Head for the Hills

Almost four weeks in Barmera was enough to really settle the kids in and get a feel for what it would be like having Grandparents around all the time. Luxurious is a word that springs to mind. Although I realise that things would be different if we were within cooee of each other permanently – [...]

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This year I’m more organised. I bought the Adventcalendar as soon as I saw one in the shops. Not like last year, when I scrambled about at the last minute, every Adventcalendar on the face of the earth disappearing on my approach. Actually, looking back over last year’s post, I realise I resolved to make [...]

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Home again, home again. I left in a haze of smoke and fire, and returned in a haze of too much champagne and not enough sleep. But gee it was fun. I ate out for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Saw Renee Geyer in a St Kilda cafe. Giggled like a teenager through Borat. Swanned about [...]

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We’re just cruising along, business as usual. I’ve felt that I haven’t had a lot to say lately, so I haven’t posted. But not having a lot to say really isn’t much of an excuse and for that I apologise. You see, I find inspiration in the banal, and sometimes I’m wary of sharing that [...]

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Chaos-calm-chaos-calm. And so it goes. Right now I’m teetering on the brink of calm after an extended period of chaos. If it wasn’t for the fifty seven loads of dry washing piled up all over the spare beds, in baskets and even filling the port-a-cot in our bedroom I’d be sliding down the slippery slope [...]

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I’ve been promising Edie a dinner out at a cafe for ages. Ever since she first read The Tiger Who Came to Tea, by Judith Kerr. It’s a firm favourite of mine (and hers) and it’s still such a treasure to read even though it was first published 30 years ago. The story is about [...]

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The change in the weather has brought changes to our household. As the house warms up we can spend more time in other parts of it, instead of nestling in the warmth of the loungeroom. This means we can try eating at the table again, which helps us reduce the amount of television being watched. [...]

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Two of my favourite boys, Uncle Davey and Jude. At the birthday party of another of my favourite boys, Flynn; also attended by favourite boys Bim and Bradley.

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1. Jude slept the whole night through (well, Bim did put his dummy in at 5.30am but that was all) 2. The OC starts again tonight.

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1. Edie did her first wee on the potty tonight. It has been open for public viewing for the past half hour. 2. I cooked an extra spinach pie last night so we will all have that for dinner. 3. I picked the spinach from the garden and Bim collected the eggs from the chooks [...]

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