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Dear member of the shopping public

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When you are talking to people who are working or shopping in a sci-fi/fantasy bookshop it might be wise to keep to yourself opinions such as this: “Anyone who buys a sonic screwdriver or a lightsabre, without the excuse of a 3 year old to give it to, is someone who is in desperate need of serious therapy.” I couldn’t let it pass so I joined in the conversation with “My husband owns a sonic screwdriver that the kids are most definitely not allowed to touch and which lives in the pocket of the jacket he wears to work.” “He … Continue reading Dear member of the shopping public

Family & Parenting, Food Glorious Food, Keeping the Masses Entertained, Pets and Other Wildlife, Stuff About Me, Things We Should Talk About at the Dinner Table3 Comments

I’m going to read to you whether you like it or not!

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Today I spent the whole day feeling like nothing was working out quite the way it was supposed to. I had planned to give myself the morning off, once I’d dropped the kids at school I was going to come home and spend an hour and a half doing whatever I bloody well wanted to and then pop up to the school 30 minutes before my Canteen shift began to partake of the Helper’s Morning Tea – a thank you from the staff to all the parent who have helped out at the school throughout the year (I’ve never been … Continue reading I’m going to read to you whether you like it or not!

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Flickr mosaic meme

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The Rules:1. Answer each of the questions below using Flickr2. Choose a photo from the first three pages.3. Copy the URL of your favorite photo into this site.4. Then share with the world. 01. First Name – Miriam02. Favorite Food – Mangoes03. Hometown – Sydney04. Favorite Colour – Green05. Celebrity Crush – Michael Shanks06. Favorite Drink – Margarita07. Dream Holiday – Horse riding08. Favorite Dessert – Tiramasu09. What I Want To Be When I Grow Up – Contented10. What I Love Most In The World – Family11. One Word That Describes Me – Reliable12. My Blogging Name – mimbles 1. … Continue reading Flickr mosaic meme

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Never do anything by halves

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Or even just plain old wholes apparently. Somehow NaBloPoMo’s 30 posts in 30 days turned into 41 posts in 30 days. What can I say? Once you’re floundering for something of interest to post pretty much anything starts to look post-worthy! It’s been fun, I’ve found new blogs to read and I’ve spent way too much time sitting on the lounge with my laptop on my knee and the dog cuddled up against my leg and there’s been a whole heap of new traffic here in my little corner of the net. It’s been lovely to “meet” those of you … Continue reading Never do anything by halves

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Adam has terrible taste in movies

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I’ve been sitting here trying to read blogs while Adam watches 10,000 BC. My god it’s awful. Actually I’m not sure why he’s watching at all given that every so often I’m hearing him exclaim about the variously stupid things happening on screen. I suppose I should be grateful that at least it’s a DVD so I’m not also being subjected to ad breaks. He’s just offered the criticism “they’ve got very good teeth…” Continue reading Adam has terrible taste in movies

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Submissions for the next Down Under Feminist Carnival must be in this weekend

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December’s edition of the Down Under Feminist Carnival is being hosted at Ideologically Impure. You’ve got till the end of the weekend to submit posts for the carnival, so if there’s something you’ve read or written this month that you think needs to be included, send it in. If you can’t access the form, you can use the Hoyden contact instead. Continue reading Submissions for the next Down Under Feminist Carnival must be in this weekend

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Family & Parenting, Keeping the Masses Entertained, Stuff About Me, Things We Should Talk About at the Dinner Table5 Comments

Getting ready

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I’ve spent the last few weeks responding to every hint of Christmas – decorations in shops, carol singing kids at the breakfast table, request from Adam for fruit mince pies (he ended up cooking his own) – by growling “it’s not December yet!” in true bah humbug fashion. But come Monday it will be December and that means there’s a whole bunch of Stuff To Do this weekend. As I mentioned, we’ve done barely any Christmas shopping, so tonight is list writing time and the plan is to be up and out bright and early tomorrow morning for a bit … Continue reading Getting ready