So I tried to work my way through the alphabet in the A to Z Challenge. I got to S before the internet dropped out and the family went into meltdown, wandering aimlessly around the house with zombie-like expressions on their face declaring "there's nothing TO DOOOO, we have no internet!!!". It's probably for the best - I didn't have a clue what … [Read more...]
Laughter
What makes you laugh? When was the last time you had a good giggle? Humour is so subjective isn't it? When a comedian bombs with a joke the silence from the audience is very awkward, but when they nail it the house rocks! This week I've laughed at: A piece doing the rounds called Growing Up Without A Cell Phone (thanks Michele A) I … [Read more...]
Ideas
I'm an ideas person. Ideas, I've got a million. Execution and follow-up not so strong. But I can think outside the square. Come up with solutions to your problems (probably better at solving your problems than my own but that's OK). Watching TV last night I came up with one of my best ideas ever! Big Brother is calling for contestants over … [Read more...]
Ageing
It is a lamentable state of being, this ageing thing. There are lumps and bumps. Aches and creaks. Mysterious stabs of pain that are nothing, or could be something, who knows. Your knees go on you, then your back gets dodgy. Tomorrow I'm back to the optometrist to pick up my MULTIFOCAL glasses. It wasn't bad enough that whoever is running this … [Read more...]
Harlem Shaking and Bellingen Boots
It takes a special kind of crazy to book yourself into two conferences, back-to-back over five days, 412 kilometres apart. Then as if it's not difficult enough, you invite the family to accompany you to one of those conferences. I've just spent five days listening to an assortment of creative people talk about their experiences in both … [Read more...]
Household Tips For The Domestically Challenged
I'm not sure how it happened. One minute I was keeping my surname, planning a career, ready to take on the world the next I was living in the suburbs with two little aliens (some people would call them children, they would be wrong). The irony of my becoming a housewife induced side-splitting laughter amongst my friends. Me, the woman who served … [Read more...]
Winning, Losing and Everything In Between
This month the family and I have eaten our body weight in a particular ice-cream confectionary. There's still a few more boxes to get through before we have completed the challenge. Then I don't think any of us will ever eat one again. You see there's a competition, you could win $100,000. So in the hope of winning, I've been buying specially … [Read more...]
Animal Farm
Yesterday here at Shambles Manor it was all butterflies and flowers as I wrote a lovely post to my eldest daughter in honour of her 16th birthday. Today, well the atmosphere has grown decidedly icy, you could grow stalagmites. You see, turns out I am an evil mother. At the last-minute I purchased tickets to see a play, without consulting, … [Read more...]
Self Development in the Middle of Chaos
Here at Shambles Manor the eldest is in the middle of exams, the youngest is having sex education talks at school. I'm alternating between the history of astronomy and why do ovaries look like strawberries? Please God don't let me get this mixed up and give the wrong information to the wrong kid. How could I possibly be lecturing about the … [Read more...]
An Award Leads To The World’s Longest Blog Post
"Random Facts About Me" Click on the link above to see this word cloud at WordItOut. You may also view it on this website if you enable JavaScript (see your web browser settings). Word cloud made with WordItOut Every now and then kind people pass on awards to me. They are designed to help new bloggers increase their … [Read more...]
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