I've finally found a reality TV show I can participate in. I'm disqualified from the building, home renovation shows, because lets face it after a decade of building a house which still remains unfinished and undecorated makes me instantly ineligible. I've had more cooking disasters than successes, my technique is hit-and-miss and I'm lost … [Read more...]
I have a go at the Proust Questionnaire
So there is this thing called the Proust Questionnaire. Apparently it's an old parlour game that is a questionnaire about your personality. It takes its name from the answers given by French writer Marcel Proust when he played the game back in 1890. In the modern day Vanity Fair regularly asks the Proust Questionnaire of the rich and famous … [Read more...]
Two Years on The Grief Journey
So it turns out this grief thing doesn't have an end date. The calendar says it's been two years but our hearts still feel like it was yesterday. You've got no idea the number of people who drown, this summer has been a particularly bad one. I want to pass a law that nobody goes onto a beach without a life jacket. It seems there's a lot of … [Read more...]
Life Goes On
So many changes is such a short time. One leaves home Since we last spoke, Hippie Child has moved out of home. Living two and a half hours away she's studying art at University. I've managed to get her to make me her friend on Facebook, it's the only way I can get to communicate with her, whenever I call she's too busy to talk. You know … [Read more...]
HOME ALONE
Well this is an unusual scenario. I'm home alone. One child is off camping the other at a birthday party sleepover. I've just realised I haven't had the house to myself since I went back to full-time work. I think I've forgotten what to do with myself. I did consider running around the house naked. The last time I did the run from my bedroom to … [Read more...]
DAY TRIP TO ELLENBOROUGH FALLS
We took a day trip to Ellenborough Falls at Elands last week. Princess Child wanted to take photographs so we navigated the two hour drive from Port Macquarie over a large stretch of winding, dirt road, because you know I like to support my children's ambitions. At 200 metres, Ellenborough Falls is one of the longest single drop waterfalls in … [Read more...]
SWEET SIXTEEN – A BIRTHDAY LETTER
Dear Princess Child Yesterday you turned sixteen!! Old enough to get your learner's permit to drive! The years are melting away and before I know it you will be following your sister out into the big world. I just wanted to pen a little note to you to say how awesome you are. Losing your Dad broke your heart into a million … [Read more...]
Entering the Bureaucracy of Adulthood
My holidays are nearing an end and I haven't accomplished half of what I wanted to do. So in a desperate catch-up effort this week I'm trying to get at least the vitally important stuff completed. Yesterday I introduced Hippie Child to the great world of bureaucracy. We even went down the dark abyss that is Centrelink. We … [Read more...]
Taking Stock – January 2016
At the start of a New Year I thought it was probably timely to do a Taking Stock post - the idea blatantly nicked from the lovely Pip at Meet Me At Mikes. I'm on holidays (22 December until 18 January) so I have had a deliciously long break to do all the things you don't get time to do when you are working. Of course the downside is … [Read more...]
Watching Right Now #makingamurderer #joy
On a long summer break we have spent an inordinate amount of time watching television and movies. Our internet usage has skyrocketed! Here's some of what we've been viewing. Making A Murderer - if you were a fan of the Serial podcast you will like this Netflix documentary. It's a fascinating looking at the legal system in the US. Filmed … [Read more...]
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