I remember my first kiss very well and it doesn’t seem like it was all those years ago, it is a memory so vivid it is as if it was just the other day. I was in my early teens and I’d gone to New Zealand all by myself for a holiday. It was a […]
Village Voices
May 28, 2012 By 26 Comments
I need to tell you all about some exciting news. A few weeks ago an exciting new blogging website launched, Village Voices. It’s a website owned by Kidspot which is a site that currently enjoys over a million views a month. The new site features some fantastic bloggers who write on all the topics we […]
Rugby, Piano Bars and Short Ribs
May 19, 2012 By 37 Comments
It’s Saturday and that means running around after the children. This morning we took Alfie to his rugby game and watched him be defeated again. That’s seven losses and no wins this season and the margin of defeat seems to be widening. We parents stand on the side-line hoping to be put out of our […]
Mongolian Beef and…Pianos, Rice and Tambourines
April 1, 2012 By 38 Comments
My parents believed their children should be ‘good all-rounders’ so as well as enrolling us in swimming lessons, signing us up for Little Athletics, dropping us off at Art Classes, making us do ballet with Mrs Warwick, somehow they found the time and the economic means to give us piano lessons. We didn’t always have […]
Braised Beef with Kidney Beans and…A Memorable Birthday
February 28, 2012 By 40 Comments
A couple of years ago my birthday fell on a Saturday. A few days before, Carl asked if I would like to go out for dinner with a bunch of friends. I told him I would prefer to have a dinner party and Carl found that astounding, wondering why I would want to go to […]
Thai Beef Salad and…A Little Bit of Power
February 24, 2012 By 46 Comments
There’s one in every school. A housewife with a need for power so they volunteer at their child’s primary school and step into positions like running the canteen, marshaling the children at carnivals and worst of all, running the uniform shop. As a parent you can avoid the woman running the canteen, you can stay […]
Veal with Mushrooms and…Once I Owned a Bottle of Wine
February 20, 2012 By 48 Comments
Many years ago when I used to wear a business suit and catch a bus to Circular Quay where I’d work on the 26th floor of an ugly building doing a job I couldn’t stand, Carl told me one day that he had organised a dinner party. I wondered who was coming. Well he’d invited […]
Spaghetti with Meatballs and…Some Parents Are Just So Negligent!
January 31, 2012 By 36 Comments
While we’re on the subject of broken toes, Alfie did actually break his own toe and I had nothing to do with it. It was right before Christmas and Alfie was three and it was a year since my own toe had been snapped in Far North Queensland. I was organising a Christmas Production with […]
Slow-Roasted Lamb Shanks and…’Lazarus, Come Forth’
January 26, 2012 By 34 Comments
Keeping children alive is not that easy. Especially if they are born with a huge amount of belief that they are indestructible and totally invincible. And my two boys were born with that gene and have made sure my greatest achievement has been keeping them alive. When Alfie was three we were out doing that […]
Braised Beef with Cassia and Star Anise and…Formally Drained
January 22, 2012 By 29 Comments
Next week Arabella will start her final year of school. And while she’s whingeing and moaning about what a tough year it will be, I’m buoyed by the fact that with Arabella being in her final year that must mean we only need to survive one more formal. Formals give me a feeling of dread. […]
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