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It’s too EARLY!!!!

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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 to hang on to my sanity for just a little bit longer and a dozen repetitions of “We wish you a merry Christmas” while I’m trying to make lunches and get the kids to eat breakfast is guaranteed to drive me barmy! Other signs that … Continue reading It’s too EARLY!!!!

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Weigh-in week 13

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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 today. I’m getting a bit sick of that place 😛 I’m there most of tomorrow too but Thursday I get all to myself and I’m planning on doing some Christmas shopping so I’ve been working on my gift list, it’s hard! I need inspiration. Anyone … Continue reading Weigh-in week 13

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DIY Munchkin cards

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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”. If you’re trying to remember why this seems vaguely familiar it’ll be because you’ve read Hogfather. Continue reading DIY Munchkin cards

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Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest.

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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 and there was also a haul of books on various things medieval – anglo saxon crafts, celtic and norse designs, and saxon and viking artefacts – and a set of dvds titled Masterpieces of the British Museum. Breakfast followed, eventually. Tom had been promised maccas … Continue reading Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest.

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Kangaroo paw

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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 Sydney. But then my garden is anathema to most things that are supposed to do well here, so I guess it all balances out in the end 😉 Continue reading Kangaroo paw

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Fans4writers

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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 it all here 😉 Writers on Strike – Fans4Writers CampaignYou would think that when I travel all the way from Australia to the US to go on a holiday, I’d just relax and have fun, right? Um… well, see… while I was in LA, the … Continue reading Fans4writers

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Three things

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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 was not convinced. She’s been doing ballet for 5 years now but doesn’t believe she’s any good at it. This is the third year in a row that I’ve had this conversation. After much persuasion we’ve agreed to trust the teacher’s judgement, after all she’s … Continue reading Three things

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I is tired.

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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 Uniform Pool stuff from the office and and spent a short time pottering about in the uniform shop before beginning my Canteen shift at 11:00am. We were down one volunteer at canteen because no-one has stepped up to fill the vacancy that came up when … Continue reading I is tired.

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Thinking differently & Weigh-in week 12

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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 all the time, it was all about what I shouldn’t do, what I couldn’t have, what I ought to avoid. Switching to Core has helped a little, much less of the counting and calculating and having to assess whether I could “afford” to eat even … Continue reading Thinking differently & Weigh-in week 12

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I almost wish I still lived in Marsfield

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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 that my good friend Ariane popped out a baby girl this morning (welcome to the world Elissa!) and so we got to talking about names and how so many of the names from her generation are no longer being used. Among other names, she mentioned … Continue reading I almost wish I still lived in Marsfield