We are heading into the tail end of the year (how fast are the months flying by?). It's one of those years with a "chapter closing". You know the type, a life stage when you do things for "the last time", when you know you won't be going back. Next year my youngest child heads off to high school. So for the next few months we will be saying … [Read more...]
Five Things I Should Have Learnt By Now
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...]
Normality, What Is It? Where Do You Get It?
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...]
Remembering Cracker Night
We enjoyed sparklers and a bonfire last weekend and it reminded me a little of cracker night. Do you remember the frosty, winter nights when your back yard lit up with exploding fireworks? Small children cried in fear, dogs howled, dad's did stupid things, older kids blew up the neighbours letterboxes ... I may not be painting cracker night in the … [Read more...]
The Fridge Debacle
On Friday 30 bloggers were invited to Kirribilli House to meet the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. I wasn't invited. Something to do with not enough reach or influence I suspect (although I would argue the ten of you I have left after the great blog move are highly influential people). It was blogger power to the fore as Julia learnt about the … [Read more...]
Who the Hell Am I?
My eldest daughter, the Hippie Child worries, she's 15 and doesn't know what she wants to do for a career. The pressure starts early now. My hollow reassurances that she will figure it eventually are of little comfort. The process of discovering yourself, creating a life, establishing a career is a never-ending cycle of success, failure, regret, … [Read more...]
Letting Go
Obviously writing about being sleep deprived recently meant I had to go back - just to remind myself. Hippie Child went with a friend to a concert in Newcastle this week (that's almost a three-hour drive from home). I found myself wandering the house wondering if I should wait up, or go to bed. They weren't expected home until about 2.00am. Mr … [Read more...]
Life Before Children
Last week somewhere between finding lost socks and transporting children to endless activities I was struck by a thought (just one, my crowded mind can't cope with more than that at the moment). I realised I've got no memory of life before children. Is it some sort of parental dementia designed to help your fragile brain cope with the … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge – Summer
While I sit here rugged up in my winter woolies, the Weekly Photo Challenge asks me to cast my mind back to the summer. It was a soggy season, lots of rain and not nearly enough hot sun. However during one warm day Princess Child got out into the front yard and proved you can never be too old for a bit of fun with the garden hose and sprinkler. She … [Read more...]
A Year of Last
Youngest children thrive in an environment of benign neglect. They have to, it's all they have available to them. Eldest children enjoy a parent's undivided attention, they are the prototype of our parenting and as such we relish every moment, recognising milestones, throwing ourselves into this brave new world. When my eldest started school, I … [Read more...]
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