About

Michelle is a New Zealander who has been living in Melbourne for the past four of years. She has recently moved out of the inner-city apartment she shared with her housemates Willo and Fox and their dog Jetpack to live in Country Victoria.

She began keeping an online 'diary' (for want of a better word) with her online friend Fox (see above) in 1998. They posted together for a few months before Fox went to the newly developed Diaryland and Michelle moved her content first to her Geocities site, and then to thejamjar.com in 2000 with Blogger to help with her keep her post ducks in a line. She's been here ever since - blogging, as it ended up being called: about her frustrations around work, movies, events and generally whatever comes to mind.

Recently this site was moved to a new server and a new design was implemented. It is very much a work-in-progress (due in part to the owner being a bit busy) and the site will be adjusted over time to be more robust, content rich and site-like rather than 'just a blog'. It plans to be like it was in the olden days - a proper website.

Meanwhile, Michelle misses her three children - Simon, Amy and David and her two grandchildren, Tandia and Chloe - they all still live back in New Zealand; she will rectify that by moving back home one day whereupoon she will promptly start missing all her wonderful friends in Melbourne and Newstead.