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Symon and the Real Girl
It’s our wedding anniversary today. I was scrummaging through my shed this morning (as you do on your wedding anniversary) and found my Best Man’s wedding speech. Wayne, you did a legendary job with this, and it still makes me crack up thirteen years later! So for a window into our life almost a decade [...]
Nana was kung fu fighting
Nana passed away when I was a tween. She lived out of town and I never saw her all that much. She was an elderly, eccentric, half-Italian lady, who knew a lot of grief in her lifetime. One memory of her that always makes me smile is the time she stayed with us a few [...]
The day Taloola crowed
I thought Taloola was a just a really big hen, until recently, when my son mentioned that he saw her ‘riding on the other hen’s backs’. And so, we realised that she was actually a ‘he’… and Taloola became Mr. Taloola. Surprisingly, Taloola never crowed until today (perhaps his name confused him somewhat). He sealed [...]
That’s why we pray…
We visited the in-laws today. They have just moved into a new house. My 4 year old daughter went into the bathroom to find a facecloth. I was in the hallway at the time when there was an almighty BANG, followed by extremely loud WAILING coming from the bathroom. I dropped my icecream (as you [...]
Surfing with jaws
It was the summer of 99… oooo yeah (in my best Bryan Adams voice). Me and my good buddy Les were surfing at Elliots’ beach, Far North, New Zealand. It was a brilliant summer’s day, the waves were small but clean, and I was out the back by myself waiting for the next set (Les [...]
The date night of doom
On Monday night Paisley Jade (wife) and myself had a date night. All four kids were fast asleep, so we moved the sofa closer to the TV, turned out the lights and snuggled up to watch ‘August Rush’ (movie recommended by Lesmond J)… The DVD case said the movie ran for almost 2 hours… It [...]
Lucky’s Big Day
This is the photo-story of Lucky (our young rooster) and his big day… Happy Go Lucky Plucky Lucky Un Lucky Roast Lucky
Top children’s books of all time
Just to surprise you all, tonight’s post is my pick on the top seven children’s books of all time. Having once been a kid myself, and now having four (which we take to the library weekly), I think my opinion is qualified ;-) So for those of you with nieces/nephews between the ages of 2 [...]
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