On the eighth day of Christmas, I forgot to blog! I also went on a drive to Wollongong, via the beautiful coastal villages and the stunning Sea Cliff Bridge Young Gun is on his L’s, so he drove all the way down and most of the way back. Fish and chips at Wollongong harbour, nice…
OK, hands up all you parents out there who’ve been guilty of using this argument? And another show of hands if you’ve been outwitted and out-argued by the kids in the process!
Tonight I’m reflecting on the fact that it’s Bookworm’s 18th birthday tomorrow. After tonight I only have one ‘child’ left – the other two are adults, whether actually or technically. It’s gone so fast.
I’ve been coming to the same camping spot for 13 years – this year is our 14th trip to the NSW mid north coast for 2 weeks in January. This year is different, as two of my three kids have stayed behind. Normally we have friends of kids as well, so it is very quiet…
I read a blog post on WordPress’ Freshly Pressed today that got me thinking about my parenting style. In her post, Stephanie at Momma Be Thy Name says Parenting standards have obviously changed over the years (and most for good reason), but here’s why I say our parents rocked. She goes on to list a…
Inspired by Bookgrrl’s post on 5 things that are the same or different to 5 years ago (the last time the Census rolled around) I thought I’d reflect on this too. I had to stop and think about the question of where I was living 5 years ago – it seems like a lifetime ago…
I love this post about letting our kids learn about failing – using the premise that we can learn from failure (or mistakes, or bad decisions or life events or whatever you want to call them) and be better for the experience. I happen to agree with the writer that by continually propping our kids…
I did this last year towards the end of the Blog Every Day in June challenge & I think it’s worth doing again to remind myself that I do other than just blog! So, here’s a list of 30 things I’ve done this month other than write blog posts: 1. Went to Canberra to visit…
WordPress run a ‘daily post’ program, with a new question or theme posed each day. There are hardy souls out there participating in a ‘post a day’ challenge, but I’m happy just following the twitter feed and using the occasional idea as a catalyst for a post. The question “if you got a tattoo what…
Writing this on my iPhone as I wait to meet Bookworm for another theatre production – part of her HSC Drama studies is writing reviews. This time in 5 months the HSC will be over. Finished. Nothing but a memory. In the meantime, there’s this lovely sight as I sit in the Opera House forecourt…
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