Touring with the wife

 Good excuse to borrow her blue dress, but when we're out together, I'm limited to mascara.

 

Heading to petrol station to re-fill and use the car wash

Americas cup, back home in Auckland, New Zealand

So we weren't too happy when Dennis stole the cup by putting a catamaran into a mono-hull boat race. It's nice to have mono-hulls back for the Americas cup racing and especially amazing to see the technology with the use of foils and other refinements.

The racing done, very upset we couldn't have international visitors, but still fun to be able to watch the great event in my home city.

My morning started off with the need for short skirts, especially shiny thin material, just wish my mesh top wasn't so long.

I decided, as the day was getting on and my outfit was more for night time, a quick car change to more respectable clothing for a trip to the beach and a visit to Bunning Hardware (wife's after some serious storage racking and other stuff for around the house).

Wife also wanted a paddling pool for the grandchild, but I got distracted with the idea of a new battery drill. Wife asked "Who went to Bunnings?" - I replied with a smile - "Rachel" 

Weekend of Christmas shopping

It would seem, no matter how many malls I visit, I just can't find the right gift.

I've searched Sylvia park

I've searched Newmarket mall

Finally gave up, went to Bunnings and bought myself a mini green house, a starter tray and a few seeds. I also got blue marker paint so wife can design her new garden.

As I'm writing this, wife marks out her new garden - this is the outline she has planned (kids think it's funny, not sure about the neighbours though).

World has gone mad

For the last 3 Million years (actually probably more like 2 billion years), we have had males and females, boys and girls- for 100% of our ancestry it's worked well when describing reproductive capabilities and my guess would be 95% for gender, 90% for sexuality, 60% for interest and strength.

Sure it doesn't get everyone 100% correct, heck I relate better to an ethnic group that probably raped my ancestor 800 years ago, but people label me as English - should I be offended? should I force the world to call me Roman? Can I have an EU passport now? When I think about a social group, I relate to cowboys, can I have a Green card so I can live in America?

Anyway - it seems we are about to teach our 5 year olds in school about gender neutral expressions.

No longer is it he or she, it's they or them, no longer will boys go to the field for a game of football, it's soon going to be "those with socks on can go play football" (okay - I'm more for those that want to play, to go play, but imagine the game that's not ageist either, the 5 year olds are going to be badly hurt by the 15 year olds - so generally, to protect the physically weaker, we have age and gender related teams)

I wouldn't be surprised if toilets will soon change labels - 

"hey mum, I just need to use the Theys room"

"sorry soda (aka not son or daughter), I didn't know you were a Theys, I thought you were a Thems"

"No mum, I'm a Theys, no one wants to be a Thems!!!"

Humans have a subconscious automatic "threat detection" system built in from 4 million years of Darwinism. A female will feel a higher risk of harm in a dark ally, from males than female, she would feel a similar condition when playing football against males, maybe even a game of golf.

So I say, let boys be boys if they want to be, and girls be girls if they want to be (not theys or thems)

Been an interesting week

It's weird what people will invest in. My daughter started an new investment scheme and has roped me in for 50%. In theory I should double my money in about 9 months, but then I see people poring money into cyber currency. I'm hoping our project is a bit less a risk.

More of a worry is my youngest daughter having her first sleep over at a boys house. I do worry about how boys can be, I just hope she doesn't get her heart broken to quickly into the dating game

I've had a few quick outings, coffee, groceries etc but I'm still saving hard so wife and I can get away on holidays (I wanted to camp but it's not my wifes thing, so we're using motels at this stage)

enjoying the library

 Just a couple of hours to relax, have coffee out, visit the library, do a bit of shopping.

Of course a pretty blue bra would be a nice addition

Bought another corset

 So my last one got over-used and the material failed.

I purchased a new one from one of those cheap web sites.

It arrived a few days ago - the material and fit is fantastic, very well made.

I decided to wear it over a thin mesh tee-shirts and thoroughly enjoyed being out wearing it.

 

Busy weeks, busier weekends

 Last weekend, with my new table saw, I carved up some wood trim, to tie the flooring that was under the old wall I took down a couple of months ago. it was either that or re-carpet the lounge or try to find similar tiles and cut 2 inch strips. I've also created a few other bits of finishing so really enjoying wood work at the moment.

As for girl time, and I must admit sometimes I just can't be bothered trying to be passable. At the moment it's not a big driving force in my life (probably all the distractions / activities in my life )

Dropped wife and daughter off at the Rugby

 Wife and daughter had tickets to the rugby, along with 47,000 other people.

I still had a set of french doors that needed modifying so the left hand leaf opened first, instead of the right. A good excuse to drop the two ladies off at 3 pm and head to the local shopping mall for an hour. A snack and coffee before hitting the shops. A chap at the coffee shop thought I looked lonely and started chatting to me about the news, gave me a 4 page magazine from a local person trying to get into publishing and other small talk.

After mall shopping and trying on some stuff, I eventually ended up at the hardware for a new door handle for the french doors.

 

Restless night

 So wife was up half the night with a bad headache. I was also up worrying about her. Around 2pm she finally got to sleep, unfortunately my body clock still has me waking at 5am. Eventually I got bored of lying in bed so decided to go out for a coffee. The first outfit was a bit naughty, tight and with an under bust corset, but decided a more normal outfit was appropriate with the sun about to rise.

After coffee, I headed to ladies room, found a customer fixing her hair and attendant, chatting. They motioned me to the cubical, but I really needed Nu. 2, so decided to go to the family room so as not to offend the ladies with unpleasant vapours or noises. 

I visited Kmart, hoping to find a more suitable top to wear over my under bust corset just incase I had the opotunity to wear such an outfit, then had to go to a large retail outlet for some laundry powder (also tried on two possible tops, but neither would have done justice to the look I was after). 

I got home just before 10am as the wife was waking up. I made her a coffee then got showered and changed. She did mention just before lunch with friends, that she could sill see my eyeliner, but it was too late to fix, normally she checks before we leave the house. 

Fun weekend

 Wife & I managed to escape Auckland for a couple of nights.

Saturday morning she slept in, I borrowed her dress and went for a coffee.

We got a bit sun burned and on the way back to Auckland, after seeing lots of blokes on cruising bikes, she says "I don't mind if you owned and rode one of those".

Needless to say, my wallet is out and ready to buy before she can change her mind. Wonder if I can grow a grey beard like everyone else had?

Pub visit

Daylight saving meaning more evening hours to enjoy the sun shine, and what better way than at the pub in my shiny new skirt. 

I think the young blended family at the next table, the group of women at the next table and the blokes at the table in the corner weren't fooled - except I wasn't there intending to fool anyone. I was there to relax in the sun with a large glass of wine.

I took a bit of time to explore East Auckland and found a nice pub in Howick with a garden, just what I needed and the nice staff who were happy to take a photo for me to share with you.

As I hopped out of my car, I was feeling a little bit like a Christmas decoration.

The look probably would have been a bit more feminine if I had my hip pads on to create more curvature, but I just didn't feel comfortable in them and they went in the rubbish bin yesterday.

I took a few more photos once I got home as the sunlight didn't show my skirt off the way I wanted it shown. My oldest was home and we chatted about some home decor for 15 minutes. I also had a quick chat with the neighbour as he was retrieving both our bins from the curb side.