Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Postman Pat
Yesterday I received a parcel sent with NZ Post that didn’t require a signature on delivery.
No-one was home when the courier driver delivered it. So, rather than just dumping the parcel on top of our letterbox, the postie left it on our porch by the front door. And then, covered it with the [...]
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Climbing Mt Doom (aka Ngauruhoe)
“Don’t go up Mt Doom, it’s called Mt Doom for a reason” — overheard
from tourist bus driver at the Mangatepopo Car Park.
We made the most of the long weekend (Auckland anniversary), and took a break from the house work for an invigorating walk up Mt Ngauruhoe in National Park. The most direct route to [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in sanitization by michelle
Friday, January 25th, 2008
Dumpster-Diving
Last weekend we went to Plant Barn to redeem some gardening vouchers I had been given for my birthday.
(Now, given that for the past few months we have declared chemical warfare on our section, and are nearly ready to proclaim victory over several decades of overgrowth, plant vouchers were most welcome).
Alas, Plant Barn didn’t stock [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Excitment by michelle
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
How To: Terminate a Rat
It was a dark, rainy week night, and I had already gone to bed. Alas my slumber was short-lived as Brian informed me of a rat hanging out behind our oven.
This required immediate action. It was bad enough that we had a colony of wild ceiling cats to deal with, but rats? Surely the cats [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Excitment by michelle
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
First Post!
Welcome to the world of web 2.0, Michelle.