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Winter In Madrid by C.J. Sansom
Winter In Madrid by C.J. SansomMy rating: 5 of 5 starsOh my goodness, I nearly peed my drawers reading this one!! I could hardly bear reading the last 100 pages, the suspense was unbearable. I wouldn't...
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The Year of the Fox by Merren Tait, a local NZ author
The Year of the Fox: A Good Life novel by Merren TaitMy rating: 4 of 5 starsReally loved it actually, I think they call this kind of book a chick lit read. I've not read books like this for a long...
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Spring has arrived
I always like spring, even if it can be wet some times. All the new growth and the waking of plants after their winter's sleep, when they start to burst into life, always seems to have that affect on...
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Hosting the Te Pahu W.I group
Two ladies in the Te Pahu book club I belong to are also members of the Te Pahu Women's Institute. At the beginning of the year I had our book club members here for lunch so that we could all get our...
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October 2019 round up
I've lots to share so I'll get on with it 😉👍The weekend after my last post we drove out to Tamahere Artisan market, there was a good mix of arts, crafts and toiletries.I could have bought so much more...
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Big changes ahead
There's been a name change for this blog, I'm still working on the header, but it's now called"Living a Life at the Beach"Because...........We're moving....to Raglan!! in 22 sleeps time!It just kind of...
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Still work to do............
I mentioned yesterday that we had started painting the house, this was before we even knew things were going to change. We'll carry on and get as much as we can done, then come back and finish it off....
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Organised chaos
Well okay perhaps it's just chaos, things get worse before they get better right?Packing continues and I think I am over the halfway point, I started in the family room today emptying the tall display...
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A morning in Raglan
We had a bit of business to attend to in Raglan this morning, and as we had a few minutes to spare before an appointment, we sat and enjoyed the view for a while. As Joe was dealing with that I had a...
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Te Pahus February Book choice
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo LeeMy rating: 5 of 5 starsAn incredible story of a truly remarkable young woman. Most people would have given up after all the...
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Moving week - 3 more sleeps!!
In less than a week, on Thursday the 12th of March, we get the keys to our new home. Suddenly the wait is almost over, we are so ready to move. We are physically and mentally exhausted, even though it...
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Bottling pears
After a very lazy start to the day, I lounged in bed until gone 10am, utter bliss, I took a drive out to the supermarket, I needed sugar and more lids for my jars.I am pleased to report that there were...
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No more sleeps!
So that's it, it's all done,we now own a house in Raglan. Years ago I used a Ticker countdown for when we moved here, it's been steadily ticking away in the blogs drafts ever since as I just never...
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Here we are on the other side...
......and as of tomorrow, Wednesday midnight, NZ is on total shutdown for 4 weeks! Those working for essential services will be the only ones still continuing as usual. It's certainly a very...
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Day 1 of lockdown.......
.....involved much snoozing and laziness! Joe did do a couple of jobs in the office, that needs organising now, photos will come once it's worth sharing.So I shall continue where I left off the other...
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Time to get those jobs done
It's day two of lock down, but I don't like that word, I saw something on Facebook today and thought, yeah, I like that much better, here it is,rāhui 1.(verb) (-ngia,-tia) to put in place a temporary...
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Rāhui - Day three
If truth be told this isn't really much different to what I usually do, it just has a different view! Although there could be more beach involved! There will be once this is over, as long as everyone...
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Rāhui - Days 4,5 & 6
I doubt I'll do a post every day, unless there's something interesting to share. There's been more sorting and organising, this time the garage. Joe assembled the cupboards he bought before lock down,...
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Rahui Day 7 and a stroll to Lorenzen Bay
One Week in lockdown complete!Today was an absolute stunner of a day, I love autumn, especially when it's like today.Not a lot got done today other than snoozing, a lot, for me and Joe had a video...
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Rahui - Day summat or t'other
So now I've lost track of what day we are on, but to be honest it's what I'm like most of the time anyway. I'm quite happy to be at home, the challenge is going to be having Joe home for the duration!!...
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Rahui - Day - no bloody idea!
I've officially lost track of where we are, I do know that we're in our third week. Things are looking good so far as total cases of Covid 19 goes, the numbers announced daily are getting less each...
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Rahui - Week 4
Fingers crossed that it is the last week at Alert Level 4, all indications are good. However our government is rightfully cautious and we as a nation need to not be complacent. We're not out of the...
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Rahui - What day is it?
As of midnight tomorrow, Monday 27th April, we go to Alert level 3, so out of level 4. What does that mean? Technically it's pretty much the same as level 4 but some can return to work as long as...
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Rahui - Alert level 3, day 7
A week ago New Zealand went down one alert level, to level 3. Basically level 4 but with take out, which I read somewhere 😝 it made me laugh. It was a little bit more than that of course, some work...
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A wonderful day of firsts
Firstly, we dropped to alert level 2 today, we're still not out of the woods but we've certainly found the pathway out. Well done New Zealand, let's just keep kicking Covid-19's ass.I feel very...
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