Category: Blog Link-ups and Memes

  • Party hard, pay the next day

    Oh my poor aching feet and knees! HA! You thought this was going to be about a hangover didn’t you? Well, sorry to disappoint 😛 Although there was cider and sparkling shiraz involved last night the vast majority of liquid passing my lips was water. I think I drank something close to 3L in 4.5…

  • In which my car gets a good workout

    Trips today up the super steep hill at the bottom of which we live:1. Caitlin to dance dress rehearsal at 8:30am2. Me to dress rehearsal to change her hair do at 9:30am3. Back to pick up from dress rehearsal at 11:00am4. Caitlin to dress rehearsal again at 2:30pm5. Me to shops at 3:00pm6. Final pick…

  • Blood, B12 and beading

    Today at school Tom got bitten on the thigh by one of his classmates, she drew blood and all. His teacher assured me that it was entirely unprovoked and I do know this child has been quite difficult all year, but biting!? Haven’t had that before. It happened just before the end of day bell…

  • Beware, content free post ahead

    Ok, I’m not claiming that makes this one different in any way. I just couldn’t think of a title 😛 Hey, it’s the 15th today! That means I’m half-way through NaBloPoMo. Have I bored you all to death yet? (Fishing for compliments? Never! Don’t know what you mean….) I took the kids shopping for shoes…

  • It’s too EARLY!!!!

    My kids have taken to wandering around the house singing Christmas carols and when I got home last night Tom and Caitlin had dug out the animated music playing stuffed reindeer and Santa. I made them put them back in the cupboard till December because I’m mean like that. Besides, I have an unreasonable desire…

  • Weigh-in week 13

    I managed a loss of 0.9kg this week which brings me back to 8.5kg lost. I’m going to stick with Core for a couple more weeks at least, I’m feeling much more relaxed about my eating so it seems to be working quite well for now. I was at the school for half the day…

  • DIY Munchkin cards

    This afternoon the kids decided to make their own Munchkin cards. This is one of Tom’s creations – a Level 20 Tooth Fairy, if you defeat it you get 4 treasures and go up 3 levels, but should you lose the fight the bad stuff that happens is “pulls out your teeth, lose a level”.…

  • Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest.

    Adam got back from Amsterdam this morning so the day started early with the distribution of loot among the kids. The boys got mini remote control helicopters, no I don’t know what that has to do with Holland either, and Caitlin scored a very pretty Swarovski crystal pendant. I got tea from the British Museum…

  • Kangaroo paw

    I love sitting on my front deck looking at the garden and for the last few weeks I’ve been meaning to grab my camera the minute the sun came out and get a shot of the kangaroo paws. And here they are. My gardener is very proud of these, apparently they don’t do well in…

  • Fans4writers

    Fellow Browncoat JenskiJen is on holidays in the US…sort of. While she was in LA, the Writers Guild of America went on strike. And Jen, being Jen, volunteered to help out the fandom support campaign. The full story is on her LJ but to save you the trouble of an extra click you can read…