As much as I look forward to coming home from holidays, I must admit there is a small part of me that wonders just how I will fit back in. Sometimes I wonder if I am a little like a rehabilitated wild animal, like a bird, after being nursed from injury, and now it is time…
We arrived home this morning at 10.45am, and in the six hours since we’ve been unpacking. The children are debating what’s more exciting? The Christmas presents they’ve just received or the older ones they’re rediscovering? So far, the older toys are winning; except the basketball ring of Riley’s we waited until getting home to give him….
One of the reasons I began twittering was to see if any of the threads of ordinary life I occasionally jotted down there could later on be turned into a longer, better observed essay/post here. 90 per cent of the time, no, they haven’t, but I feel I need to refer back to a final few…
…because I swear to God that all of my goodwill and cheer would’ve evaporated just as quickly as it did today when I spent a good part of twenty minutes separating the damned thing from all its packaging. Now I just have to reinforce the Velcro across her breasts because the poor darl’s baps keep…
Today we’re travelling through mid-western NSW to visit Adam’s family and consequently my Internet access will be limited for a short while. I will return later with our Christmas recap, but I cannot leave without first sharing one story. As Keira opened this present: she exclaimed, “Oh! This is just like the one I saw…
May you have a happy and hopefully restful holiday season. Merry Christmas everybody, love our little clan. xxxx
An hour ago I sent the ‘e-card’ to all the collated commenters at Miscmum.com this year and thanks to you all – your friendship, your contributions – I’ve just donated $125 to my Oxfam Fundraiser. This said, there were a lot of emails spat back to me with “message undeliverable” titles, so if you believe you…
…about my Christmas Card Challenge. There’s only a few days left! Before I left for holidays I spent the best part of an entire afternoon going through all the comments from this year and collecting the email addresses for the recipients of the e-card (and possibly the prize!). It was quite an interesting exercise, as…
It’s been six happy years of wedded bliss. Eleven and a half together. The time is flying by. Love you, xx
