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Definitely easier this year.

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Caitlin received her five year trophy for dance tonight (which she’s been hanging out for for three years) and it’s sitting in pride of place on top of the entertainment unit, the equivalent in this house of sending it straight to the pool room. She danced well, I can see such a change from last year, much more precise and focused, and she coped very professionally when she slipped and fell in the evening performance doing ballet – just hopped up and kept going barely missing a beat. I seem to be having a “be proud of Caitlin” week, can’t … Continue reading Definitely easier this year.

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Dear god the STRESS!!

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The continuing saga of the talent quest – Caitlin, not content to rest on her laurels after her singing, has decided to enter with a friend in the dancing section as well. Now, this would be all fine and dandy had they made this decision a couple of weeks ago instead 4 days before they have to officially enter. We need the song chosen and the choreography done by Monday. The girls have just spent an hour agonising over song choice and are at present toying with the possibility of using Greased Lightning. Looks like Caitlin’s friend will be coming … Continue reading Dear god the STRESS!!

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Good day

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It’s been a bit of a lazy day today, Adam “worked” from home so I was still in my pj’s when he took the kids to school. We did some planning together for getting things organised for the weeks ahead and bummed around the house doing nothing much. After lunch we headed off to the school to watch Caitlin do her bit in the talent quest and you know, just quietly, she was fucking awesome. I was so very proud of her, she sang unaccompanied, her voice was strong and clear and I reckon she hit pretty much every note. … Continue reading Good day

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Still having fun with the beads

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Here’s what I’m going to give Caitlin as a congratulatory gift after her dance concerts on Saturday. These next two don’t have homes to go to yet. Caitlin wants to keep the blue one even though it’s way too long for her. Click the pics to embiggen, still need to figure out the camera (RTFM perhaps? :P), the colours don’t come through quite right in the scans. Continue reading Still having fun with the beads

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Random stuff

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Tonight I hand fed the possum a slice of watermelon. A possum eating watermelon with great enthusiasm is a) noisy and b) so very cute. I spent $400 on groceries today, I’d been buying only what we needed to get through the next day or so for the last 3 weeks and we were running out of just about everything. Now I shouldn’t need to shop for non-perishables for another 3 weeks! BBQ dinner on the front deck is a very nice way to spend the evening. Must do more often. Caitlin is entering the school talent quest in the … Continue reading Random stuff

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Designed by David

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Back in October I ended my birthday post with the promise of photos. So it’s next month rather than tomorrow…close enough 😛 Here’s what I wanted to share, my present from David, designed and made by him with some input from Tom (Tom chose the big bead in the centre) to go with a new top I’d just bought. I did need to make it a little longer as the first version ended up with an extension chain and the wire ends were scratching the back of my neck so tonight, with David’s approval, I re-strung it on a longer … Continue reading Designed by David

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Pottery and politics

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Today we voted then drove for 40 minutes to the leather supplies place where we spent more money than planned because there’s no point going that far if you’re not going to make it worth your while. Then it was back home grabbing lunch on the way, we picked up some stuff and headed up to Gosford to the Huscarls meet. Today was a craft day rather than training, we had 12kg of clay to play with. People were making oil burning lamps, bowls, jugs and cups. Adam and I managed a very nice ewer (him) and 5 cups (2 … Continue reading Pottery and politics