If I didn't have a personal stake in this, I'd say I was disappointed that Joyce's gamble seems to have paid off. As it is, I'm hoping they  can get flying quickly and we can get the parental units here as planned on Thursday.

Maybe it will all go pearshaped for him in 21 days, and he'll end up getting the proverbial firing squad he so richly

My parents are supposed to fly out on Tuesday, with Qantas.

I had already vowed never to fly Jetstar again - I think this will expand to cover the entire business. Bastards.

I guess it's time for a big update.

We successfully went to Canterbury Faire. It was a long event, from Saturday to following Sunday, and that was great. We had plenty of time to set up, plenty of time to hang out and chat with people, and no rush to try to fit everything in that we wanted to do.
Weatherwise, we had everything. Very hot days, quite ( Read more... )

We have airline tickets for Canty Faire. Now to gather up enough actual money to pay for the event...

We went away, and we're back. My dad made me drive both ways, all the way, to give me 'practice' in driving on the right. I think I'm practiced.

We went to Blekinge, to visit family friends in their "little paradise". Oh, it is Sweden squared. Little cottage by a lake, painted red, flowers in pots, mosquitoes at night, sleeping in spare beds in the ( Read more... )

The girls woke at quarter past five this morning. Considering this meant they slept from 7.45 last night right through I think we have done amazingly well. They're still tired, but we're not far off normalcy.

We decided to go to Foteviken today, to get the last day of the market. Lots of nice bling, lots of needlebound stuff, quite a bit of fabric, ( Read more... )

The eagles have landed. Eventually. Despite everything.

Specifically, YoungerM woke up with diarrhea on the morning of the trip. Then she vomited in the car on the way to the airport.

You can imagine my intense anticipation by this stage. Then our flight was 45 minutes late leaving Wellington. Which left us with 45 minutes to connect to our Singapore ( Read more... )

Well, it was a drama getting the kids away from school this afternoon! All the goodbyes, and the tears, and the exchanging of email addresses... you'd have thought we were going for good.

We're all packed, apart from the hand luggage, and we'll go and do that in a bit. Then there's dinner, showers and washing of hair etc, then maybe a movie before ( Read more... )

No time like waiting time ( Read more... )

It is less than three weeks until we go. I've spent two days trying to get downloaded audiobooks to work (DRM - just say NOOOOOO!) and printing out books for binding as gifts. I've now resorted to a print bureau, we'll see how much that will come to.

I have booked us into the Styringheim camp (with own pavillion - hoping all goes well with Gotvik!) ( Read more... )