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Friday Fragments

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Hosted by Mrs4444. Things about which I am glad: Despite my fears I did not have an excruciating back spasm and find myself swearing loudly in the middle of delivering my Parents & Citizens Association President’s report to the hall packed with the entire families of nearly every student at my kids’ school. When Caitlin tried to pick the front door lock with a stick this afternoon she broke a piece of stick off inside it thus preventing the key from fitting in the lock. The sliding security door uses the same key as the front door (which was the … Continue reading Friday Fragments

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Bye, bye November

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It’s been fun, I’ve written 12 times as many posts as I did last month making it through my third NaBloPoMo with relative ease and, I think, only minor irritation to my family. We have 2 and a half weeks of school left for the kids, that’s only 12 days of primary school to go for David. I got his high school orientation info pack today, so many pieces of paper, so many forms to fill in, fees to pay (I’m interested to see that these include a voluntary $100 per student donation to the P&C – wonder how many … Continue reading Bye, bye November

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Christmas party time!

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Just a quick note to extend an invitation to the lovely Hoydenizens About Town and also to anyone else I should have contacted already but have by some hideous oversight missed. We’re hosting our usual Christmas party again this year When: Sat 12th Dec from 4pm till lateWhere: At our placeWhat: Open house – come early, come late, stay a little or a long while, whatever you can manage we’d love to see you! Santa will arrive a 5:30pm for the kids (don’t forget to tell me if your kids will be there at that time). If you need my … Continue reading Christmas party time!

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Friday Fragments and Linkfest No. 12

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Hosted by Mrs4444. A tossed salad of bits and bobs from the week just gone with a touch of things to come for extra flavour. Be sure to pop over to Mrs4444’s place for other fragmentary offerings for today! 1. On Wednesday afternoon my 12 year old walked into the loungeroom , smiled at me and said “Hi Mum, you’re awesome.” I can live with that. 2. The second dwarf gourami is dead and we’re down to one rummy nose tetra in Tom’s tank. I’m not buying anymore fish till after Christmas, that should give all the tanks plenty of … Continue reading Friday Fragments and Linkfest No. 12

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More thoughts on Scripture in schools

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I started to respond to comments on my previous post on the subject but it was getting kind of epic, so I thought I’d better chuck it all in a post of its own. This may be a little disjointed! (BTW, Scripture = Special Religious Education, or SRE, but no-one calls it that.) A couple of people made reference to the thumb-twiddling in the library being not such a bad thing, I must admit I very nearly included a disclaimer in the original post to the effect that I was quite sure the kids were perfectly happy with the thumb-twiddling … Continue reading More thoughts on Scripture in schools

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I like lizards

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I had just sat down with a cup of tea and a pistachio and cranberry shortbread biscuit (which, incidentally, is rather yummy) when I spotted this intruder perched on the top of my backpack beside the lounge. I love those long toes, so cute! Teeny little skink I caught it and took it outside where it promptly ran up my arm, jumped onto my shirt, scurried down my front, slunk around behind me and tried to hide up the leg of my shorts. Fortunately Adam was able to head it off at the pass without hurting it and it’s now … Continue reading I like lizards

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One word meme

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I’ve seen this one floating around in various forms a bit lately and I had it tucked away in the back of my mind for a day like today. It’s day 24 of NaBloPoMo and the muse was not visiting. So a meme it is – one word answers to a bunch of questions which may or may not mean something, you decide 😛 1. Where is your cell phone? Table 2. Your significant other? Hubby 🙂 3. Your hair? Dishevelled 4. Your mother? Awesome 5. Your father? Generous 6. Your favourite thing? Peace 7. Your dream last night? Forgotten … Continue reading One word meme

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Better late than never?

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Many moons ago, back in March to be precise, I participated in a blogging meme titled Want a gift from me? I was supposed to deliver those gifts within a month of posting the offer. Here we are almost 8 months later and it hasn’t been done – man am I ever slack! Time to remedy the situation I think. Alix, Mel and Marjorie, I know the gift was supposed to be a surprise but I have these super cute Christmas earrings so I’m kind of hoping that you all have pierced ears and a fondness for Christmas sparkliness, can … Continue reading Better late than never?