Taking a moment to consider my "favourites" for 2012. My favourite song of 2012 is from Delta Goodrem. It's dedicated to a childhood friend she lost in an accident in 2009. It's absolutely beautiful and deeply sad. http://youtu.be/tFFq31fBoeI The speech of the year goes to Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. When she stood up in Parliament and … [Read more...]
TV In The Bedroom Yes or No?
I'm sure if we had gone to counselling before the wedding there would have much time spent on whether we were on agreement on the big issues. Do you want children? Will the children be raised in a religion? How will you handle finances? Will somebody stay at home with the kids or not? However, in the end we just muddled our way through the big … [Read more...]
Trapped in Re-runs
We don't have pay TV - Mr Shambles is a conscientious objector to paying for television - "they want me to pay for this drivel?" However, he did upgrade our 13-year-old television to a digital model. So now we can't get the ABC at all and during rainy weather (and let me tell you it rains a lot here on the coast) we endure the … [Read more...]