It turns out that the usual answer to the question "Is it amoral to sleep around if you're not in a relationship?" is NOT asking "Is it safe, sane, and consensual?".

Just saying.

Lunch: pan-fried fresh snapper with home-made tartare sauce ( Read more... )

I finished Dad's Christmas present recently and finally got around to framing it. tamarillow donated the frame and maudlinrose helped me make sure it was straight ( Read more... )

I am somewhat tispy (as evidenced by the fact that I am not entirely touch-typing - this isn't helped by the fact that the only light in my room at the moment comes from my computer monitor as I've left both the windows and the curtains open). It was my work Christmas function today; we had a team planning day in the morning and then went around ( Read more... )

Sister and hubby and baby nephew have been over here today - parents had cabin fever, so left the house for the first time for two weeks today - and have just gone. Baby was passed around all the relatives except when feeding and parents got a break. Apparently if I want baby photos, I'm going to have to join Facebook. Reasonably enough, sister ( Read more... )

I have had a lovely day. I forgot that my parents do a stocking if you're there Christmas Eve night. Since I'm the only one of the three of us here at the moment, there was one stocking (read: plastic supermarket bag) and that was mine. Traditional marshmellow santa (breakfast!) and chocolates, and another one of the awesome serving spoons that ( Read more... )

Wellington is gorgeous today, bright and breezy - and sunny. Town is mad. I had to go out at lunchtime today, and defying a fellow bus-passenger's predictions, it was worse than the last few days.

I was successful, though. I have picked up a soft and fuzzy sheep for the nephew (tamarillow reckons it looks like a cross between a sheep and a monkey). I ( Read more... )

I have pictures of nephew, who is cute (as expected) and a tiny baby only by virtue of being a baby (he's a pretty decent size for newborn). They went home on Tuesday and are doing well. Although I did get a text from my sister saying something along the lines of: well, he's born, he's home, now what do we do with him ( Read more... )

Exciting news - I'm an aunty! My sister gave birth to my nephew around 8am this morning. He's two weeks early, but already 8lb8oz. Both parents and child are doing well. I haven't received any photos yet, but this is very cool. This is the first nephew/grandchild/great-grandchild in the family.

Today, tamarillow and I were on pre-service coffee at ( Read more... )

My parents woke me up around 9.30am this morning to say that they were leaving now and could I unlock the door so they could get out? This was easily achived, but by then Jemima was whining for her breakfast and I was too awake to go back to sleep ( Read more... )