Family

Maternity leave – To pay or not to pay?

June 16, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Paid maternity leave has been getting a run in the media over the last week or so. Apparently Australia is one of the few countries in the OECD where it isn’t compulsory. However, there are a few forward thinking companies that already offer paid maternity leave, such as some local governments and […]

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Tantrums

June 13, 2008

Over the last six months or so The Little Mermaid (just turned 3) has been practicing her tantrums. She has almost perfected throwing herself on the floor while screaming and crying that she has been treated terribly unjustly. Sometimes she pretends she can’t walk and just collapses into a whiny heap. At home, this is […]

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Progress towards my goals – May

June 2, 2008

Wow! I can’t believe May has come and gone. With birthday parties, visiting family, learning how to work Journeyer’s Chronicles and putting some real focus on my goals, the month has just whizzed by. Here’s my first goals progress report. It feels a bit like parent-teacher interviews. I’ve been good. Honest. 😉 Current goals Post […]

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10 Family Fun Links

June 1, 2008

Each weekend we try and spend as much time together as a family as we can. Sometimes it’s as simple as Friday night fish & chips on the family room floor. Other times, we pack up the caravan and head off for a few days together. This weekend, as The Engineer had been doing such […]

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Giving love to your family

May 20, 2008

Image via Wikipedia I recently read an article in a tattered copy of O magazine from the library that got me thinking. In the article, the author reminisced about her mother, a woman “unpretentious, without frills or tricks”. In particular the author wrote about her mother’s love of cooking and her expertise in the kitchen. […]

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MS Readathon Time

May 17, 2008

The Engineer brought home the forms for his first MS Readathon yesterday. It brought back so many memories for me. I used to love the MS Readathon. Spending ages in the school and local libraries scouring the shelves for books, filling in the list after each book one was read. The best bit though, was […]

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