July 2008

No apologies, only anachronisms

July 31, 2008

I am an unabashed peddler for the Sandman - sleep, sweet sleep, for my children is all I can ask for, or want, at the end of a long day. A day full of the typical games of youth; of cubbyhouses and tea-parties, preschool and television time. Sheet tents erected in the lounge room; the putty-ish smell [...]

One step closer to October

July 30, 2008

Inside this EXTREMELY URGENT package is a complete plotter set* for Surprise! as well as some konica proofs** for some specific pages, including the cover, for me to approve prior to final printing release. I’m very glad they sent it – in the book, on the last page, is a lift-the-flap (think the Spot books) [...]

Separated at birth?

July 29, 2008

Cadel Evans Craig Lowndes I dunno, but they look kind of similar to me.

Because Kelley asked

July 28, 2008

Here’s a photo Kelley asked me to take of my new shoes – and if there’s one thing one shoe-fetishist must do for the other, it’s provide full purchase disclosure I apologise for the photo quality. It was taken on our webcam because our other one is still busted.

When your mother quotes her daughter’s blog in the wider media

July 27, 2008

During the week my mother was interviewed by her local paper regarding her involvement in the World Youth Day celebrations down in Sydney. This is a rough transcript of the phone conversation which occurred between us after said interview: Her: “I quoted your blog!” Me: “You did? What bit?” Her: “It was your ‘vibrant Catholic‘ [...]

Openly pondering the commercial space which is – let’s not forget – my blog, and possibly yours

July 25, 2008

Back in the day, back when my Technorati was very respectable, and I played the ‘blogging game’ a bit better than I have the time (or the inclination) to do so these days, I made my way onto several “TOP BLOGGER” lists. Remarkably, miraculously, I remain on some of these lists and, in turn, have somehow found my [...]

The one where I wave a bottle of squeezy honey at my husband in a slightly unhinged fashion

July 23, 2008

This seemingly innocuous bottle of honey caused quite the stir in our marriage last week. You see, I despise these cleaning-disasters-in-wait; my husband on the other hand thinks that because it is a supposed ‘innovation’ in the way we spread this condiment over our bread that it must – nay, it is – even better [...]

Barricades and Brickwalls

July 22, 2008

[*no, I'm not talking about Kasey Chambers. Catchy title, though, so I'm going to borrow it.] Yesterday: The Good: An expression of interest was made in pre-ordering my book; this will end up being a number somewhere over 50 copies, which is wonderful. The Bad: I received a letter in the mail from a book [...]

Where we’re at

July 21, 2008

I may still cough like a consumptive when the cold wind hits my chest - something which happens quite frequently in this draughty house – but on most other health fronts I am finally on the improve. Enough to carry one child on my hip and have the other glued to my free hand as we [...]