Category Archives: Snippets

A couple of recent corkers

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

My husband and I attempted to usher Akasha, our six year old, off to bed. She, as usual, came up with several excuses as to why she should stay up but we didn’t give in and insisted that we, as … Continue reading →

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Let’s start the year with a little bedroom talk

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

Apparently my son’s remote control is broken. Joni decided, in her loveliness and wisdom that this morning, as she is doing work experience at Aden’s school this week, she would take on the responsibility of getting her younger brother up … Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH!!!!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

I did it!! I am officially a NaNoWriMo winner. I’ve got the first draft of my 50,000 words finished. Thank you everyone for your support. Now I’m off to get sozzled on a school night.

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Six today – Hip Hip Hooray!

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

Dearest Akasha, There’s no one like you! You bring joy to all our hearts and tears of laughter to our eyes. So I thought I’d give you a little surprise: You when you were born. I couldn’t have been more … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Day one

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

So I got up this morning, left mess everywhere ran 5km on the cross trainer and then wrote 3888 words. I had already planned to take tomorrow off (my five-year old will turn six). My husband baked cake and took … Continue reading →

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Excitement of the day

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

Last weekend my husband celebrated his birthday. Some of you may also know that I turned 40 in the summer. A very generous, angelic, amazing, crazy friend presented me with a voucher: To Take All Four Kids Overnight. I combined … Continue reading →

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Marbles loser

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

My fourteen-year-old just asked me if my watch works. I glanced down at the many-moons-old, radio controlled device, which always tells me the exact (as in to the second) right time, which quite clearly then, was a present from my … Continue reading →

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Pigeon English

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Let me tell you, it’s hard growing up as a bilingual when you are only five years old. You have double the amount of words to remember and the grown ups need to suspect expect that there will be mix … Continue reading →

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Be Right Back

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Gosh. I haven’t forgotten you. I promise. I haven’t fallen off the Earth. Or drowned in a puddle. Seriously. Once I did almost drown in a puddle. A long time ago. I kept wading. And thinking how deep can this … Continue reading →

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The honesty and delusion of babes

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Yesterday, I had an endoscopy. My appointment arrives annually. Much like my birthday. Unlike my birthday, I don’t spend my time stuffing myself with cake and slurping down glasses of wine. But on the up side, I do get to … Continue reading →

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