Observations on World Youth Day from a youth

Sydney is whipped up in a vibrant, Catholic* frenzy this week on account of the Pope being in town and World Youth Day. A news report was just on giving an update on the fesitivities. The footage showed lots of kids running around, waving flags and banners and such. “Look mummy, it’s a great big circus!”…

Keira with her new “Klute” inspired hair-do

If anyone wants to know, four months of near consistent lice treatments WILL nearly destroy the condition of your child’s hair. Keira’s had gotten to the point when it would just break beneath my fingers. So I decided drastic measures had to be taken; if I cut it short, we can ‘start anew’, so to…

Taking a moment out from our sickness to discuss HD televisions

This is our new television. In order to accurately depict the size of the screen I have put one of the kid’s kinder surprise toys in front to give a sense of scale. The toy is supposed to represent planet earth; for in my mind, this new set is bigger than the WORLD! It hurts…