Foot and Mouth - Tane and Lauren's blog

There are 42 Terry Pratchett novels and two maps on our bookshelves. I read my first book of his, The Carpet People, so long ago I forget w...

A strange thing just occurred to me. Spring will never be what it was. Of course the arrival of the season has always been nice: blossoms...

At long last, a travel entry! Boy, Lauren and I have been craving an overseas trip and our six days in Samoa really hit the spot. The timin...

On Facebook recently a few people have shared an article from the Telegraph about a woman's quest to not spend anything  on her son fo...

I love lists. I really do. What's not to love? They're ordered, easy, and clear. I love lists so much I even added a 'Lists Glo...

In the movies, a road trip has young people, loud music, soul searching and shenanigans. Travelling with Amotai and Lily this holiday had a...

Travel and parenthood tend to be placed on opposite ends of some sort of fun/responsibility spectrum, where one end is how you spend the fo...

I realized earlier today that Tane and I started this blog seven years ago. So, I thought that was worthy of an entry in itself, especially...

Names are strange and wonderful things. Name the Devil, and he will appear. Find out someone's True Name and you will have power ...

Five weeks ago today, our new baby Lily Raema was born. Already it's hard to imagine life without her hanging out in her Moses basket in...

Two Thursdays ago was my last Thursday. By which I mean it was the last day I'll have at home from work with just Amotai. Both of my r...

It's with a real feeling of deja vu that I wrap up work almost exactly two years after I did last time, to have a baby due a mere three...

It took more than two decades, 14 books and more than four million words. Hundreds of characters fighting and angsting and sniffing through...

Lauren, Amotai and I recently returned from Amotai's first trip overseas, and our big holiday for the year. It was a trip all about ne...

Something's happened to Amotai since Christmas. You're always aware that a baby/toddler is sucking up information like a vacuum cl...

So after bankruptcy, a change of director, strikes, a change of law and an extra movie, the first of The Hobbit films is finally here. I...

As I said in my last entry, Amotai turned one a few weeks ago. It was a fabulous day, and special mention goes to both Tane's and my mo...

Tomorrow is Amotai's first birthday. 6 Oct 2011 started fairly normally - Tane went to work, I slept in, surfed the Internet, and emai...

I tried to write a few other entries about the Olympics.  However, between gushing about the opening ceremony, writing about how I love see...

As many of you know, it's Maori language week this week. I always enjoy Maori language week, especially seeing how every year a little...

Time rolls on, Our tastes change. Once upon a time I didn't like avocado or pumpkin. Once upon a time my favourite comic was Roy of the...

After a bazillion years, I'm moved to write some more reviews on my other blog. It's comic book movie stuff, which probably tells y...

Tane and I were looking through photos earlier from when we had only been together about a year.  There were a few things that strike me a...

Ah, winter. Yes, it's that time of year when I try and remind myself what I like about it in order to be more positive about the short ...

One of the best features of New Zealand's parental leave laws is that the year of unpaid, job-protected leave can be split between bot...

Is anyone else really really happy that Facebook and blogs weren't around when we were teenagers? I know that a blog is by definition ab...

I have had a mental block against e-readers pretty much ever since I found out they exist. My reasons are as follows: I love the feel of a...

Is it just me, or is most modern technology built to break? Is it all a sneaky ploy to encourage us to keep buying new items? Or am I just s...

Like many people, I am shocked and saddened by the fire in Doha yesterday that killed some triplets from New Zealand . This blog entry, w...

What a year! From this, this time last year: To this. And at risk of sounding cheesier than a cheese burger, I'd take the ...

A little while ago Lauren and I read this travel article . In it the author of the very popular book '1000 Places to See Before You Di...