Night terrors
byWe suffer the night terrors here in Devereauxville. Sleep walking, sleep talking, sleep screaming and sleep snoring (me). We have it all over here. Nothing…
May, 2012
Snow job
byWhy would anyone want to live in Lapland? It’s freezing. Well a friend of mine just returned from there where he asked a local that very question.
Tread cheaply
byWhen buying tyres sometimes, it turns out, it’s who you know not what you know. Tracey called around the local tyre merchants and got…
His name is Prince. And he was funky.
byBecause we have the best families in the entire world, who gave up their Saturday night to baby sit our kids, we were able…
Fresh Spin
byMiss2 was patting her big sister today. Or so she was insisting as she followed Miss5 around saying, “Pat! Pat! Pat!” every time she whacked her with a bat.
My first Country Update magazine contribution
byIn March, Denise Torenbeek asked me to review artist Allan Caswell for her Country Update magazine. She couldn’t have found a better fit for…
Bags Packed
byIn preparation for our big ‘date night’ tomorrow night, we have been organizing the farming out (read as ‘dumping’) of our smaller children. One for Nanny, two for Grandma, one for Auntie Bel & Uncle Jason and one (Miss0) for Auntie Shell & Uncle Shane’s in Brisbane.
Firsts
byThe main trouble with Daycare, or work for that matter, is you chance missing those magic first moments – the first smile, first roll,…
The importance of asking the right question
by‘How many beers did I drink last night?’ I thought to myself through a keg-sized headache in the wee hours of last night.
It was the wrong question.
A tissue, a tissue
byMiss8 & Master7 in the wonderfully festy hamster balls A big positive for going to the show every year is the opportunity for our kids…
For a spell
by“Okay kids,” I snapped, “the place is finally tidy and Mum’s having a nap. I want you to play quietly and keep things neat…
"It’s showtime!"
byThis year, because of some lucky timing, I was able to tell the kids my birthday was declared a public holiday and Gympie was putting on fireworks and monster trucks and getting in lots of rides to celebrate. They were very impressed.
Showdown
byWe just returned from our first sugar hit at the show. It took a verbal shoehorn to get them into bed, but finally the…
Buy now, play later
byTomorrow is the most important day of the week – the show starts! I love the show. LOVE IT! It’s bright and fun and…
We help a single mum in Ghana expand her retail yam business
byMary sells tubers of yam at Adum Banso near Takoradi. She has been in this business for 3 years now. Mary is divorced and has 4 children. As a single parent, she uses her income for the general upkeep of her children. Mary will use her loan to purchase more tubers of yam to sell.