Why are men on the internet so creepy?
I’ve made a few vlogs and snippet clips which I hosted via YouTube. Occasionally I check on them, but mostly I ignore them – because they’re not that interesting. Certainly not going to go viral or end...
View ArticleHow to bully-proof my child?
I’ve just Googled this question. Some kids are born targets, some not so much. Weasel is one of those natural targets. Even the school’s recommended method for discouraging mean behaviour comes out...
View ArticleThe guilt of calling in sick
(I volunteer as a teacher’s aide one day a week. I didn’t get a real job. C’mon, have you met me?) Dammit, chucking a sickie when you’re actually unwell is downright unAustralian! Wrong on so many...
View ArticleWhat’s purple, leather and tickles my fancy?
It’s 2013 new planner time! Yay! I desperately needed a new diary, and while I contemplated getting a cheapie from BigW, I just couldn’t do it. For a start, it didn’t involve a trip to Officeworks or...
View ArticleSomething big is happening. Here is a sneak peak!
Now really, what could be bigger than a mountain sneaking around? Never seen that before! Wow! Just in case you were wondering, peak and peek are examples of homophones. That means they are words that...
View ArticleSometimes a girl just needs a bigger battery
Ok, you’ve got me. I only blogged once last week because I was holed up, making sweet sweet brain-love with my iPad. A girl’s ebook collection is a private matter, so thankfully our relationship is...
View ArticleLook at my impulse control, wee!
I did it. Don’t tell anyone, but the other day my daughter was using my iPad and daring to have a turn without me. Something had to be done. That something was acquiring an iPad 4. Quick, set it up!...
View ArticleInstead of blogging, I could…
There was a plan this morning, and a blog post in my head. The kids were all set to get on with their day too, and with a little prodding and threatening cajoling they managed to get themselves...
View ArticleHolidays are here – commence nerdification!
I didn’t realise this until recently, but it turns out I had children so I could do my part towards populating the Earth with nerds. Bookish, movie-loving nerds. I have been known to play the...
View ArticleI met this guy…
This one time, at band camp, my bf and I drove into the city to visit an adult shop. Well, that was his intent. I was in it for the big city shoe offerings and had no intention of buying the things he...
View ArticleFa la la PMS sodding la
This Christmas I was rather humbug. I didn’t hang any decorations, I didn’t even unpack the tree. I told the kids there was no point as the dog would just trash it and we weren’t going to be home on...
View ArticleThe trouble with traveling
I had to drive a whole 250km away from the city for our little holiday. I know, so far. It’s so far that if we were in horse drawn carriages we wouldn’t have bothered, not without stopping at inns for...
View ArticleLetting the team down
With all the media coverage regarding the recent changes to single parent pension eligibility, I thought I would put my voice in the ring and publicly side with the government. Wait! Aren’t you a...
View ArticleTake it easy, sweets
Those were my instructions for yesterday. I always follow instructions. Yep. So in the interest of taking it easy yesterday, I only: I’m told those wall shadows are nuclear explosion burns of a...
View ArticleSmarter than Stephen Hawking
I am a genius. Eddie McGuire told me so, along with most of the rest of Australia. That was a great night, and not boring and drawn out at all. Still, it was nice to have my inflated ego stroked with...
View ArticleNip nip. I’m a lobster.
Do you ever have those weeks days where you just don’t wanna? Do the dishes? Nah. Bake something tasty? Nah. Write a blog post? Nah. Oh ho, a Liebster Award nomination? Well just because I’ve ignored...
View ArticleThe joy of helpdesk
I’ve been putting off calling my internet provider helpdesk for about a year now. It turns out I would rather deal with intermittent loss of internet, even when it stays off all night occasionally –...
View ArticleRules for sub-par parenting
I’ve been babysitting my nephews a lot lately, and come to the conclusion I should never be a kindergarten teacher. Turns out the rules for being around me are not quite the norm, mostly they’re...
View ArticleThe tooth fairy gets her revenge
I knew we were looking at braces for Weasel when she was older, and I had put that in the ‘ignore for now, because I will win lotto before then’ bag. I’m really good at denial like that. In an effort...
View ArticleNo more mean girls – Part 1
Last year Weasel was in prep and we had our first taste of the beast known as ‘mean girls’. She would come home from school with tales of recess and lunchtime woe, excluded from this or that, and...
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