It has been about nine weeks since our last road trip you would think I would have learnt my lesson after the twenty-six hours we spent entombed in our vehicle with accompanying dummy spitting, arguing and the odd tear or two (and that was just the parents). Yet here I am on a lazy Sunday morning imagining what the perfect road trip might … [Read more...]
Recapturing The Magic?
All right folks, need you to help me decide if this is a good thing or bad? In my younger years Grease was my favourite movie and Olivia Newton John and John Travolta rocked the shows finale with You're The One I Want - which went on to be one of the best-selling singles of all time. Now, it's almost 35 years later and the duo have reunited … [Read more...]
A Smiling Boy
It seems silly to be crying for boy I didn't know and a family I've never met. Yet for nine years I've followed their tragic story. Daniel Morcombe was a 13-year-old boy who went to a catch a bus to go shopping for Christmas presents for his family. He never got on the bus. On that day his parents Bruce and Denise Morcombe vowed to never … [Read more...]
Self Development in the Middle of Chaos
Here at Shambles Manor the eldest is in the middle of exams, the youngest is having sex education talks at school. I'm alternating between the history of astronomy and why do ovaries look like strawberries? Please God don't let me get this mixed up and give the wrong information to the wrong kid. How could I possibly be lecturing about the … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge – Reflections
Here's our entry for the weekly photo challenge. Do you participate in the challenge? If so please leave a link to your entry in the comments. (It's easy with the comment luv). With over 800 entries each week now it is hard to keep up with everyone's photos. … [Read more...]
Royal Baby On The Way
Oh Kate. Congratulations and all that stuff. But oh Kate. The world's media is all aflutter today with the news the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant. Unlike the previous speculative articles this time it is for real because the woman is currently in hospital attached to a drip, believed to be suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum. That's acute … [Read more...]
Monday Morning Photo – Sun Beam
Happiness and joy as we countdown to Christmas! … [Read more...]
A Place Like … Port Macquarie
It was a shock to discover that in January I will have been living in Port Macquarie for seven years. I had to count on my fingers using the kid's school years to work it out, Hippie Child was in Year 4 now she's in Year 9 that's one ... two ... and so on. Maths was never my strong point. But that has got to be the fastest moving seven years of … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge – Thankful
On a day when inland temperatures are predicted to hit 40 degrees celsius I am thankful for living on the coast, for ocean breezes and cool water to swim in. … [Read more...]
20 Things To Know Before 40
This week's quest for self-development saw me turning to the guru of all knowledge, Oprah. Her website/magazine has an article 20 Things Everyone Should Master By 40. The article has sensible suggestions for all sorts of grown-up talents you really should be able to accomplish by the time you hit the big four-oh. How to delegate, how to make … [Read more...]
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