Ok…so here I am again, after a very long time away. Christmas is fast approching and I still have no idea where the last few months have gone? We’ve been to Fiji for the long awaited family holiday and had an absolute ball. Castaway Island was divine and everything was just perfect. Oh, except for the fact that DD2 Emily literally screamed the plane down for the last 30 minutes on descent..her ears must have ...

Our griller has not been working for a couple of weeks after the element blew. After finally organising a service call to have it fixed, I told the kids that we were expecting a tradesman to come and fix it. My five year old daughter kept asking when the GORILLA man was coming? She could not quite pronounce GRILLER…..you try it…..it comes out like gorilla. We thought it was all very funny, including the technician.

This year I have taken leave without pay from my job as a high school music teacher to start my own business, Unique Kids. I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenges that a new business has created, but in taking leave I also have embarked on the life of a casual teacher at my local two high schools. My aim is to become established in these two schools so I can work one day a ...

Well here I sit on a Saturday afternoon. The house is quiet….the two girls are asleep (and that’s great as one is 5 years old), my husband is reading the paper on the lounge and I get to sit at my computer uninterrupted for a little while. I have had to set up a desk in the corner of my bedroom as wireless internet does not quite extend to my office/study downstairs downstairs…damn those brick walls!! ...

I can’t believe how long it’s been since I have had the chance to post here. It will be Christmas before I know it at this rate. Life, as usual, has been very hectic with running Unique Kids, doing casual teaching at the local high schools, and fitting in all of the normal mum things and responsibilities of everyday life. School holidays are coming up in NSW next week. I am looking forward to ...

I am pleased to report that I survived having my top two wisdom teeth out and I am quite surprised that I am not in more pain. I don’t remember a thing about the operation, although I’m sure that I will be reminded when I get the anethetists bill!! Not looking forward to that one. It’s an interesting experience trying to find ’soft’ food to eat…you just can’t go into the cupboard and eat anything you ...

Well the day has finally arrived and tomorrow I am off to hospital to have my top two wisdom teeth ripped out from my mouth. This is an event which I am not looking forward to at all, hence the hospital and ‘knock me out’ general anesthetic v’s sedation in the dentists chair. I do not want to know what is happening at all!!! I have only had one problem in 34 years, but suddenly ...

I took my two girls with a friend and her kids to the circus last night and it was awesome!! For two hours my 2 year old sat still on my lap and that’s something that she would rarely do. It was such great entertainment from clowns to acrobats and high wire acts. At one stage when the guys were on the highwire I looked across at my eldest daughter and her eyes were wide ...

I’v been tagged by gillygirl to talk about ‘me’ time and it’s true what was said…we don’t take time for ourselves enough. When I do get a chance for some quality ‘me’ time I love a good bout of retail therapy. Even if I don’t buy anything at the shops I go when I want, I take as much time as I want and I make sure I sit in a nice cafe and have ...

I just had to have a good chuckle at myself. I just caught myself with my head in the cupboard trying to each a biscuit so the kids wouldn’t see me. What I really wanted to do was enjoy it slowly with the hot cup of tea that I had just managed to make, but alas if I was seen doing that they kids would want one too. The things that we do to make ...