Accidentally On Purpose
byHave you ever done things to deliberately upset your partner?
Tracey thinks I do. Last night she all but accused me of ignoring the washing basket on purpose.
May, 2013
I Bottle It Up
byI got up to the baby last night.
I acknowledge Tracey does this most the time, but it’s nice to help out.
So when I told my wife what I’d done, her response of “yeah, right” wasn’t what I was expecting.
She didn’t believe me!
Potty Mouth
by“Urrrk,” said Tracey as she walked out of the bathroom. “Urrrrk gak uuurrk.”
“What’s wrong with you?” I asked Tracey as Miss1 tottled past her towards the lounge room.
“Gawwwk!”
I know this sound.
Saddle Sore
byMiss9 walked towards the car looking like she was straight out of a western comedy: a cowgirl with saddle sores.
“Mummy, it hurrrrrts,” she told Tracey.
The Battle of Midway
by“Do you ever think about what age you might be when you die?” Tracey asked out of nowhere last night. We were sitting on the lounge watching a Sixty Minutes on some guy who was rescued after bobbing around at sea for some ridiculous amount of time.
Grandma’s Rum & Raisin Shortbread
byI like Rum and Raisin anything so I was especially chuffed when Grandma announced we’d be cooking these little numbers up this morning.
Miss6 and Miss3 helped with the prep while I took photos as sipped on a coffee.
Great way to spend an hour.
Stubbies Schoolwear Online Store Review
byTHIS COMPETITION HAS BEEN DRAWN. Being approached by a company you already know, use and love to run a promotion is a good thing. A great thing. So when I was asked to run a little something on my blog for Stubbies Schoolwear I was pretty dang happy.
Pulp (non) Fiction
byWhen Tracey arrived home from the shops this morning I was sitting on the balcony steps with my hands firmly clutching two great of wads hair.
“What’s wrong with you?” she wanted to know.
“I’m on a health kick,” I told her.
Who’s a Dumb Dad?
byEarlier this week on my Facebook page I put up a link to a post which originally appeared on The Daddy Files about dads being perceived as dumb.
This is my reply.
I Solve One Of My Life’s Great Mysteries
byThere are things which happen in your life for which you have no satisfactory explanation. Why do you own so many odd socks? Why does the chance of a car breaking down increase the further from home we drive? Why doesn’t my wife want sex every night? Why aren’t all coffee baristas created equal?
Making Playdough Is Child’s Play
byTracey made some playdough today with Miss3.
Playdough is expensive to buy but cheap to make and easy, easy, easy.
You do this once you won’t hesitate to do it again.
She Drives Me Crazy
byOur Sunday timetable had collapsed under the strain.
I’ve lived in G-town for eighteen years now, but apparently this isn’t long enough for me to know my way around.
We help a man in Burkina Faso buy some dried fish
byThis month we went with this fine looking bunch from Burkina Faso, mainly because we’ve never loaned money to anyone in that country before and we’re trying to fill in our map of the world.
Can I confess something? Until I found this loan I’d never heard of them.
Lost Soles
byMy kids are always losing their stuff. Usually, just as we’re racing to the car for school.
Euromagic
byIf you want to know the state of affairs in Europe any given year, check out the voting on Eurovision. Don’t be fooled, this is not a singing competition: this is high gloss, sequined, choreographed war.