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...]
Sunrise
My brother captured a magnificent Anzac Day sunrise today. … [Read more...]
Retro Recipes – Anzac Biscuits
I've fallen behind in the A to Z Challenge, now doing a desperate attempt to catch up so I'll do a few posts tonight. In honour of Anzac Day here's a recipe from my Nana's old recipe book. Anzac Biscuits Mix together 1 cup each of rolled oats, sugar and flour, 3/4 cup of coconut and 2 tablespoons of Sunshine milk (I think that's powdered … [Read more...]
Photographic Evidence
Parents of young children, listen up, this is the ONLY piece of parenting advice you need. When you go above and beyond with your children TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS. You know all those activities that are messy, time-consuming, challenging? When you go to the effort of making them happen it is really important that you retain evidence. Because one … [Read more...]
Motherhood
It was always going to be a recipe for disaster. A woman who never held a job for longer than 18 months (I have attention span issues), couldn't manage to keep her bedroom in the share house tidy, and still called her mum for a loan when the electricity bill was due. This is the woman who was about to give birth. To a CHILD. A tiny, dependent … [Read more...]
Kindness
The other day I was rushing to get to an appointment I was nervous about. In my hurry I dropped a glass bottle of soft drink and it smashed to smithereens on the footpath. I put down my bag and started to try to pick up the many pieces of shattered glass when the local butcher and his apprentice came out of their shop with broom and dustpan and … [Read more...]
Joy
I've posted this photo before but I've trying to come up with something for a "J" word and I just reckon this dog looks absolutely joyous. Photo by David Fitzpatrick I'm going to try to take part in the A to Z Challenge Blog Hop this month. That means each day a post related to a letter of the alphabet. Please note if you … [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...]
Chocolate
I ate an entire box of chocolates in one day and I didn't share them with anyone. It was Easter, which I know is about Jesus and stuff, but heathens that we are it tends to be about the chocolate in our house. It was a bit of a dud Easter to be honest. A case of gastro put paid to our usual family lunch. So in the end we sat around on the … [Read more...]
