I love how a New Year brings so much hope. I'm all tucked up in bed when hubby messages me an interesting article. No, he's not away from home or up late watching TV or returning from a night out. He's tucked up also - downstairs. We've gone all Blondie and Dagwood in pursuit of … Continue reading I Am A Veritable Sloth
I Think
An Unofficial Official Cry For Help
Even if you're not into resolutions, I think we all like to make promises to ourselves around New Year. It's a time of promise - new starts for all! The time of year that gyms relish, almond milk sales soar and the 2kg kettle bell you bought in Aldi gets pulled out from under the … Continue reading An Unofficial Official Cry For Help
Time-Swallowing Toddlers
Time is a trickster. It is flying and standing still, all at once. I know - Christmas is always busy. But this year it had been driving my mind bezerk. And I obviously had all the signs of it too. I mean, you know you're a hot mess when the person working the till at … Continue reading Time-Swallowing Toddlers
We Can’t Keep Promising Puppies
Ah they'd make you laugh sometimes would't they? More times they'd make you want to throw yourself out of a moving car. It had been a bit of a turbulent journey, with all three acting up at various points over the first five kilometres. Of a 100 kilometre journey. Truthfully, I was on the cusp … Continue reading We Can’t Keep Promising Puppies
The Icing On The… Barm Brack
Halloween is one of those events that, for me, definitely has a 'then and now' aspect to it. Then Halloween was Barm Brack. Literally. Just barm brack and nothing else. Well maybe a few fun games in school and monkey nuts... but what with all the allergies doing the rounds now (scarier than anything Halloween … Continue reading The Icing On The… Barm Brack
Dogs Make A Special Impression
Our dog Rocco died. When I say our dog, I mean Alan's dog. Because a dog only truly ever has one master. I met Rocco the first time I met Alan, when he bounded out of the house to meet me. He gave me the impression he approved of me. But then, Rocco was the … Continue reading Dogs Make A Special Impression
We Should All Be Feminists
I was driving into my local town recently, minding my own bee's wax. Chilling out, maxing, relaxing after (play)school (drop-off). You know the way. Anyhoo, I passed a 'Men At Work' sign and it sparked immediate outrage. I mean immediate. Outrage that an extremely sexist road sign was here, on my turf, being offensive to … Continue reading We Should All Be Feminists
The Dignity of Work
Is there anyone more important than the one who serves you a hot coffee, with a smile and one of those divine teeny-tiny buttery biscuits on the side? Or the clued-in shop assistant who jumps on the free till because they can see you're weighed down and weighing up the merits of continuing to wait. … Continue reading The Dignity of Work
Wheels Of Industry, Take Five
We're two weeks in with our new addition. A party of five negotiating new family dynamics and car seat arrangements. It's busy, it's messy, it's all-consuming. It's the fantastic time that is your new-life with a new-born. And so far so good-er than the first two times around. Yes, our parenting CVs read a lot … Continue reading Wheels Of Industry, Take Five
On The Brink Of Maternity Non-Leave
Well, this one won't be a July baby, that's now been settled. I'm officially overdue. Just two days, but that's more than I've gone before with one early-arrival and a bang-on-timer. Just sitting, waiting. Well, apart from the eight times I just climbed the stairs to ever so gently threaten the small girl with banishment to … Continue reading On The Brink Of Maternity Non-Leave
