Home (almost) alone
byTracey was called into work tonight so I got complete control of the remote and fridge. Happy days
BIG family life
The blog posts which probably mean more to us than you. Our day to day stuff which, one day, our kids will look back on and laugh at. Or use in court. Or talk about with their psychiatrists.
My Life As a Soccer Mum
byMy immediate response upon arriving at the soccer fields yesterday was to cuss my wife, who was at work, for managing to avoid the…
Kick starting a riding habit
byMe in Nightrider gear. Miss4 muscling in on my glory 🙂 Managed a monumental 16km today for the final day in my 21 day…
17 weeks
byAccording to Tracey we have reached the best point in any pregnancy – it’s the bit where her bosom is blossoming. Actually they’ve been impressive for…
Census night
byI love having lots of rugrats but then the government goes and makes me fill out a form with question after question about each…
Pet Hates
byOver the years we haven’t had much success with pets, whether we’re talking an epileptic dog or our inbreeding guinea pig program. The guinea…
Furniture shopping at a petrol station
byI got a phone call from Tracey late last week. “You know how we’re not spending money? Well I’ve spent some money.” Turns out…
Babies and Bonnets
byWithin months of the arrival of Baby Number Six, Tracey gleefully packed up any maternity clothes which weren’t threadbare and gave them to a…
Fruit picking – starting them young
bySome lovely customers of mine invited us to bring the kids out to their property to pat the chooks and pick mandarines. Best of…
BABY NUMBER 7 IS LOCKED AND LOADED!
byTime to break radio silence – despite numerous attempts at neutering myself, we’re preggers again 🙂 This has been a rough four weeks, let…
My best mate’s eulogy
byToday was CJ’s funeral – it was a grand send off at St Mary’s in Ipswich. Before he died CJ asked if I would…
BLACKOUT
byWe’ll be away from our computers for the next four nights. Miss us 😀
The thing that goes BEEP! in the night
byWe were torn violently from our slumber at 1am this morning by a screaming smoke alarm.
Grandma gets a job
byA girl from work asked me an odd question today – “Is your mum delivering pamphlets?”
Scaling Dizzy Heights
byGiven the musical bent of our children – they know all the words to Mary Had A Little Lamb and I caught Miss7 tapping her foot the other day – we have decided to buy a piano.