My excuse for listening to Radio Espana is that I want Christopher to learn Spanish. Of course, the sports commentary is going to be beyond him, but who knows, perhaps he will learn to shout "!goooooooooool!" one day ( Read more... )

The topic for today's writing. Easy enough to answer. No. It is summer here. Not a particularly hot summer, but the sun is shining ( Read more... )

I don't have any plans for this holiday, because Belgatherial is working, and we don't have much money to go anywhere. But it is good to think about the holiday in December/January. We really enjoyed the trip we took up to Hanmer Springs, north of Christchurch, and that would be a great place to revisit. So perhaps that is our objective ( Read more... )

Our old house in Normanby was slightly larger but also smaller than this one. It was larger in usable space, but smaller in total space and in the garden and so on. With the arrival of James_Chocolate next week (incredible to think he will be here in seven days + one hour 30 minutes!) we need to sort out his room. As Belgatherial has no study space, we plan to use the ( Read more... )

I have thought I should move the focus of this blog to my new and exciting and terrifying hobby; umpiring cricket. So instead of thinking about work, and my poor progress on studies, I can talk about cricket games and the experience of umpiring. I will also comment on my life and how Belgatherial, Savvy_Satori and James_Chocolate are doing ( Read more... )