July 2007

WW – Bathtime games

July 31, 2007

Tag? Something like this: “I am not amused.”

A while ago I asked what non-Australian people wanted to know about us. Then I got to wondering – how much do I know? I mean, I haven’t been many places. I shaded a map to see just how far travelled I am, and I was shocked at the result: On square mileage, I reckon [...]

Entrepreneurship 101

July 29, 2007

Keira has taken to ‘setting up shop’ in our walk-in-wardrobe. Her wares are exclusively our shoes, and it could be any part of the day when I walk by our bedroom to hear her muffled cries within of, “Shoes for sale! Come and try my shoes!” So I oblige, and walk in to see her [...]

1001 Book Challenge – The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

July 28, 2007

You think terrorism, strapping explosives to the chest and walking into a public area is a modern phenomenon? Joseph Conrad was writing about it 100 years ago. Published in 1907, at what most critics consider the early part of the modernist era, the book does admittedly contain pessimistic, almost apocalyptic, critiques of society. It is [...]

IBC (Inflammatory Breast Cancer) – a Public Health Announcement

July 27, 2007

When I was 17, something strange happened to my left breast. It got red. It suddenly got very itchy, especially around the nipple; which then began to excrete a mysterious, clear liquid. As you’d expect, this was enough for my mother to take me to the doctor. I had a mammogram – a procedure uncomfortable [...]

In upsy-down town…

July 26, 2007

[Children's bedtime. That charming part of the day when they're tired, you're tired, and you're just pretending to be all calm and natural when ushering them off to bed, but all you're really doing is stopping yourself buying a human-sized slingshot to get the job done quicker.] Adam (rushing about): Where is Keira’s toothbrush? Me [...]

We’re going on a (ball) hunt

July 25, 2007

We recently joined our local toy library. It is run by a members co-operative, which means I have to volunteer my time to run sessions and such during the year. This doesn’t really bother me; in fact, I’m looking forward to this kind of parent: They come through the door, two toddlers in tow, screaming [...]

WW – The Wonders of Sleep

July 24, 2007

This is Keira five or six days after she was born. This is Keira now. I can still see the similarities in her face. Note if you will the Hi-5 hairstyle, which I talked about the other week! I mastered only one….

Eating my words – Cheerios vs Froot Loops smackdown

July 23, 2007

Adam was most aggrieved the other day when he read my post about Cheerios and Froot Loops. “They do not taste the same, and I’m going to go buy a box of both to prove it!” So yesterday I was subjected to a blind taste-test, where which I learned that, indeed, they do not taste [...]