It’s the last day of November and we’ve finally unearthed our Christmas tree! Now the school year is complete (well, Miss F’s last day is tomorrow), I’m hoping we’ll get the tree up and decorated by the end of the weekend as I’ve got lots to do next week. Amongst planning gifts and food for […]
It’s been a packed fortnight since I last posted. We farewelled September and the Victorian third term school holidays, and ushered in another round of Daylight Savings. My second daughter turned 17 (🤯), I filled my vehicle with the most expensive diesel I’ve paid to date, and I completed my manuscript for the fourth and […]
I’ve hardly read any fiction since Mr Wonderful’s dad passed away. It took over three weeks for me to open the ebook I had been reading the day before he died. Seems my appetite for fiction has temporarily waned. Mourning a loved one is a strange thing. Writing has been a challenge too. Mostly because […]
If you’re a regular to my blog, you might’ve noticed I haven’t posted since mid June. Mr Wonderful’s father passed away unexpectedly almost four weeks ago. I dropped many things to look after my mother-in-law and our family during this sad time. But as I’ve learned through these tough weeks, life goes on, so now […]
I spent most of last week reading novels and snuggling my youngest on the couch… and doing not much else. This happens when I sound like a frog (or Batman, according to Miss E) and produce more mucus than a snot sea cucumber. Gross, but true. Miss J had been ill the week before and […]
Today’s my biggest girl’s birthday. That’s right, Miss E is eighteen—EIGHTEEN—and officially an adult in the eyes of the Australian government. And all I can think is, where did the time go? What happened to my teeny ten-month-old, who startled people at church when she walked like a pro? Or the nervous tween in her […]
