We’ve received so many beautiful photographs from family overseas this year and all of them very much make us ‘wish we were there’. Life here in NZ is simple, easy and very, very pleasurable. We’ve been here since August 1996 (Dan) and February 1997 (Sarah) with a year living back in the UK (1998/1999) and…
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Rain free Saturday!
News break: It didn’t rain on Saturday! Pitches across Wellington actually had players on them. Children danced on the side-lines, cheering on their sporting hero’s (in our case – Daddy O!)… Dan only played half a game (as there was such a surplus of players keen to actually get a game in) – but it…
Seasonally Unpredictable
I’m no meteorologist and if I was then I could explain the seasonally unpredictable weather we’ve been experiencing lately. Wellington, in particular, goes crazy in the Spring – and it’s approaching – with signs from ‘Mother Nature’ and changes in the fashion outlets window displays. I came across a fascinating read on the Met Service…
Last week of the school hols
This past week has been one of mostly simple pleasures at home. The girls have played together better than ever and taken over every corner of the house to play in (including the garage – with the car now out on the driveway!). There was some beautiful weather in between the showers and we spent…
Maxing it out on a Sunday – and the rest!
Last Sunday was a ‘beaut! The temperatures reached 19 degrees and this is the middle of winter! Days like this are sent to us in Welly to keep us sane in the midst of frequent southerly blasts from the Antarctic. Within a day we managed horse riding, vertical bungy (see earlier posts – here and…
Rainbows and Parties
It’s rainbow and party season at the moment. After a lovely morning to myself at the hairdressers, drinking coffee and catching up on all the gossip, I met up with Dan and the girls (who’d taken the bus into town and braved Te Papa on a rainy Saturday) for ‘Yum Cha’ at Big Thumb. We…
YouDo Party calls for long overdue night out for Cinderella!
A little over a month ago Dan’s business YouDo finally moved into their own premises and last night they threw a party for their customers, colleagues and friends. With Charli’s talk of Cinderella recently I realised I was beginning to feel just like the real Cinders. If I didn’t take action and brush the cobwebs…
Busy weekends are becoming the norm!
Saturdays are busy at Chez Lee these day. Ballet lessons for Charli, soccer for Dan and a horse ride for Sophie are fast becoming the norm (Mum just needs to fit in a yoga session somewhere and we’d be sorted!). Sunday was tres relaxed. Our good friend Lucy took Charli out for the morning to…
Charli loves to dance
I sat outside Petite Ballet today chatting with the other Mums and feeling very reminiscent of my own dancing days. It felt strange to now be ‘the Mum on the bench’. The last time I was in a dance studio was when I was a young lass and it was me on the dance floor…
Our Waste
After a trip to the supermarket, with my reusable bags, I returned home to read the Dominion Post and came across an interesting article about a couple moving from Wellington to Kaikoura; where they can recycle nearly everything. I was shocked to discover that in Wellington only two of the seven plastics are recycled (so…
Orca pod gave Welly a big wave yesterday!
As reported in the Dominion Post today, a pod of 12 Orca were seen in Wellington harbour yesterday! Unfortunately, we didn’t see them but it’s wonderful to look out to sea and think, ‘Maybe we’ll see Orca today!’. The girls were fighting over car-seats today, both wanting to sit, ‘sea-side’, but took it in turns…
Update on bug
Guess where Dan and the girls went on Sunday – and guess where the outbreak of the bug is thought to have been? – Junglerama! As reported in the Dominion Post.
Happy Wedding Anniversary to Us!
The memories of nine year’s ago are still as strong as ever. It was a magic day, greeted by sunshine. A little rainfall came just as we were about to retreat inside for dinner at the idyllic New Mill. It was one of those humid, summer days when the feeling of a storm was heavy…
Vomiting bug strikes!
Monday was a regular day. I took the girls swimming, to the library, even hung out at the airport for an hour so SJ could watch the airplanes. They both fell asleep by 7.30pm and with my monthly ‘visitor’ due I was exhausted and ready for a good night’s sleep. 8.00pm Dan goes out to…