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Summer Holidays In Godzone

Maggie — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 22:15:34 +0000

Sorry I’ve been missing in action for so long. If you follow me on Facebook you’ll know it’s been summer holidays down here in New Zealand. And with two kids home from school . . . well, family comes first during December and January. We holidayed in the west and top of the South Island...

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What Next?

Maggie — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:35:43 +0000

Dear God Thank you for the house sale (massive clean-up), and the house purchase (massive box-up), and the birthday party for Miss Four (massive mess-up), and the car purchase (massive stress-up), and the BIG fat mortgage/insurance/etc paperwork (massive loan-up), and the winter ills (massive health-down) . . . but did you have to give them...

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Kids And Their Priorities

Maggie — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 01:41:25 +0000

Master Nine: What if there’s a fire in our house, Mum? Me: We get out. Fast. Master Nine: Would there be time to get a few little things first? Me: No. Get out. Fast. (Thinking OMG WHAT???!) Master Nine: Does fire burn everything? Even metal? Me: Pretty much. It melts metal. Master Nine: (Already mourning...

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House Shifts and Other Sucky Stuff

Maggie — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:40:38 +0000

Sometimes I have the strongest feeling someone upstairs is laughing at me. They’re hanging about, devising crisis after crisis to throw at me, just for kicks. Then they watch me doing my headless chicken routine. Their latest idea: let’s make her shift house with only a week’s notice. What, she’s coping? Hmm. Let’s throw in...

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That Pre-Christmas Madness

Maggie — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:31:01 +0000

Last weekend I had two glorious days of uninterrupted writing with Carla, my writing buddy (waves madly). We hid out in a holiday home near Queenstown, and did nothing but write. Oh, and drink the odd creativity-enhancing beverage. Just as well, because it’s been absolute bedlam ever since; pre-Christmas madness with a capital M. And...

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