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Never do anything by halves

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Or even just plain old wholes apparently. Somehow NaBloPoMo’s 30 posts in 30 days turned into 41 posts in 30 days. What can I say? Once you’re floundering for something of interest to post pretty much anything starts to look post-worthy! It’s been fun, I’ve found new blogs to read and I’ve spent way too much time sitting on the lounge with my laptop on my knee and the dog cuddled up against my leg and there’s been a whole heap of new traffic here in my little corner of the net. It’s been lovely to “meet” those of you … Continue reading Never do anything by halves

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Clara wants to be chased

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I was playing with Clara in the backyard this afternoon, she was doing her usual thing of trying to get me to chase her by running around me in small circles taunting me with her squeaky toy. I decided I needed to get this on video. No doubt it’s funnier in real life, plus you wouldn’t have to listen to me gasping for breath because I’ve just spent 15 minutes chasing a dog all over the backyard, but still, there’s cuteness there. I kind of mis-framed the bit of her jumping up to my shoulder height to grab the toy, … Continue reading Clara wants to be chased

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Kids and animals are a bugger to photograph

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I started out this morning with the intent of having a decent photo of each of the kids and pets with which to illustrate the ever so fascinating story of my Sunday. I should know better than to make plans that depend on kids and animals behaving for a camera. The short version of my day goes like this: Get out of bed several hours later than intended (must have needed that sleep-in). Flail ineffectually at the chaos in the house (Adam has done wonders with it today as I came and went). Take Clara to dog park, forget to … Continue reading Kids and animals are a bugger to photograph

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Tomorrow it begins

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NaBloPoMo – A whole month of daily posting. Can I do it? Ought I do it? (Does anyone care?) I’ve done it once before, so I know it’s possible. What on earth am I going to write about? I can hardly depend on fortuitous wildlife visitations every day. I might actually have to plan what I post ahead of time. Either that or find lots of silly but irresistible quizzes to do…no, THAT would be cheating. (Ok, so there are no actual rules about content, but I’m a perfectionist so content free posts must be avoided if at all possible.) … Continue reading Tomorrow it begins

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Brunch

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It was kind of hard to get out of bed this morning, Adam and I slept in but we managed to get the kids dressed, fed, packed for school and out the door with just enough time to make it to school before the bell. I popped in to the school office to drop some keys off and have a chat to a couple of people, then took Clara to the dog park where she had a wonderful time chasing, being chased and wrestling with Gem (a lovely 1 year old bitzer who has some staffy in her along with … Continue reading Brunch

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Beautiful plumage!

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Our back deck has a number of regular visitors. There’s the rainbow lorikeets who cling to the fly screen and screech at us demanding breakfast. There’s the possum who comes every evening to clean up anything the birds leave behind. There’s the crimson rosella who with great daring braves the wrath of the lorikeets to try for a share of the apples and bird seed (it never works, those lorikeets are fierce!). And very occasionally we get the King Parrots who are regulars at our neighbour’s back deck and rarely grace us with their presence. One of them dropped in … Continue reading Beautiful plumage!

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*Takes a deep breath*

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*in* *out* *in* *out* Calm… Today was going so well till this evening. I’d got the kids to school on time (instead of our usual by the skin of the teeth thing). I’d been to work and done useful things, picked the kids up and then come home for the kids to change clothes and to let the dog out for a bit. We’d done a quick dash down to Marsfield to visit Great Grandma and made it back to Caitlin’s dance class on time thanks to an incredible run of green lights all the way along Pennant Hills Road … Continue reading *Takes a deep breath*

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My hands are still cold

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I spent nearly half an hour standing outside in the cold from 9pm tonight talking to one of Dave’s teachers (who is made of awesome) after the School Council meeting. I was explaining to her why Dave had come home this afternoon from their 2 day excursion to Bathurst, got in the car with me and alternated between telling me how much fun he’d had doing gold-panning and meeting farm animals and fighting back tears as he told me about the bullying that he and his friends had endured at the hands of a certain group of extremely unpleasant children. … Continue reading My hands are still cold

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It’s been a long day

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You know how I said I might try ice-skating today? Well, I did. I was really apprehensive because I had memories from the last time I tried, years ago, of being so distressed that all I wanted to do was hide somewhere and cry. I remembered that my feet had been in agony but I couldn’t remember what it had been like on the ice. Was I still able to skate (I used to go regularly for sport in high-school and had taken lessons when I lived in the US) or was it just an exercise in frustration and humiliation? … Continue reading It’s been a long day

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Huscarls hillside camp

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We went camping with the Huscarls on the weekend and to be perfectly honest I didn’t have much fun. I don’t mind roughing it a bit but I object very strongly to not having any flat ground to sleep on – sliding feet first off my bed multiple times through the night does not make me happy. There were other problems too but I don’t really feel like going into them here. Suffice to say I’ve had better weekends. Which isn’t to say there was nothing good about the weekend. The kids certainly had fun. The weather was good. Clara … Continue reading Huscarls hillside camp