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Mondays aren’t usually this bad

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Today I have dealt with more than my fair share of angst. I got up this morning with some no small effort and went to check on Tom’s fish tank. I hadn’t done this for nearly a week, Tom had been very responsible with feeding his fish and I’ve been kind of busy. In Tom’s tank I discovered one very ill looking siamese fighting fish lying upside down on the gravel. Tom had to be bundled off to school hoping that his Simo would be ok, I warned him that it didn’t look good. After the kids had gone to … Continue reading Mondays aren’t usually this bad

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Market day

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We held Christmas markets at the school today. In 40 degree heat. (That’s 104F for you non-metric types.) I shared a stall with a friend, it was our first markets for both of us so we had no idea how it would go. Thank FSM that Simone had organised a table cloth and clever deployment of a box for our display, ’cause I completely dropped the bundle on that aspect of things. Our stall It was a bit breezy and the earring displays were exhibiting slight nautical tendencies, sailing across the table every so often. Eventually we managed to arrange … Continue reading Market day

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But wait! There’s more…

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I’m having that “it’s never-ending!” feeling about life just at present. I rather suspect that when I stop I’m going to crash, Monday may be a bit of a write-off. Yesterday at 7am, after going to bed at 4am (I was working, laptop disaster & database problems legacy), I kicked Adam out of bed to get the kids off to school and went back to sleep. Adam woke me at ten to nine and I hauled myself out of bed, my beading kit out to the car and me, car and kit down to Ariane‘s for a craft day. I … Continue reading But wait! There’s more…

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Jupiter jasper

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Another riveting edition of stuff wot I made. Jupiter jasper, tiger jasper and sterling silver necklace a couple of bracelets of the same and a bunch of earrings – Jupiter jasper and sterling silver. Grey skies are making this photography business a bit tricky, wish I’d got around to doing number 3 in my 12 things to do this year list. (Wish I’d got around to doing any of them really…) Continue reading Jupiter jasper

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Wordless-ish Wednesday

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I took Caitlin to her dance concert rehearsal at the UTS Kuring-gai campus this afternoon. On the way there I asked if it would be ok with her if I just dropped her outside the building and didn’t come in, instead of parking miles off and walking her to the theatre. She wanted me to come in with her, despite this being the 7th time we’ve done this. So, because I am a complete push-over I parked off to billy-oh and walked with her to the rehearsal. I was wearing the wrong shoes and my feet and knee hurt and … Continue reading Wordless-ish Wednesday

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The kids have begun singing Christmas songs

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Which would be nice if they ever sang more than the one chorus of the one song over and over again. I need to put together a playlist of my favourite Christmas songs so I can switch it on whenever they start and attempt to expand their repertoire. This one will be on there for starters: White Wine in the Sun by Tim Minchin Click here if you can’t see the embedded video Continue reading The kids have begun singing Christmas songs

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500th post, dedicated to TWOMF

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Just by chance I happened to notice that my next post was going to be my 500th post. I tweeted the revelation, as one does, and pondered upon just what subject matter could be worthy of such a meaningless milestone. Then PZ Meyers pointed me in the direction of a missive from the future. I watched, was highly amused (and most disconcerted at about the 3 minute mark) and simply had to share it right now. Click here if you can’t see the embedded video. And there you have it, the reason my 500th post is dedicated to TWOMF. P.S. … Continue reading 500th post, dedicated to TWOMF

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All blogged up and nothing to say

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I’m sitting in my lounge room surrounded by the remnants of a day-long sorting out of all my beading supplies. It’s going to be very nice to be able to find what I need without having to rummage through a confetti of small plastic bags (instead I will be shuffling piles of plastic boxes) but having spent most of the day sitting in the one spot has left me with a sore back, swollen feet and nothing much to say. (Also, no jewellery made, but I’m trying not to think about that.) The week ahead promises to be fairly full-on. … Continue reading All blogged up and nothing to say