work is fully equipped with hundreds of tea bags, a… Read More Daily
Chris doesn’t wear a wedding ring. Some wives might find that weird or be intimidated by it, but not me. I’ve learned my lesson. When Chris and I got married, I bought his wedding ring. He had it for about a year and a half but was always fiddling with it. Chris likes to fiddle. … Read More “Something Lost” or “Why My Husband Doesn’t Wear a Wedding Ring”
I had such a blast during our visit to the States. Food! Family! And shopping! I bought so much stuff. And returned so much stuff. And thought about, and hemmed and hawed, and drooled over so much stuff. America has a lot of “stuff” in it. Just visit any Walmart and you’ll know what I’m… Read More What I Shouldn’t Have Bought
Bucket List – a list of things to do before you die; comes from the term “kicked the bucket” {source} Today’s prompt is to share my “bucket list”. The idea of creating one for my entire life is rather intimidating. Instead, I’ve decided to create a b-list of 10 things that I would like to… Read More Bucket List
I’m linking up today with “The Blog Dare” over at Bloggy Moms. I have to say, doing a “look back” post really wasn’t on my list of plans, but then I saw the prompt for today and was actually kind of glad! It’s nice to look back over the last 12 months and see how… Read More A Look Back at 2011
Today, I’m linking up with The Blog Dare on Bloggy Moms. I’ve only recently heard about it, and thought that I’d start it up in 2012. I was looking over some of the 2011 prompts, saw the ones listed for the remainder of December, and thought, “Why not do a few now?” So today, that’s… Read More Holiday Events!
