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Judging the Judgemental.
Judging the judgemental is like watching a dog chase its tail around in circles endlessly. It is a pointless exercise. You will never bite off the tail. Judging The Judgemental And How We Need To Catch From Ourselves Doing It. Dear judgemental person, I am trying...
The Basement Theatre. Auckland. The Perfect Place to Take the Family!
Are you looking for a budget weekend in Auckland with teenagers? With littlies, a weekend city break is pretty easy. There are parks and zoos and there's usually a bouncy castle hiding somewhere between the sausage sizzle and the honey stall on the Saturday street...
In Support of the Teenager.
I feel I need to come out as being in support of the teenager. You see, it has come to my attention that over the past few months of writing this blog, I may have come over as being a whinging old bag. A hormonal, moaning Brit expat. The mother of two teenagers. It...
It’s Not Fair.That’s Right Kid. It Ain’t.
It's not fair. I won't tell you what my mother used to retort with when I used to bellow this at her from the upstairs landing. All I'll say was it involved a gentleman with no underpants who originated from Timbuktu. No PC parenting when I was a girl. I've just had...
The (politically) correct questions to ask your teenager.
I can't seem to get it right with my teenagers this week. Whatever I suggest is wrong. The advice I give is outdated, the questions I am asking are ignored by one teenager and huffed at by another. Even my impression of the cat talking with a speech impediment didn't...
So You Want to Emigrate to New Zealand? 3 Things to ASK Yourself First.
So. The bug has bitten you. You want to emigrate. You probably spend all day, every day- dreaming about emigrating. You have asked yourself, several times over the past few months, "What it's all about?" You dream of a different life. An easier life. And you believe...