Category: Blog Link-ups and Memes

  • Three things

    My daughter came out of her ballet class with tears in her eyes tonight because she “got a bit worried” when her teacher told the class she believed they would all be ready to move up from Grade 2 to Grade 3 next year. I pointed out that this was a good thing but Caitlin…

  • I is tired.

    Today was one of my busy Wednesdays. Every so often my volunteering duties at the school align to give me a day like today. It began with reading groups in Caitlin’s class at 9:00am which I left early to go to reading groups in Tom’s class at 9:30am. Then at 10:15am I went and collected…

  • Thinking differently & Weigh-in week 12

    There’s this thing that happens when every thought you have about food is about restrictions, when there’s a moral overtone to decision making, when all the time the idea of failure is lurking in the back of your mind. It drives you slightly nuts. I was starting to feel like I was fighting with myself…

  • I almost wish I still lived in Marsfield

    I spent the day with my almost 97 year old grandmother today. She’s kind of amazing, still in very good health for her age, mentally sharp as a tack (regularly beats the socks off my mum playing scrabble) and always has something new and unexpected to tell me when I visit. I was telling her…

  • Jipped

    David just won the game of Super Munchkin we were playing by killing some Level 1 Thugs. There is no justice. Also while we were playing guess who squeezed in between the fly screen and the closed kitchen window and succeeded in dislodging the screen from its frame altogether?

  • My daughter wishes me to share with you.

    Oh yes, 9 year old humour, it is funny 😀 Caitlin drew this while I was watching the episode Blink, I suspect it was by way of therapy of sorts after she’d inadvertently seen a few minutes of the show. Now I just have to persuade her to do an entire comic strip’s worth of…

  • I really should fix that fly-screen

    There’s a possum in the house! It wasn’t the least bothered by being caught in the act. All the lights were on and the kids were watching TV in the next room, so when I heard clattering in the kitchen I assumed they were raiding for after dinner snacks. When no-one answered my call of…

  • Aaaaaargh!

    Today I am wearing my “You Are Here” tshirt from thinkgeek. Caitlin’s friend asked me if it was the milky way. Yes, and that’s where the Earth is I say pointing to the spot indicated on the shirt. Then she asked me if I knew what was in the middle, so I said yes I…

  • New Joss TV show on the way!

    Best News Ever! Joss Whedon Spills Exclusive Deets on His New SeriesKristin at E! Online reports: Whedon’s new Fox series, called Dollhouse, stars Miss Eliza Dushku, best known as Faith to you Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans. And this show isn’t just a pilot. It’s already been given a seven-episode commitment by Fox. Woo! Here’s…

  • Link-fest No.1

    Not sure how often I’ll post one of these, probably whenever I’ve collected a decent number of links and before they get too out of date. On Alas! A blog Myca links to a series of essays titled “Christians in the Hand of an Angry God” posted by bradhicks on his LJ. (The LJ posts…