Category: Just me

Posts about me, my family and friends (yes I have some), Seymour the Wonder Cat and his not-so-trusty sidekick Norman the Newbie Cat and life in general, both online and offline

I have returned from the wilderness

Had a nice weekend at the hut, along with all the wildlife. We didn’t see any rats this time but did have a rather large, rather nosey possum on the roof on Friday night. Bob (we reckon he looks like…

Hanging out at the river

Hopefully the weather will be a little nicer this weekend … we’re heading out to the hut again and my plans involve books, wine and, well, not much else. But I plan on dealing with those books and wine in…

I feel cheated

Remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? (♪ ♫  Heroes in a half-shell … Turtle Power! ♫ ♪ ) But I digress. I’ve been looking for a new backpack now that my Spongebob Squarepants pack has finally given up the ghost…

Happy Duck Day!

I’ve decided to ignore yesterday’s Waitangi Day, since it’s always so bloody contentious anyway, and instead declare today my own special national holiday: Duck Day. Since it’s raining so much, meaning it’s lovely weather for them. I’m sick of hearing…

OMG, what does this mean?

We didn’t get out to our hut this weekend but when we were there last weekend we were treated to a fairly spectacular sunset and (brace yourselves) a DOUBLE RAINBOW. I controlled my urge to rave about it in a…

I live in a great part of the world

Sure, our weather isn’t always tropical but we avoid most of the worst extremes other places have:  it still makes the news if it snows here, we have droughts but things stay green and we don’t have the sort of…

Introducing Norman

Meet Norman, the latest addition to our family. We struggled to come up with a name for her but in the end it was her behaviour that helped: she’s a bit of a psycho so has been named in honour…

A cautionary tale of flatmate woe

You can’t help but feel sorry for the Queenstown bloke who came home from holiday last week to find his new flatmate had trashed his house. The roomie from hell moved in before Chrismas and the landlord/homeowner buggered off on…

Happy New Year!

Was a civilised evening here … much less of that whole drunken debauchery carry on that we had for Christmas. Hope everyone else had fun but stayed safe.