Archives for November 2011

NaBloPoMo Celebration

November 30, 2011 By Janine 10 Comments

On this last day of November I can celebrate my successful completion of NaBloPoMo. We won't mention NaNoWriMo - that will get it's own blog of humiliation tomorrow. … [Read more...]

Peek-A-Boo

November 30, 2011 By Janine 3 Comments

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New Start

November 29, 2011 By Janine Leave a Comment

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Family

November 28, 2011 By Janine 8 Comments

The Wordpress Photo Challenge this week is to show your interpretation of Family. It would be nice to have the time to style together a beautiful artistic shot of our family, but at the end of the day, life is really just a series of ordinary snapshots. Photos clicked on the run, or groups gathered together at the big celebrations of … [Read more...]

Confessions of a Non-Dance Mum

November 27, 2011 By Janine 11 Comments

There are certain areas in which you excel as parent (usually areas related to the things you were good at/enjoyed as a child) unfortunately sometimes your children don't get the memo and decide to take up things in which you have absolutely no ability. … [Read more...]

A Bit of Colour In A Gray Day

November 26, 2011 By Janine 9 Comments

This morning it is gray and raining in Port Macquarie. However, we got a little bit of colour in our day when these Rainbow Lorikeets decided to pay a visit. Interesting to note that when the children were little this would have been very exciting, now, not so keen. Although it did prompt happy memories of other Rainbow Lorikeets in our … [Read more...]

Reading This Week – Bereft – Chris Womersley

November 25, 2011 By Janine 3 Comments

The new novel by Chris Womersley is a dark tale with Gothic sensibilities. Womersley portrays a world of sadness and pain, set in 1919 in the aftermath of the First World War and in the midst of the Spanish Flu epidemic. … [Read more...]

Lights, Camera, Action, “The Family” is on TV

November 24, 2011 By Janine 5 Comments

Imagine for a moment your house has 35 remote-controlled cameras strategically placed throughout. Sitting in a booth somewhere are producers and editors who, after recording every moment of your life for three months, carefully piece it together to make what they hope will be entertaining television. … [Read more...]