If Annabel Crabb and I weren't both straight women I would kiss her passionately on the lips. Finally, somebody explains clearly the impact of children, family responsibilities and the goddamn housework on a woman's ability to participate fully in the workforce. Finally, somebody lays out the impediments men face in trying to have … [Read more...]
The F Series – We Could Need Help.
"Gender equality is not a battle of the sexes – it is about one half of humanity supporting each other," Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner. In 1967 a nineteen year-old student at Syracuse University, Kathrine Switzer, was unofficially training with the men's cross-country team because there was no female running team. A 50 … [Read more...]
Just Apologising In Advance To My Readers
Dear Readers, I tried to get over my anger regarding feminism/equality/commentators but I failed. So for the next five days I'm going to inflict upon you The F Series. It's a series where I wander aimlessly through the vast empty expanse of my tired mind to try to sort exactly what I think about that bloody F word. Hopefully, there may be … [Read more...]
Trying to find the funny
Dear Simon I have to write to you because I got all angry and ranty on the blog and Facebook yesterday and promised my readers I would go back to writing funny letters to my dead husband today. So .... anything amusing happening up where you are? Does God have a sense of humour? I have a big day planned, I'm cleaning out the study. Don't you … [Read more...]
The Feminism Battle Continues
The bitchiness has to stop, we are inhaling it like it is a carbon emission blowing out of the exhaust pipe of the cross town bus we are stuck behind. Snark is the idiots version of wit and we are being polluted by it. There are things we can do. Things that we can do every day, things that are free. We can be one inch nicer to each other, an … [Read more...]
Year 12 Begins
Hippie Child has started Year 12. I think I’m going to take up serious drinking. In fact, I don’t know why Liquorland doesn’t have a discount card for HSC parents, it would be a marketing goldmine. I’ve given her the pep talk. We started off strong, she even did some study on day one. Now if we can just get through the next 364 days we’ll be … [Read more...]
September Achievements
Organised the logistics of taking two teenagers away within the only four day window available between their other engagements. Managed to pull it off only a few days before leaving (when they eventually agreed to go away). I am a champion. Finally wrote down everything I need to do. Got to 45 things (90 per cent related to Simon's death) before … [Read more...]
Half A Year
Dear Simon, Guess what? I fixed that blocked drain in the bathroom. OK so I just poured some draino stuff down it, but then I had to do some poking around with a chopstick to get rid of some of the glunkier hair mass. (Why do our daughters have long hair? Why?) So don't rain on my parade I FIXED something. Your birds came to visit yesterday. … [Read more...]
One Down One Up 26/09/2014
Let's just all accept that for me Monday is the new Friday. I seem to be consistent in my late posting to Chrystina's link-up. One Down Princess Child has had three teeth removed and braces put on. Princess Child has been in pain and struggling. The last week has been a battleground of trying to get her to eat and drink. Remember this is a … [Read more...]
Visiting Whitehaven Beach on The Whitsundays
We decided to take a day trip to Whitehaven Beach. I had images of a nice sedate cruise on the catamaran yacht with food from a five star Airlie Beach restaurant and alcohol. Instead the girls chose the highspeed jetboat/inflatable thing. That was how I found myself surrounding by twenty-something backpackers, the girls in gorgeous bikinis and the … [Read more...]
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