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| Where have I been?
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Posted 9:07 AM on Wed-15-May-2013
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It's obvious I haven't had much time for blogging lately. I thought that when Pocket started school I would have much more time on my hands, but apparently not. I don't know if I expect more of myself now, or if I waste time more, but I still don't seem to have found a miracle cure to getting everything done I need to on any given day.Incase anyone has missed me, here's how life has been going for me lately...The workshop has been crazy busy, and I'm grateful for that. In hard times and as people pack up and leave small towns like ours, I certainly shouldn't be taking the work coming in for granted, but when times are so busy, if can feel like you're b
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| My 13 Things for 2013
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Posted 3:36 PM on Tue-14-May-2013
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There are yet heaps of things I would like to do and accomplish, and yet, realistically I know some are just lofty dreams or mere wishful thinking on my part. For this year, though, Ive joined other Kidspot mums in coming up with 13 Things Im setting out to do:1. Get a licence to drive and drive well. I never drove a car before and only started taking driving lessons last year. Practising only on weekends, though. After 5 takes, Im happy to say I passed my restricted practical driving test last March (8 -- Womens Day) and have been driving almost every day since. I am, nonetheless, only halfway of accomplishing the main goal, with yet the full licence to acquire in September-October.
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| I swear
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Posted 9:19 AM on Fri-15-Feb-2013
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In my mere eight years of being a Mum, I have managed rather well, I think, to not swear in front of the children. I'm only human though and of course there is the odd occasion (ie: sudden pain) where I have not been able to control my mouth.Last night was the perfect example. You see, in my wisdom, I decided to start up a book club. "8pm" I said ensuring myself that would be time enough to clear the dishes & put the kids to bed. However, I'd forgotten Thursday night was also Scouts night and so things were a little pushed for time. So my brain got away with me a bit and zipping around from one side of the living area to the other like a mad thing, and I managed to wa
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| Aunty who?
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Posted 9:16 AM on Mon-11-Feb-2013
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This keeps coming up on Facebook. It always hits a bit of a nerve with me. I've got great aunties. Only three but they're all really nice. Don't get me wrong, they have their quirks, but doesn't everyone?The reason this particular 'share and like' thingy hits a nerve is because being an Aunty is something I've pretty much given up all hope of ever being. I'm sure I've blogged about it before, but this Aunty thing just keeps coming up over and over again, be it little ditty's like the one above or gorgeous photos people share of their delicious new niece or nephew.Some people say "oh, I know what you mean, I never see my nephews, they liv
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| Night terrors!
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Posted 8:44 AM on Tue-29-Jan-2013
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Picture this... it's 10.45pm. You're the last one up and in the dim of the hallway light you sneak into each child's room to give them a quick kiss before heading off to bed yourself.Having checked first child, and now standing at second child's beside, your leg brushes against the valance. But it's not JUST the valance. Something tickles your shin and starts to make its way towards your knee. You silent scream as to not wake sleeping child. With your opposite foot you quickly 'swat' what ever is on your leg. However, what ever it is, is quicker than you and helps itself to the underside of your toes - and grips on!Heart pounding, you try not to scream for
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| Mind the bump
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Posted 10:06 AM on Mon-21-Jan-2013
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Growing up, particularly as a teenager, I used to roll my eyes at my mother worrying about her pot belly. Now though, after two kids of my own (and the glasses of wine that can go with the 5pm grumpies lol) I now know exactly what she was on about. For I too now have the belly. Handed down from one generation to the next. And I hate it!We're thoroughbreds you see. Skinny Minnies a term bandied around that probably fits rather well. Skinny Minnies apart from 'the bump'. This bump wouldn't look so bad had we been blessed with decent sized boobies, or a bit of meat elsewhere on our frames. Alas though, any weight we carry only ever arrives in one spot. The stomach. And no am
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| Me-time
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Posted 9:58 PM on Tue-18-Dec-2012
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I've always been a person who loved being alone. As a child I would play for hours by myself - I guess I had to as my older siblings were 5 & 6 when I was born so at school when I was learning to play and do things. I always had to have a place to go to be alone and think or write. As a teenager I always needed time by myself and even more so now I'm a mum. I treasure my shower or bath time every day. It's like my little haven of peace and quiet where I can just think. Sometimes the first chance I get to have some time along isn't until the evening and today was one of those days. My wee girl wakes early and doesn't always have a sleep. Today she did have a
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| Do as I say, don't do as I do
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Posted 2:50 PM on Wed-21-Nov-2012
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From time to time we all find ourselves saying those parenting 101 phrases we had said to us so many times when we were growing up. One of the classics of course being "do as I say, don't do as I do".Do tell though, how you manage to come across as anything other than a hypocrite when it's a nervous habit like biting finger nails? I've been a biter, a peeler, a picker of nails for as long as I can remember. I do a lot better with it these days, however, old habits die hard as they say, and rather than hunting around to find some clippers or a nail file if I break a nail (which is often working in a workshop), I tend to just pull my nail or gnaw at it to level it off
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| Noises
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Posted 4:26 PM on Sat-17-Nov-2012
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Can you hear that? Even if you can, you're probably wondering what the heck it is. That, my friends is the sound of silence. Well, silence, raindrops, and computer keys tinkering.I have the innies here this weekend, and when I say 'I', that's what I mean. The Bloke is away at a first aid course this weekend, so he managed a quick hello to his parents before setting off over the hill at 7am.Today it's raining, and the lack of outdoor activity choices has become more apparent as the day has progressed. Pocket and The Legend, although they haven't been particularly boisterous, are definitely showing signs of cabin fever.What a shame Koro needed to do a run to the s
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