Category: Blog Link-ups and Memes

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Lemonade

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Liz at Eternal Lizdom has given me this adorable little lemonade stand award, thank you so very much Liz! It is of course, a reference to the motto “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” and is given for having a great attitude/showing gratitude. I’m supposed to pass it on to at least 10 bloggers. I think I might take a page from Alix’s book for this one and dole the award out a few at a time, here’s the first batch: Chally, for deciding to challenge people’s assumptions about young writers.Alix, because if there’s one thing this woman has … Continue reading Lemonade

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Friday Fragments

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Hosted by Mrs4444. I don’t seem to have all that many fragments to share this week despite having missed the weekly brain-dump last Friday. It must be something to do with being on holidays! Well, the kids are on holidays, the main difference for me is I’m doing all my paid work from home, I don’t have to drive anyone anywhere in the afternoons, I don’t have to argue about homework, and I don’t get any time completely alone. All of which is good except that last bit. I’m starting to get weirdly grumpy and I’m pretty sure it’s the … Continue reading Friday Fragments

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More or less Wordless Wednesday

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I have a new niece. She was born the Monday before Christmas and this photo was taken a week later when we went to my sister’s place for morning tea. My mum was holding Adela and had just said something rather outrageous ( I forget what exactly) and Adela’s expression was just the perfect reaction of consternation. Grandma, you’re freaking me out! For more Wordless Wednesdays click here. Continue reading More or less Wordless Wednesday

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Pictorial fragments from the past week

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Hosted by Mrs4444. This week’s Friday Fragments has, very conveniently, been put off till Saturday which means I didn’t have to be incredibly rude and spend part of Christmas Day hiding away behind the laptop in order to participate. Of course just because I didn’t have to have net time yesterday doesn’t mean I stayed completely away…. I’m so addicted. Head on over to Half-Past Kissin’ Time for more fragments from the festive season. **** Our camping trip to Fingal Bay last weekend kicked off to a great start with us stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway, we … Continue reading Pictorial fragments from the past week

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Friday Fragments and Linkfest No. 13

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Hosted by Mrs4444. I won’t be around to comment on everyone else’s Friday Fragments till early next week, we’re off camping at the beach for the weekend – wish us good weather and kid-friendly surf! **** Monday morning’s car trip to school conversation went like this – Tom: Mum, how old do you have to be to mumble mumble mumble? Me: I can’t understand what you’re asking. Tom: *repeats* Me: It’s like you’re speaking a foreign language! Tom: How old do you have to be to have sex? Me: *enlightenment dawns, he was spelling S-E-X and I just wasn’t parsing … Continue reading Friday Fragments and Linkfest No. 13

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25 Things You Had No Desire to Know

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Meme time. Because I can. 1. Name someone with the same birthday as you. Alfred Matthew “Weird Al” Yankovic (I googled my birthday expecting to be completely uninterested in the result, but that kind of appeals.) 2. Where was your first kiss? Against the outside wall of the church hall during a youth fellowship social event. 3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else’s property? No. Nor humorously either. 4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex? Yes, but only for fun 😛 5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people? Nope Except … Continue reading 25 Things You Had No Desire to Know

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Party time!

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Our Christmas party on Saturday afternoon and evening seemed to go well, I certainly had fun and I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only one. We began the afternoon with the traditional sharing of diseases. What? That’s not part of your usual Christmas celebrations? Viv, aka tigtog, fared particularly badly on the contagion front. A little later on, just as Adam had been obliged to duck out for a few minutes, this strange man dressed in a completely inappropriate fashion for a summer day in Sydney, turned up carrying a sack full of goodies. The kids seemed to know what … Continue reading Party time!

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Beginner’s Guide to Messiah

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When Adam announced that he was buying tickets for us to take the kids to a performance of Handel’s Messiah at the Sydney Opera House the day after our Christmas party I was a little unsure of the wisdom of such an endeavour. At breakfast this morning, which we were eating at midday on account of Adam and I having gone to bed at 4am, Tom very nearly confirmed all my fears by greeting the news that we were off to the city with a massive attack of the grumps, but after I threatened dire consequences for bad behaviour and … Continue reading Beginner’s Guide to Messiah