This is what happens when you muck about with your wifes' mascara...

Clare & I have been buying the new bits & pieces for the new baby (Aloise by the way) - new double pram, new cot, bouncer, walker. Gotta say, I'm getting so excited!!

Been reminiscing about home a bit today, miss my big sister a lot. I heard N-Trance Stayin Alive and it reduced me to tears on the way to work. Also miss the footie (especially internationals) a lot. But that being said, I wouldn't change our situation - New Zealand is fantastic country and a hell of a way to live. Was talking to my pal Quill - likely to be the most successful of my peers and there appears to be parity. He'll be married in a couple of weeks, but career-wise we're almost on a par - even with exchange rates taken into account...

Quill was born in New Zealand (not that you'd know), and his dad is NZ's most famous painter so he's looking to move over here in the next few years - if he can manage to convince his soon-to-be bride.

With Damian looking to emigrate over here early next year, it looks as though I'll soon have the "best" of my friends over here to keep me on the straight and narrow. Amazing really.