I’m sorry I’m late: I’ve just logged on to see how many of you have been checking in! Apologies! I didn’t mean to keep you on tenterhooks. The winner was commenter #1: Jasmine. Congratulations! Enjoy your Readings voucher! Ooh, I’d make quick work of it. So many lovely things to buy… I hope at some…
‘Miscellaneous Mum’ turns four years old this week and to celebrate I thought I would have a little fun and include you all in the festivities! I have so many of you to thank for your support over this time. There’s also a $100 Readings Voucher to be won! If you win and aren’t in Melbourne, that’s…
It’s the blog’s fourth birthday. Yes, four years ago today it began in modest fashion with a post talking about Keira painting out on the back deck. How she’s grown, how we all have. But I’m not celebrating – I’m saving that for tomorrow (and it will be fun). It just doesn’t seem right because…
I have the perfect Father’s Day present for you today – which you can win! Even better! Anna Walker’s books are well-loved and respected and I Love My Dad is full of her characteristic warmth and charm. I met Anna earlier this year – she was holding a craft event for young children, and she…
Back in June* I took the kids to see the Titanic Exhibition at the Melbourne Museum. I was hoping the place would be nice and quiet because it was a school day (except for Keira’s, who were having a pupil-free day). I was wrong. Luckily, we’d booked ahead to go in the earliest (10am) session,…
First published in France in 2008, and then translated into English in 2009, Daddy Lost His Head is a delightfully cheeky book as one might expect from the hands of Quentin Blake and Andre Bouchard (Bouchard is a French cartoonist). I’ve seen one negative online review (and that centered on a perceived sexism in the…
Fact: I feel less impervious to a winter sky when I’m sitting in a car that works – as opposed to one that’s broken down.
An Australian Blogging Conference (ABC?) Really? Yes! It’s looking like it’s really going to happen. Brenda, Veronica, Nicole, and Tina and I are in development stages for organising the above event. Its focus will primarily be for parenting/personal bloggers, but all bloggers – male and female – are welcome. But first we want to gauge what people…
