After two wonderful months, Occi’s grandparents, Kim and Graham, have flown back to New Zealand. They have been a godsend. It certainly wasn’t a holiday for them. With Ky back at work, they were on full time Occi duty. This meant trips to the library, swimming lessons, music lessons, and most of all, time spent…

People love to complain about their telecom provider. Who wouldn’t? After all, you don’t think about them 99% of the time, and then 1% of the time, either due to poor connection, an unexpected bill, or an outage, it is all consuming. As readers of this series will know, yesterday our internet went out. Today,…

Our internet decided to shit the bed today, around 1:30 pm. It’s been very annoying. There is a technician coming round tomorrow, but for now, we’re going to just muddle on through.

It has been almost 5 months, but today, we finally, FINALLY, unpacked our last packing box. It was, unsurprisingly, our art. Now, art is probably too strong a word. Most of it is really just framed photos of our wedding, family, and holidays, but there are a few pieces that deserve to see the light…

In a couple of weeks, the NFL kicks off. I don’t mind watching the last quarter on a Sunday, huddled up while the snow falls. Honestly, I quite like it. But at ~$300 a ticket, I can’t see myself going to a game anytime soon. The exception is preseason, where tickets are 90% off. Graham,…

This evening, the whole family went off to absolute whoop whoop to get some snaps. It was almost a three hour expedition. Leaving at 5:30 on a Friday night was probably not the smartest idea. What should have taken us 20 minutes took us closer to 50, and man, it was terrible. I have been…