Running on the spot
Feels like I’m constantly trying to get things done right now and for every step forward I make, another ten steps appear! Top of the list is the house hunting, which is proving depressing. Have...
View ArticleBusy week
It’s amazing how quickly time races when you are busy. This past week or so has been a blur of socialising (mostly kids), house hunting (still no luck) and publishing activities (whose silly idea was...
View ArticleWherein we act a little touristy
We have had a lovely couple of days for the beginning of our extra long, long weekend. The kids took the day off school on Thursday and after a short visit to the new house (which we got the keys for...
View ArticleWhere does time go?
I’ve had trouble getting anything written here – I blame visitors, school holidays and the fact I’m blogging elsewhere! We’ve had a very social few weeks which has included multiple sleepovers, a Tansy...
View ArticleSix hours in an airport with four kids … and counting.
I’m taking the kids to visit my parents in Queensland for the school holidays, leaving husband home alone in blissful peace pining for us. Yesterday arvo we got a text from QANTAS saying our...
View ArticleOkay, so I’ve been busy, what’s new?!
Yes, the last time I posted properly was on the first day of our holiday. Yes, that was nearly a full month ago. GOOD GRIEF WHERE DOES TIME GO?! I know; it disappears down the vortex of university...
View ArticleStill here!
I’m just going to list the things I’ve been doing instead of blogging, because that might explain why I haven’t been blogging… Marking university assignments and sessional tutoring (two different...
View ArticleSchool holidays
It’s school holidays and I feel like I’ve kind of fallen off the internet in my mad efforts to get ALL THE THINGS DONE in the two week break before ploughing back into my full-time and full-on job....
View ArticleKeeping me honest
My holiday plans kind of went askew, because I decided to drive up to Queensland to spend a few days at Mum & Dad’s farm. The kids are having a ball, and though the temperatures are pretty frosty...
View ArticleThe holidays are over, and what have we done?
Well, for starters, I spent SEVERAL DAYS driving several children across three states. We left on the first Wednesday of the holidays, and surprised Mum & Dad by turning up on their doorstep, which...
View ArticleWell, that was the holidays
While I know intellectually I’ve achieved a fair bit these holidays, at the same time it feels like the two weeks have absolutely flown by and I can’t quite believe I have to go back to work tomorrow....
View ArticleIt’s holidays again!
Time really does speed up as you get older, I’m sure of it. I mean, yes, I had two weeks off work post-appendectomy, but still, term 3 absolutely flew by and here we are again at school holidays. And...
View ArticleAnd just like that, the holidays are ending…
Two weeks pass like the blink of an eye. At least I didn’t lose most of the break to Teen Wolf like I did LAST break, but a full week of gardening apparently sucks your time just as much as an...
View ArticleIt’s the holidays!
The Christmas school holidays started for me last Friday afternoon, and I’ve been having a social time ever since! This week I’ve had baby cuddles and lovely chats at Karen’s place, a massage and...
View ArticleScattery all over the place
I’m trying to get things done this week, and I’m being successful in dribs and drabs. I scrubbed the floor in the bathroom (as in, with a scrubbing brush and bleach – who knew how satisfying that task...
View ArticleIt’s only five weeks since the holidays ended…
…so it’s perfectly okay that I’m just now posting my “What I Did On My Holidays” list, right? I took a bit of a social media break on my last school holidays – deleted the apps off my phone, made the...
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