Weekend: A Bebe Shower

Weekend: A Bebe Shower

This weekend was a weekend of people – my darling Mel was staying with us so we were eating and drinking and laughing and catching up, I was thinking cameras for Yvonne and on Sunday, I got to see the beautiful Greer at her baby shower. She had arranged a trip...
Oktoberfest at Deep Creek

Oktoberfest at Deep Creek

On Saturday, Deep Creek Brewery in Browns Bay held their 3rd Oktoberfest. We packed the kids and the dog up on Friday and headed up to Auckland to stay with Mel and Gary and attend Oktoberfest for the second time. Live music, good beer, great friends – what more...
Anna’s Birthday Dinner

Anna’s Birthday Dinner

Anna had a significant birthday whilst overseas at the end of September. We all got together on Wednesday night in Auckland to celebrate for that birthday. We went to dinner at Monsoon Poon and enjoyed South East Asian food, a bit of wine, a lot of laughs and a cake...

Let’s Walk and Talk

For nearly two weeks I’ve been house sitting, dog sitting, cat sitting in Hamilton. This shaggy face above is my fur-nephew Norman (a Shih Tzu who seems happy with everything and anything that goes on). This weekend we took him out walking both days – on...

Extended Family Weekend

I say Extended Family but we are not all related by blood.  I’m referring to a group of my Auckland friends – a group that keeps expanding as people are matching and hatching.  We used to have dinner parties, great food, a lot of wine and a lot of laughs....