Miscellaneous Mum - Trying to find the objective correlative, everyday

One Enormous Hint

May 7, 2012

So! It’s Mothers Day on Sunday. I’m sure you hardly need reminding, but I’m here today to do just that – in an adorable, endearing way, obviously. That’s the tone I write all my posts in, isn’t it? (Don’t answer that.) Anyway, I’m here to advocate ease and convenience when buying presents and what better [...]

Favourite Song of the Moment

May 5, 2012

I first saw this song at the gym when it came on the monitors, but as my earplugs weren’t working I couldn’t listen to it. Frustrated, I was there jogging along thinking I DIDN’T KNOW RUPERT SANG. HOW DID THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION PASS ME BY? IS MY POP CULTURE RADAR MALFUNCTIONING? IS IT INAPPROPRIATE [...]

Five Back-To-Work Outfits For Under Fifty Dollars

May 3, 2012

I was lucky enough to be able to make the decision to stay at home as long as I did with the kids until they reached school age. Blogging and writing assisted this, true, but it wasn’t an easy choice. Then the opportunity came along for my current role and as I talked about it [...]

Keep Calm…

May 1, 2012

I’m over at the Emerging Writers’ Festival blog today, talking about my first few months there. Come on over and say hi!

A Birthday of Near Kardashian Proportions… Well, It Could’ve Been

April 29, 2012

My request to keep this particular birthday low-key seemed to have been noted until the other day when Keira announced she would like a three-tier birthday cake. She’d even drawn her ‘concept’ of what she wanted this cake to look like: “Honey, that just isn’t going to happen. No way, no how.” “Why not?” “For [...]

Parenting, Voice and Blogging

April 26, 2012

There is a flat screen television in the lobby of the school office. When it is on it plays photo slideshows of what certain grades or students have been doing that is of interest to parents such as myself, when we’re there early, killing time. Such was the case this afternoon. I was early, and [...]

Beauty

April 25, 2012

Singing competitions aren’t to everyone’s television viewing tastes; I know, because I’m usually one of those people. That said, I’m enjoying The Voice and this performance by Brittany made me tear up. So lovely.

What I’m Reading April 2012 + Something Very Exciting

April 24, 2012

Okay, here we go. I said before Christmas that I admire Anna Funder and wanted to read Stasiland – well, now I have. And all the hype is justified – it’s terrific. I remember when the Berlin Wall fell – it was a month short of my eleventh birthday. As I looked at the news, with the [...]

Minecraft Tutorial – Hotel Building with K and R

April 22, 2012

Technically, this isn’t a tutorial so much as a walk through of the latest construction the kids are building together. They play off the server hosted on Adam’s computer which Keira then logs into via the LAN and it is surprising how productive they can be in a short period of time. I have more to say [...]