So I've been here all along - strange as that may seem to any of you who are still following me. I've been here, reading your posts, but commenting almost nothing for ages ( Read more... )

Hubby HATES it when I do this, but: this ep of Bones starts with five minutes of Dr Brennan complaining about the scientific inaccuracies in the “Bones Movie”, and then goes ON to have a “scientist” manually inject an unprepared sample directly into the port of a GCMS (when the machine clearly has its own automated injection tower) and then have it ( Read more... )

The next day, Darren bravely went off and picked up the car, while I gathered the bags and checked out of the hotel. As with previous days it was COLD and quite overcast. And when we got out of Amsterdam, to Keukenhof, it turned out to be windy as well. We were put in mind of Van Gogh’s Two Peasant Women in a Peat Field, which we’d seen the other ( Read more... )

Here’s Darren being all excited that we’re about to leave. Preparation for the holiday was its usual fraught thing - cleaning the house, making sure there’s enough food for the cat, organising the housesitter and so on. Anyway, we got to the airport early and settled into the Qantas Lounge and enjoyed a few champagnes before we got on the plane. ( Read more... )

Trips to New Zealand seem to generate inordinate amounts of stress for us.

A couple of years ago I actually got to the airport for a Friday evening flight to Auckland, was parked and waiting for the airport bus when I realised I didn’t have my passport with me.


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Click the cut for some wonderful beach and sunny weather photos.
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March. Was a mad month. Two birthdays and a mini-holiday, with work and the previously mentioned trip to Mum’s thrown in.

Photos and stories under the cut. You know you want to…
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A friend of mine is looking to rehome the most adorable little cutie!

She is approx 8 weeks old found on the swamp lands of Geelong.  Re homing fee of $160 which will cover de sexing, first round of vacc, worming and micro chipping.

She is currently almost litter trained and LOVES other animals.  She has had exposure to dogs, rabbits and birds ( Read more... )

Today marks two great years since Darren and I got married.

He’s a wonderful man, patient, thoughtful and kind and I’m so happy we took the plunge together.

I love you, my hubby. <3


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Here's the long-awaited report of the wedding day. ( Warning: long! )