Last night I had tickets to a Barry Humphries concert starring his world famous creations, Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. And what made these tickets even more special was that they’d been given to me. I’d been looking forward to the night for so long but alas, I’ve been struck down with a […]
Archives for July 2012
Study Camp
July 5, 2012 By 40 Comments
It’s been a more quiet week and a somewhat more drama-free week with Arabella being on study camp. But Arabella is homesick. And that’s amusing given when she’s home she continually mouths off about how much she hates being here – We all annoy her – deliberately apparently. Tonight is the last night of the […]
Brussells Sprouts with Bacon and Home Science
July 4, 2012 By 38 Comments
Before we graduated from textiles classes we had to prove we could make an apron. Before we were allowed to stitch the apron we had to practise sewing straight lines on brown paper with no cotton in the machine. If the needle holes in the brown paper were straight enough we were allowed to use […]
A Proficient Actor
July 3, 2012 By 38 Comments
Have I mentioned that when Archie was in high school he clocked up a number of detentions? Archie was a drama student and acting was his most favourite subject, if not the only subject he enjoyed. In Year 12 Archie and his mate, Webb, had roles in a David Williamson play, The Removalists. For their […]
Steamed Treacle Puddings and…Finding Ourselves
July 2, 2012 By 48 Comments
When I graduated from primary school at the age of 10 I was sent to an Intermediate School which was for two years and covered what today would be Sixth Grade and Year Seven. In those two years we were supposed to ‘find ourselves’ and so were exposed to a range of subjects we had […]
Thai Beef Salad and…Travel Expenses
July 1, 2012 By 38 Comments
It’s school holidays and they’ve coincided with Archie having a mid-semester break. I thought, seeing all three offspring are on holidays, that it might be nice to go away for a few days. But Archie said, ‘I’ve got plans’. ‘What plans Archie? Aren’t you on holidays?’ ‘Yeah, yeah I am, but a few of the […]
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