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Blog Link-ups and Memes, Family & Parenting, Historical reenactment, Pets and Other Wildlife4 Comments

It’s a lovely day for a battle.

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We went to Berrima today and completely failed to go to any of the fabulous antique shops, or historic buildings and little museums, or the cafes, or even the pub. Instead we spent the whole day at the village green for a combined groups training session organised by the Ancient Arts Fellowship. It was a beautiful day, perfect weather for not wearing a long-sleeved Viking dress. So I wussed out and didn’t get dressed up 😛 We took Clara with us and for a little while, just after we got in the car this morning, we thought she was going … Continue reading It’s a lovely day for a battle.

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Friday Fragments

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This Friday Fragments thing seemed like quite a good idea today seeing as I was rapidly running out of day and hadn’t come up with anything of substance to post. Mrs4444 has been fragmenting on a weekly basis for quite some time, in fact this week is her 70th Friday Fragments post and here I am embarking on my very first. Here goes! 1. I spoke too soon on the matter of no dead fish. When I went to kiss Tom goodnight last night I discovered one of the rummy nose tetras had expired, apparently they are quite sensitive to … Continue reading Friday Fragments

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Family & Parenting, Keeping the Masses Entertained6 Comments

School talent quest

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This year I had two little performers doing their thing at the school talent quest, both of them practiced hard and both of them were fabulous (I may be a little biased here of course.) Tom was persuaded to sing without any music, here’s his rendition of the first half of “I Will Survive.” Click here if you can’t see the embedded video. Continue reading School talent quest

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Sleep deprivation, I haz it

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I procrastinated a little too long last night and ended up still working on P&C stuff after 2am which left me with less than 4 hours of sleeping time. I had to get to the shops before school started to get extra supplies for the Kindy Orientation morning tea this morning then go to work and come home to a full afternoon of kid-wrangling – homework, drama class, singing lesson and preparation for the school talent quest tomorrow. Mum helped again, she is totally my hero. Then there was the conjuring of dinner and having Adam’s mum join us for … Continue reading Sleep deprivation, I haz it

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Family & Parenting, Jewellery, Things We Should Talk About at the Dinner Table7 Comments

Pretty rocks and NaBloPoMo prize

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*****UPDATE***** The school Christmas markets are done and as promised here are the options for one lucky NaBloPoMo prize winner to choose from. A) Moukaite jasper necklace with gold plated beads, bead caps and toggle clasp. Length 49.5cm. With matching earrings.Click on the photos for bigger images. B) Snowflake obsidian and riverstone necklace with silver plated bead caps and sterling silver toggle clasp. Length ~49cm. With matching earrings.Click on the photos for bigger images. C) Sodalite and riverstone necklace with pewter beads and sterling silver toggle clasp. Length 52 cm. With matching earrings.Click on the photos for bigger images. *****************On … Continue reading Pretty rocks and NaBloPoMo prize

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Chorizo and smoked chicken risotto

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I’ve been meaning to make a risotto that involved chorizo for quite some time so when Adam announced this morning that he’d really like risotto for dinner I decided tonight would be the night. Not having a recipe that quite hit the mark I decided to experiment and wandered about Woolworths popping anything that seemed like a good idea into my trolley. As I began cooking tonight, Tom asked my Mum if she was staying for dinner – she’d been helping out with the kids’ homework as she often does on a Monday afternoon, because she is made of all … Continue reading Chorizo and smoked chicken risotto

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Oh bugger!

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Last night, when I was sitting with my laptop perched on the arm of the lounge beside me, Adam asked me where the iPod sync cable was. Without thinking I twisted round to rummage amongst the detritus on the coffee table beside the lounge. Adam yelped and reached for my plummeting laptop, he made contact and slowed the descent, but it was no good. It must have hit at just the wrong angle, I picked it up and this is what I saw: Luckily we have Adam’s defunct MacBook, that is the same model and has a perfectly good screen, … Continue reading Oh bugger!