Europe 2013 – Munich, Dachau, Salzburg

November 25, 2013

From Moers (where my godchild lives) we went straight down to Munich for CFCamp. On the way we picked up our friend Helen, who happened to be touring Europe at the same time. We stayed at a nice big house just outside of Munich (where we were joined by Kay a day later) and went […]

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Europe 2013 – “Why do you live in New Zealand?”

November 17, 2013

If you’re waiting for part 3 of the Bathroom Saga, I’ll have to disappoint you – there are still some fixes to be made, and I’ve decided that the next bathroom post will be the absolute final one, with some amazing photos of how stunning it all looks now. You’ll just have to wait a […]

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Renovating a bathroom – a story in 3 chapters (2)

August 13, 2013

Chapter two – what could possibly go wrong? So we know from the first chapter in this series that Kai and I chose some really experienced professionals to execute our bathroom renovation. We all know from DIY TV shows that non-professionals playing with house upgrades usually make a mess, and that’s what we wanted to […]

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Renovating a bathroom – a story in 3 chapters (1)

August 13, 2013

Chapter one – getting professional help When we first moved into our house, the bathroom was one of the few things we didn’t really fancy. Unfortunately it had just received new (although ugly) vinyl flooring, the wall paint was still ok and apart from the shower glass being quite stained, the bathroom was in reasonably […]

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Good-bye Petra, hello Ingrid

April 6, 2013

A couple of weeks ago our lovely pet chicken Petra died. She got pretty sick, and in the end it was the better option for her to let her go to be put to sleep. It was a pretty sad day, and I cried a lot during the little ceremony we had when we buried […]

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Mammogram

March 25, 2013

I’ve had some breast pain recently. Nothing major, and if I wasn’t so sensitive with my health I would have probably ignored it. Well, I did ignore it the first time around, but it came back, so I mentioned it to my GP when I went to see him for something different last week. My […]

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