Weekly Photo Challenge – Purple

July 29, 2012 By Janine 13 Comments

This week's challenge is to take a shot of my favourite colour - purple. Unfortunately we have very few photos containing purple. My brother has absolutely no photos of anything purple, so we have had to resort to a photo of mine. Unlike my self-taught brother I have taken two short courses in photography. One as part of my Journalism … [Read more...]

Who Would Play You In a Movie?

July 29, 2012 By Janine 10 Comments

Ever played that game of trying to work out who would star in a movie of your life? Leaving aside the incongruity of anyone finding my life interesting enough to make a movie about it. Honestly, it would be fascinating watching a middle-aged woman arguing with her children, becoming hysterical over piles of laundry and mulling over what the hell … [Read more...]

What Has Happened to the TV?

July 26, 2012 By Janine 14 Comments

Is it just me or has TV gone to hell? There was a time when my frustration level with television revolved around the fact all the good shows were screening at the one time I couldn't manage to tape them all. Now I struggle to find even one decent show a night to watch. Of course I could spend my evening doing something worthwhile like, you know … [Read more...]

Five Things I Should Have Learnt By Now

July 25, 2012 By Janine 5 Comments

Over at Life in A Pink Fibro Alison Tait wrote a post, 10 Things I Learnt Last Week, then Alana at House Goes Home picked up the concept and ran with it to create 8 Things I didn't Learn Last Week. Now in a shameless rip-off due to limited time and little creativity I'm going with 5 Things I Should Have Learnt By Now. 1. When you start bragging … [Read more...]

Monday Morning Photo – Let there be Light

July 23, 2012 By Janine 3 Comments

Photo by David Fitzpatrick Well another weekend gone by and back to work Monday has arrived. A lot of this weekend was devoted to soccer games. Sheltering under a small plastic beach mat as the wind and rain blew in my face I wondered aloud why we felt it necessary for BOTH parents to attend each game. I declared if this child ended up in … [Read more...]

Letter to Marissa Mayer

July 20, 2012 By Janine 12 Comments

Dear Marissa, Congratulations on your new job as CEO of Yahoo. I know it was a real coup securing the job when you were six months pregnant and it is fantastic that Yahoo were willing to see past the baby bump and value the talent and skill of the woman. I want to jump up and down and celebrate the equality of the situation, but I'm … [Read more...]

Normality, What Is It? Where Do You Get It?

July 19, 2012 By Janine 11 Comments

What's normal? I'm pondering the big questions this morning. It's because Hippie Child's art teacher finds her family "different". I asked what had given her the idea we were different, and the child replied, "the stories I tell", "what stories do you tell?", "just like the ones you tell on THE BLOG". Touche. It probably started when the teacher … [Read more...]

Wandering Through Woolloomooloo

July 17, 2012 By Janine 7 Comments

On our recent trip to Sydney, we spent a couple of hours in Woolloomooloo. It's a suburb that has gone from poor to posh in recent years after the redevelopment of Finger Wharf. Only had the iPhone with me but took some shots for old times sake. This was my husband's old stomping ground when he was in the Navy. The suburb houses Garden Island, … [Read more...]

Monday Morning Photo – Embarking

July 16, 2012 By Janine 6 Comments

Holidays are over so it's back to school and work today. What have you got planned for your week ahead? Hope it's a great week for you. … [Read more...]