Clear labelling of boxes helps protect your sanity, if not the boxes' contents.

‘We’re not tourists…We’re just in between homes.’

May 9, 2012

‘It’s ok, we’re not tourists’ smiled my friend, Liv, to the bemused young guys on [...]

All was not right on Waiheke Island

Faux Hippies on Fantasy Island

January 22, 2012

I didn’t want to tell Sarah, but secretly I didn’t mind Crowded House…but this wasn’t [...]

Redhead on the right

Ummm thanks: On How to Properly Receive a Compliment

December 9, 2011

    My name is Freya Hill, and I have red hair. What more is [...]

Because things don't always go the way you planned

Movie Moments

September 25, 2011

I almost died the other week, in the most undignified way too. And most peculiarly, [...]

Proof of Life

Proof of Life

August 7, 2011

A friend once told me ‘I know the exact moment we became friends’. She went [...]

Welcome to the Vacuum

June 7, 2011

I am currently in a vacuum. I’m in the murky stage where something is almost, tantalisingly, [...]

Tingo Lingo

March 22, 2011

Our  105 year- old dear lady of a house has finally had her roof redone, [...]

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Made With Love

February 28, 2011

I have never been so happy to see the beaming, smooth-skinned face of Nigella Lawson [...]

London lights are calling

Empire of the Mind

February 6, 2011

Every six months, I meet up for a coffee and a chat with a gorgeous [...]

Even superheroes strike out sometimes

Superman’s Bad Day

January 23, 2011

This post really should be titled ‘The Power of Failure’, but that sounded too much [...]

Despite many sporting failures, I continue to try (and fail)

Athletically Challenged

January 16, 2011

I made the most amazing discovery last week; so amazing that I was still thinking [...]

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Chicken Chic

January 11, 2011

I just got pecked by some raging feral hen-beast, whilst sitting innocently out in my [...]

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Rollin’ In Da Burbs

January 6, 2011

Oh how the times have changed. I was raised in a Toyota Hiace; I mean this [...]

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Too Many To Choose

January 4, 2011

I like yoghurt, and so when I’m doing the grocery shopping, the yoghurt aisle is [...]

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Keeping Up With The Jones

January 2, 2011

Countdown Supermarket has recently launched a new ‘soap opera’ style marketing campaign. ‘Meet the Colemans’ [...]