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I’ve been bitten

July 27, 2010

A strange thing happened to me on the weekend. I felt a sense of calm and clarity that has been missing for a long time. I opened my computer and did a search for some decorating blogs. Can you believe it? I can’t! I haven’t had an inkling of decorating urge for the longest time. […]

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Footy’s a tough game

June 8, 2010

On perhaps the coldest day yet this year we piled the whole family into the car and headed for a footy ground out in the middle of the country side for The Engineer’s under 10’s lightening premiership. While the girls were brushing up on their World Cup skills the boys were displaying their brutish strength. […]

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Life Stages

May 14, 2010

Life comes in waves. First are the playdate and sleepover days. It seems to take forever for the next wave, the 18th’s and 21st’s to come along. Then the wedding invitations start to trickle in, before becoming an avalanche in a few years’ time. Babies start arriving and the playdates start all over again. By […]

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Help Me!

May 6, 2010

I have been living with no internet connection for the most part of a week. Let me tell you, it sucks. I can quite happily go tech free for weeks at a time when we’re camping. At home it’s different though. There a lots of things I need to be distracted from here. Like ironing. […]

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A lesson in not getting ahead of yourself

April 28, 2010

OK, it’s really a lesson in not getting ahead of myself. It began in the wee hours of this morning and involved our dog. Our dog has a habit of teaching me lessons. Damned dog. He’s a mini schnauzer, although you probably wouldn’t guess that by looking at him. He sports a very bad home […]

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The Great Footy Team Debate

April 27, 2010

There’s been a quiet discord sizzling in our family of five. It bubbles to the surface on weekends. “Who do you ‘team’ for?”, is the question in everyone’s lips*. For eight years, The Thinker has been attempting to recruit one of the kids to his side. The Dark Side. The Blues. For eight years he’s […]