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Dog Sitting

Dog Sitting

Last week Georgia and I were asked to dog sit for her former boss. They have a real nice place right beside the botanical gardens but on the Kelburn side, not the Northland side. The dog we were looking after, Jerry, was a small Yorkshire Terrier that had smelly dog...

Boxing is Tough

Today I had my first boxing session at the gym. It was so much harder than I thought it would be. We started simple, using the bag to work on techniques and simple moves. We next moved into using the hand pads, mixing up the three different punches learned on the bag....
Sheep Shearing

Sheep Shearing

On Saturday Georgia and I drove out to Carterton for a work outing at Paul’s farm. Every year when he has some hoggets that need a trim he invites all the city dwellers out to give it a try, then follows it up with a barbeque. The drive over the Rimutaka range...

A Nice Day at the Zoo

On Saturday, Georgia and I were invited to come with our friend Sally and her two-year-old son Max to the Wellington Zoo. We managed to drag ourselves out of bed and down into town to catch the bus out to Newtown. It was a routine Wellington day with strong gusts of...

Found A Way to Watch NHL

It turns out that near the end of 2007 iTunes Canada started to sell TV shows and Movies from Canada. Under their TV category they have a number of NHL games. In order to access the iTunes of a specific country all you need is a credit card for that country. I just...

Sevens Tickets Botched

Yesterday I tried to get tickets to the Wellington Sevens. Last year they sold out in about 20 minutes so I knew I had to get in there right when they went on sale. Well I logged on to ticketmaster.co.nz before 9 AM to make sure that I was ready to go right when...