Miscellaneous Mum - Trying to find the objective correlative, everyday

Those ‘Just Because’ Weekends

April 16, 2012

These holidays have gone by quickly; so fast in fact that I’m quite sorry (this once!) that school goes back today. You see, between my being at work and Adam taking the kids away last week, plus Easter, I didn’t really feel I’d seen them very much, let alone spend any quality time in their [...]

To The Memory Of A Suitcase, Wherever It May Be

April 13, 2012

For several years a suitcase was resident in our garage. It sat in a corner behind boxes of books and dusty tools, alongside rags and assorted broken appliances, as inconspicuous as any other banished object that normally occupies such a place. Except this is not true; I know it and, out there, I think you [...]

What Planet of the Apes Got Me To Thinking About Blogging

April 11, 2012

I’ve just finished Pierre Boulle’s Planet of the Apes and in hindsight I think I’m relieved I’ve done so without having seen any of the movie adaptations – although I doubt anyone comes to adulthood without discovering the iconic final moments in the Charlton Heston version and what it signifies about what had happened to [...]

What’s Interesting Around the Internet This Month

April 10, 2012

The amazing work of Guy Laramee – making carved landscapes out of books. Go to his website to see the rest. This deliciously sarcastic blog post entitled ‘You’re Bored? That’s so AWESOME!‘ has some nice links to follow if perhaps you find yourself in a similar predicament one day. I’d heard of the mosaic method [...]

Happy Chocolate Over-Consumption Day!

April 8, 2012

Have you been eating chocolate today? Have you a child who is both listless and irritable from the excitement leading up to this morning, and also strung out from excessive sugar levels? Or perhaps you might have another child who has caught on to the reprimanding phrases of adults who, in reaction to the moaning [...]

Giant Hot Cross Bun

April 6, 2012

It’s Good Friday, otherwise known as Hot Cross Bun day. It took me a long time to get motivated this morning, but I eventually got moving with a little help from the kids. What helped was I wanted to see if I could do a lazy version of a recipe I’d never tried before. [...]

How You Can Get a Funky Conference Dress For Less Than Ten Dollars

April 5, 2012

I knew it was going to be a tall ask, but I’ve been on the hunt for a bargain after the twenty-five dollar Alannah Hill dress I wore to the Aussie Bloggers Conference last year. Could I improve on that? Turns out – yes. I wore this to the Digital Parents Conference last week and [...]

Anxious Men Are Anxious… About Easter

April 4, 2012

Our supermarket recently held one of those seasonal drawing competitions that we parents so gladly take an entry for because we say to ourselves, ‘Great, this will buy us about thirty minutes of quiet time while they’re busy working away for the chance to win a prize.’ {Raising all sorts of questions about doing a [...]

What’s Involved In Making A Book: A Round Up Of Self-Publishing Posts

April 3, 2012

As I said the other day, there was a lot of questions and curiosity about the writing and publishing process after my ‘Blog to Book‘ session with Pip and Kylie (moderated by Valerie) on Friday. I promised I’d write a post about this subject and below are some links I’ve written over the years that will be relevant and [...]