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Something Beginning With C

November 1, 2012 By Janine 3 Comments

Remember when you were little and you used to set up your dolls for a tea party? You dished out yummy cakes (sometimes real, sometimes made of mud and sometimes just a figment of your imagination). You poured watery tea from your plastic tea set. You told dolly she needed to behave or she wouldn't be allowed seconds. Last Sunday I got to enjoy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: cupcakes, Photo a day challenge, teaparty

It Was Third Class …

October 31, 2012 By Janine 30 Comments

It seemed like a simple enough task. Allison Tait over at Life in a Pink Fibro posted a photo of herself from third grade and challenged others to do the same. Great, I thought, that could make a cute blog post. Then the search began. I had my high school photos here at home, but no sign of primary school shots. My mother was away, so I did what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: School Memories

Monday Morning Photo – The River

October 29, 2012 By Janine 1 Comment

Wharf

Photo by David Fitzpatrick I hope you have an awesome week! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: David Fitzpatrick, Photographs., Photography, Port Macquarie

Shambolic Living Mood Board

October 27, 2012 By Janine 8 Comments

  I've spent the morning trying to locate my inner artist. However, I have now decided if there is even an ounce of artistry in this body it is buried so deep excavation would be far too costly and time-consuming to unearth it. I am at present taking part in Holly Becker's Blogging Your Way Boot Camp. Holly's a visual person, she's big … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: Art, Blog, moodboard, polyvore

It’s All About Me

October 25, 2012 By Janine 8 Comments

Can someone point me in the direction of a woman who manages to put herself first? I know that old analogy of "put the oxygen mask on yourself first otherwise you won't be in any fit state to help the children anyway" yet anything in relation to myself ends up at the bottom of the to do list, and I'm fairly confident I'm not the only one in this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Humour, Life Tagged With: beautician, doctor

Weekly Photo Challenge – Silhouette

October 24, 2012 By Janine 2 Comments

Seascape, rocks, sunrise

Photo by David Fitzpatrick … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: David Fitzpatrick, Photographs., Photography, Port Macquarie, Postaweek 2012

Reading This Week – Fishing for Tigers – Emily Maguire

October 23, 2012 By Janine 7 Comments

  Firstly, a disclaimer, I'm a prude. Even as a teenager I was a goody-two-shoes who was uninterested in what anyone was doing in regards to bedroom activity. Today, I continue to ignore the Fifty Shades of Gray phenomena. I haven't even been able to bring myself to read The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmell, which I know will be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Australian Women Writers Challenge, Emily Maguire, Fishing for Tigers

Monday Morning Photo – Bush Art

October 22, 2012 By Janine Leave a Comment

Tree

Here we go again! Heading back into the real world after a pleasant weekend. What's on your agenda for the week ahead? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: David Fitzpatrick, Monday Morning Photo, Photographs., Photography

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

October 20, 2012 By Janine 16 Comments

The Hippie Child goes into Year 10 next year. After that there's two years of intensity for the HSC and then she has to head out into the big, wide world. The question of "what do you want to be when you grow up?" is starting to be asked with a serious tone. We've gone through what she likes about her school subjects, we've (ok I've) started … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, Parenting Tagged With: career, dreams, Employment, what do you want to be when you grow up?, what would you do if money was no object?

Greatest Movie Quotes

October 19, 2012 By Janine 18 Comments

I think I may have some repressed anger issues. In a discussion on favourite movie quotes recently my friends were reminiscing about such lines as, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner". - Dirty Dancing "You had me at hello". - Jerry Maguire "Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you are gonna get". - Forrest Gump Me? Well … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Humour Tagged With: Movie quotes

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WATCHINGI went to see Fiona O'Loughlin last night. She's the comedian who survived alcoholism, a two week coma from not realising, in her drunken state, that the heater in the dive she was living in was leaking carbon monoxide.  Then went on to spend … [Read More...]

Weekend Notes

Watching We headed to the movies this weekend and saw the latest Spike Lee film, BlacKkKlansman. It's the story of the first black cop in the Colorado Springs police force, Ron Stallworth, who in the late 70's managed to infiltrate the Ku Klux … [Read More...]

Sleepless

So I've been awake since 3.00am. In that time I've signed the family up for an organizing app which can run a joint calendar, shared shopping and to-do lists and has downloaded a series of recipes that are supposed to make my "what's for dinner" … [Read More...]

Grey stairs.

The Widow Goes On A Date

The last time I went on a first date Bob Hawke was Prime Minister, Liam Hemsworth was being born, Madonna was singing Vogue on the radio, Macaulay Culkin was being left Home Alone and Kevin Costner was Dancing with Wolves. It was a long time ago … [Read More...]

Father with two daughters.

Another Father’s Day

Hi Simon, How's things going up there? Did you have a beer with your Dad for Father's Dad? We blatantly ignored the day here. Just pretended it wasn't happening. We still think about you every day. I didn't post anything on Facebook because it … [Read More...]

Daisy flowers

Hellooo Again

  Hi, I'm just here unwrapping the dust covers, brushing down the spiderwebs and sweeping up the left-over dreams of my tiny little space on the internet. I know I've been gone almost 12-months. I'm not even sure how that happened. A … [Read More...]

A messy scrapbooking desk

Milestone Moments

Hey Simon, Despite my best intentions to ignore the milestones they keep on happening, with or without you. We celebrated your Mum's 80th birthday back in August. A rushed trip of some 1,850 kilometres all up with just four days to do the 9 hour … [Read More...]

Weekend Notes

What have you been up to this weekend? Watching  We caught Home Again in the cinema. It's the latest Reese Witherspoon film.  It's a fun little comedy. Reese plays Alice a just-turned 40 divorcing mum of two. At her birthday drinks she … [Read More...]

Picture of a beach.

Weekend Notes

  As the weekend draws to a close here's a little of what caught my eye in the last 48 hours. Watching Saw Battle of the Sexes the new Emma Stone movie about the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. Oh what a time … [Read More...]

A Bag of chips, wine, chocolate, lemonade and magazine. A parody of a bug out bag for the apocalypse.

Could You Survive The Apocalypse?

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. … [Read More...]

chocolate and wine

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 … [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 … [Read More...]

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Grey stairs.
Father with two daughters.

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