Counting and running as I go
Counting and running as I go New Norfolk, Australia New Norfolk, Australia In February 1979, our family packed up my father’s baby-spew green Datsun 180B (apparently the actual name of this shade is Datsun Spring Lime. Who knew.) and embarked on the biggest adventure of my life up to...
Book 13/24: Mindset
I’ve skipped a few book posts because this one is important to me starting out my second #steppingonthecracks challenge next week. I had never heard of the growth mindset until recently. A few weeks ago, I saw it mentioned in three unrelated things I was reading, which made me want to find...
a day out with kids, trash and plastic
On Wednesday I went with Juniordwarf’s class on an excursion all about rubbish. The other parents who had volunteered for this task joined the class and one of the older classes in the morning for a walk to Salamanca. Moving 50+ kids in a walking train is no easy...
And so another school year begins
Today Juniordwarf started Grade 3. I don’t know about anyone else who has kids, but these holidays seemed to fly by. Yet even though the holidays have zoomed past us, last year (when we were wishing his Grade 2 teacher all the best for her retirement) seems like a...
silent sunday
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12 of 12 March 2014
12 March 2014 was a Wednesday, two days after a Public Holiday. School has been back for five weeks – so it’s only five more until the next lot of school holidays. I’m into Week 2 of “training” for the CARE Australia Walk in her Shoes challenge, which starts...
30 days of lists – days 25-28
Almost there! Just two more lists to complete for my first ever 30 days of lists challenge. It’s been fun and made me think a bit, but I haven’t really been interacting much with the other people who have been doing the challenge. Day 25: My family’s quirks This...
Book Week – the result
Since I wrote about the fun I had with making Juniordwarf’s Book Week costume, I thought I should post a picture of the result.So here it is. Hat by Spotlight. Makeup by Slabs. Cat-like outfit by me. Unfortunately the photos don’t show the tail. The skill, imagination and improvisation...
(im)perfection
This week is Book Week. Juniordwarf’s school is having a Book Week Parade and the kids are all encouraged to dress up as a character from their favourite book. Two years ago he wanted to be The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and I did this. Last year he was a...
where has the week gone?
A week has gone by without me posting a single post. So much for blogging three times a week.I started a post about how Week 2 without sugar went, but then it got long-winded and started to get into arguments with myself about what I was doing. So all...