Why Campbell Live should live

Late last week it became apparent that current affairs show Campbell Live may be for the chop To say that this displeases me would be a major understatement. My 1 year old refusing to eat anything but avocado and toast “displeases” me. Campbell Live facing the axe makes me downright furious.

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The Return (to work) of The Mummy

Kia ora all! Sorry about the lack of posts last week. There was a bit of drama happening around our way that I won’t go into, but things are back on a slightly more even keel this week so blogs will be happening again. I hope you didn’t miss me too badly but please remember…

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Keep it in your pants

Being one half of an engaged couple means there are a lot of important questions to answer. When will should we get married? Can we dress our son up as an Ewok for the wedding? Is picking out china still a thing that people do and how I can I use my influence to make…

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In the club

For the longest time after I had a baby I was really, truly not comfortable with the word “mother”. Well, not so much the word itself, more that it now applied to me. Mother. It just seemed to come with a lot of gravitas. Far too much for this flibbertygibbet.

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Body spray and walk away

One of the great things about living in the burbs is that you get a little patch to call your own. A small oasis of privacy and calm away from the glare of your fellow citizens. A bit of unkempt backyard and a deck in need of staining to call one’s own, if you will.

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My Katee Sackhoff Girl-crush

Armageddon Expo. If you’ve never been to the annual pop culture event, it could be because you don’t live in one of the main centres. Or maybe you’re just the kind of person who has no desire whatsoever to come face to face with a zombie.

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How beige was my CBD

Central Christchurch. It ain’t what it used to be. I mean, BIG time. New buildings are rising out of the rubble at a surprising rate now (after the last four years anything faster than glacial speed feels pretty giddy) but buildings aren’t people.

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Cashing in on street donations

It’s always interesting to have an experience that puts you on the other side of where you usually see things. I did that earlier this week when I took part in Plunket’s annual fundraising drive by shaking a bucket and looking hopefully at people outside my local branch of The Warehouse. Now oftentimes I am…

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