Author: Rachel M
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School holidays
The school holidays have begun and I’m not sure how Daniel will cope without school for two weeks. Last week, when I was planning our trip to the Coromandel, I thought it might be nice to leave a little earlier and discussed with Daniel the possibility of collecting him before 3pm. He was horrified by…
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New Chums beach and more
Our weekend of adventure is now over and we are back at home. Fortunately the mishaps we had at the beginning did not continue and the rest of our weekend was very nice. We stayed in a little place called Whangapoua. The nearest beach was just a short 5 minute walk away: There was another…
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The Coromandel
We are in the Coromandel with Mum! She and Doug arrived at the last minute on Thursday and we all decided it would be nice to go away for the weekend so here we are. The journey here was a little stressful. We left Auckland at 4pm yesterday afternoon. All the tourist info states it…
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Car alarm
We went to the supermarket this morning and spotted the best car alarm I’ve ever seen: There were quite a few shoppers stopping for photos of the car and its passenger and he remained unfazed by all the fuss and paparazzi.
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Muriwai
We took Pee-Nang to see the gannet colony at Muriwai today. It’s on the west coast of Auckland about 30 minutes’ drive by car from our house. I love the west coast for its ruggedness, vegetation and interesting geology. The gannet colony is fascinating with hundreds of birds nesting high on the cliffs. We visited…
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A few photos
Some pics: Dressups Pee-Nang on Mount Victoria Ben and Daniel on Mount Eden
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Not fat…
Daniel: You’re fat ElizabethElizabeth: I not fat, I bewtiful!
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Elizabeth
Gosh I’ve been so slack with my blog recently! I’m so sorry. Things are just all go here. Today I caught Elizabeth using a bic glue stick like it was a roll-on deodorant and applying it to her armpits. Elizabeth has a new favourite book – a pink, tizzy thing: We bought Elizabeth some underpants…
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Our two little Aussies
I have created my own shop on etsy, viewable here – http://www.etsy.com/shop/fattylama There’s a cute photo of Elizabeth modelling one of my hair clips. My life has suddenly become so easy now that Daniel is at school. He was a challenging kid. He’s matured and become easier with time but Elizabeth is so easy compared with…
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Daniel’s girlfriends
Daniel plays with two little Korean girls every day at school. According to his teacher, they adore him. The other day Daniel’s teacher said they were both sitting next to him at lunch, but so close to him that they were practically sitting on him. She told the girls to give him a bit of…
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Crazy about crochet
A second crochet Barbie dress. This is the Marilyn Monroe outfit: Someone suggested I make a tea cosy. Here ’tis: How much should I sell it for?
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Zeki’s grave and photos
We buried Zeki in our back yard and planted a fern on the grave. Daniel helped us and was very interested in the process. He does not seem bothered by the fact Zeki is gone and never coming back. Zeki’s grave I thought I’d take the opportunity to post some photos of our garden…
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Goodbye, Zeki
Zeki is dead. We took him to the vet this afternoon and had him put to sleep. We had been thinking about it for a while but the final straw was him biting both Elizabeth and Ben yesterday. The wounds are minor but I would rather write about his finer moments and make this an…
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Lest we forget…
It was announced this week that the Christchurch Cathedral, which was badly damaged in the February 22nd earthquake, is to be demolished. My view on the matter is to adopt Joe Bennett’s suggestion which is to leave the cathedral in ruins to commemorate the earthquake itself. I like this idea for two reasons. I know…
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Pooth and fiction
Today at Daniel’s school, all the kids were sitting together and someone noticed one of the girls was missing. “Where’s Charlotte”, they said. Daniel said, “She might be doing a big poo. Daddy takes ages when he does a poo, especially when it’s bed time”. The strange thing is, it’s not true at all. Daniel,…
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Lies, damned lies and statistics
My mathematician husband often likes to use mathematics against me. For instance, he often says things like: I’m much more likely to die in a car crash than an earthquake or volcanic eruption. So what are the statistics? According to the Auckland Regional Council civil defence management page, there’s a 5% chance over any 50…
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Dressups
Elizabeth loves dressing up.
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BBQ in a hurry
I got a little stressed this morning. We had friends coming over for a BBQ lunch today and in our usual disorganised fashion, only went and bought a BBQ from Bunnings this morning. The BBQ required some simple assembly and in a frantic panic I shoved screws and bolts together as fast as I could…
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One year on
We were interviewed by a journalist from The Herald this week and there’s a photo of us in the paper today: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/christchurch-earthquake/news/article.cfm?c_id=1502981&objectid=10787401 He was here for an hour talking to us and it’s funny seeing which bits he chose to put into the article. He described me as “permanently jittery”, ha, ha. I wouldn’t describe…
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February 22nd, 2011
Tomorrow is the 22nd of February, 2012. This marks the one-year anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake that killed more than 180 people. I don’t want to give a definitive number for the number of people who died in this earthquake because there are some who believe the number to be higher than the official figure…
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