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Tastes like American/Kiwi fusion cooking
Fried green tomatoes in a polenta breading mix? (Kiwis don't have cornmeal or cornflour; polenta is basically the same thing, just rougher ( Read more... ) -
Dear Immigration
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you...
...for letting me stay one more year!
Love,
Skiffer -
You want to stick that needle WHERE?
Apologies in advance to seemoore.
In another fantastic example of how I can hurt myself while doing something totally normal, I did my right hip in *again*. I was running on the treadmill and laughing at a particularly stupid music video (that "I can transform you" one where the cars transform into ninjas and hot chicks... don't tell me it wasn't ( Read more... ) -
Baywatch!
New Year's Eve is very, very good in Gisborne.
The party starts about four days before NYE, when the campers for a big festival called Rhythm and Vines arrive (more on that later.) The camping itself has turned into a big festival, called the Baywatch Camping Festival. From the 28th through to the 30th, they have concerts with acts from New ( Read more... ) -
Whoops.
Soy Nog?
Same delayed effect as egg nog.
Whoops.
Merry Christmas! -
Another discovery
Soy nog?
Even better than egg nog.
Yummmmm..... -
Mount Maunganui and the end of the world.
A couple of weeks ago, I went up to Mount Maunganui to do a baby triathlon. Originally, I went up to do a full triathlon, but then I got sick and on race day was still moving more snot per day than Saudi Arabia moves oil, so I downgraded. This was frustrating. But going to a spot in New Zealand where I had never been before was wonderful! Mount ( Read more... ) -
There's something seriously wrong with my brain
THIS just made me do a spit-take. -
Of Nippers, a dangerous dolphin, colds, and visas
Last Sunday was rough. This Sunday is not shaping up much better ( Read more... ) -
OMG This was the Best Day EVER!
So, this morning, I spent some time being a "Classroom Mum" for a teacher-friend's 6th Grade class, and it was A-maz-ing! The kids are learning about Ancient Egypt right now, and so I spent the morning pretending to be a mummy in a tomb they were excavating (read: decorated corner of the classroom.) And then I became a *talking* mummy and ( Read more... )