South Koreans are buying "survival bags" and turning to YouTube for tips on making it through a nuclear blast. The New York Times is writing articles on How To Survive The Apocalypse and the doomsday preppers are starting to look like the smart ones. This is our world in 2017. I've been considering my chances of surviving should the worst occur. … [Read more...]
Home Alone: The Empty Nest
The empty nest looms in my near future. One more year before the youngest heads out into the world without my micromanaging her every move. I can feel the rotor blades on my helicopter starting to slow. I heard a whisper of what may be last night, when I found myself home alone for the evening. I ditched all responsibility, … [Read more...]
Weekend Notes
It's a long weekend here in Australia. So it's been a lazy time. Perfect for some catch-up TV, movies and reading. Watching I've been enjoying Doctor Doctor it was shot in my old hometown of Mudgee and gosh it's looking pretty. In keeping with the doctor theme I'm following along with the final Dr Blake, Craig McLachlan's … [Read more...]
REMEMBERING PRINCESS DIANA
It's hard to explain Diana, Princess of Wales to those who weren't around at the height of di-mania. My daughters and I watched a documentary a couple of weeks ago about Diana's death. It's 20 years since we all listened in stunned silence to the newsreaders telling us she had died in a car accident in Paris. She was just 36 years old. My … [Read more...]
Taking Stock – May
It's been a while since I've done this Taking Stock post but I always find it a fun exercise which comes from Pip at Meet Me at Mikes. Making: Plans for a better future. Cooking : Packet ham and cheese tortellini with store-bought sauce - the bloke with the heart condition is no longer here so I can go back to the salt/sugar ridden … [Read more...]
Why I’m Glad I Had Children
A twenty-something work colleague has decided that she emphatically does not want to have children. Clearly her choice, good on her. However, she did remark that us mothers in the office weren’t very good at motherhood public relations. Every day she hears our stories of the challenges we face dealing with our children who range in age from five … [Read more...]
Week in the Life – Sunday
So Sunday rolls around and it's a very lazy day. There's breakfast in town at LV's ... eggs benedict for the Princess Child, fruit 'n nut toast for me. I've decided after years of NOT scrapbooking I'm going to put the photos from this challenge into an album. I try to sort out exactly which photos I want printed from the week in the hope … [Read more...]
Week in the Life – Saturday
Saturday is our final day with Hippie Child, she's heading back to uni this afternoon. The Princess Child wants to get a new profile photo for Facebook so we do an impromptu photo shoot. Afterwards, there's lunch on the back deck. Princess Child uses up the leftover ingredients on another pizza, and makes sweet … [Read more...]
Week in the Life – Friday
So Friday has arrived and with it that feeling of overwhelm as you realise you haven't done enough of the "practical" stuff during your four-day-break from work. There were tradesmen to call, appointments to be made, junk to be chucked, alas I've achieved very little of it. Instead I start the day with a coffee in the company of my … [Read more...]
Week in the Life – Thursday
Thursday is a day mainly spent at home. It turns out to be a poor day for photographs, all are taken on my iphone (does anyone else think the 6s doesn't take very good quality shots? - I guess it's probably just my lack of skill). Princess Child, the photographer, doesn't take any shots today so you are left with my dodgy work! It seems the … [Read more...]
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