The Big Yellow Envelope

Friday started just like any other day, with me dragging myself from bed and sitting half asleep on the couch whilst Awesome Hubby brings me my morning coffee. It was raining, had been for most of the night, and once my eyes were formally open for the day I eyed the pelting sky with [...]

Drowning in an ocean of art

I have always been a bit of a hoarder. I like to keep stuff. I can’t bring myself to throw anything away that has any form of sentimental value, no matter how random or innocuous, much to Awesome Hubby’s distress. He likes to throw stuff.
My endearing habit of keeping things [...]

Happy Birthday Mum!

Happy 54th Birthday, Mum. It is with love and affection I remember your favourite things, imagining what I would have bought for you if you were still here.

Congratulations to My Awesome Sister!

OK, I admit it, in moments of complete delusion I feel clucky. My uterus twangs, I yearn for a little bubba to cradle in my arms, to smell that perfect newborn smell, to immerse myself completely in the wonders of being responsible for creating a life. Sometimes I block out the chaos that [...]

Donate for Tahne

This is my online friend Tahne with her gorgeous little girl.
I have ‘known’ Tahne for a few years now. She is a gorgeous, passionate, intelligent woman who loves her family, her chooks, her garden. She makes her own jewellery, is vegetarian, and she is funny. She has the best dreads [...]

Negotiating with testosterone

We are upgrading Awesome Hubbys car. we have had the same one since 2003, and now that we have moved closer to the city he is now required to drive two hours a day, so he needs a better car. Needs one.
So negotiations have started. Within our relationship I tend to be [...]

Demon drink – a daughters perspective

Todays blog entry was inspired by this post at HERevolution.
Hi. My name is Shereen, and I am the daughter of an alcoholic. Or was. At least, I think I was. Oh, it is so hard to be sure.
I guess it seems pretty conclusive. when someone dies from Alcoholic Liver Disease [...]

The Bring-a-Plate Conspiracy

Nothing sends me into more of a spin than being asked to “bring a plate”. The whole process gives me conniptions. I never know what to make, or how much. In what shall I serve it? What if everyone brings the same thing? And perhaps worst of all… WHAT IF [...]

I did it!

So I have done it. I have bitten the bullet and lodged my application at Uni. It is ten years almost to the day since I graduated and I am back- older, wiser and with an entourage!
Mr Curly Wurly and I went to the Uni this morning to hand in the appropriate forms [...]

Pre primary roster and the papier mache incident

After six weeks of anxious anticipation and excitement the day has finally arrived. For once, when my little Cupcake asked me “Is it today?” I could say “Yes, it is today.” Pre-primary roster day.
All those weeks ago when I scrawled my name on the roster sheet, I thought “Pfffft! that [...]