I Watch You While You Sleep
“I watch you while you sleep.” More than just a little bit creepy, right? This is a ‘thing’ my kids do. The littlest one, then three- or four-years-old started it, quite accidentally and innocently....
View ArticleHow Maternal are You? Take the Quiz
“I don’t have a maternal bone in my body!” is a cry I hear far too often. Generally accompanied by other such phrases as “I’m such a bad mother” and “I feel so guilty” and “I have no idea what I’m...
View ArticleReading English Good, Fuckit
It is a little know fact, because I don’t really feel the need to go on about it, although I realise that is a little contradictory right now … I’m just trying to set the scene … work with me here,...
View ArticleNormal. Family Day.
Although not ‘normal’ for us to enjoy a Family Day on a Tuesday, it was a day off (thank you Melbourne Cup Day) and it pretty much was about as normal as things are in this household. It did commence...
View ArticleAll Class and Culture
I try. I really do. I try to instil some level of appreciation for the arts in my children. To introduce them, when the opportunity arises, to culture. Boys, of course, will be boys, and one thing I am...
View ArticleThe Nothing
One of the things I really struggle with during the school holidays is the distraction/diversion/obstruction to my work. See, I really, really LOVE what I do. Part of it, absolutely, is doing that...
View ArticleThe Very Horrible Family Day
Yet another Sunday and after a week of arse-sitting in an office, I was bouncing around like a sugared up toddler, desperate to burn off some energy. Also, various corners of the house needed seeing...
View ArticleErroneous Exorcism
Indulging in a moment of uniterruption, which essentially means I had two laptops and my mind going the 12-year-old talking at me, and Grumpy Pants attempting to have a serious and important...
View ArticleReasons I Hate Book Week – Part 1
STOP! Before you click away, this is Not Another Bitch About What To Dress My Kids In For Book Week. Whilst it seems the rest of Australia is in a frantic, mother-stressed frenzy about it all, I appear...
View ArticleReasons I Hate Book Week – Part 2
You probably guessed my rant re Book Week would carry on … the Part 1/Part 2 thing probably gave it away. The last one, that was just a little thing that got up my twat and I didn’t feel okay at all...
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