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i’m getting smaller

I gave my 12 year old son strict instructions to go through his wardrobe and remove everything that no longer fits him.

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maths

The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple. ~S. Gudder subtraction

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mixed emotions

In front of me is a notepad and her camera. To my side is six screwed up bits of paper.

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covet

Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long and, in the end, it’s only with yourself. -Mary Schmich     Shiny, sparkling grown-up-girl’s treasure. Lightness and silver-chained Tiffany pleasure.     As children we covet our friend’s possessions. But we do not begrudge them. Children cry readily- “I want […]

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 My daughter had a homework assignment to do.   Brainstorm a BIG list of all the words you can think of that represent Australia.   She started off strong… Melbourne, Victoria, koala, wombat, footy, meat pie, kangaroo, southern cross, sydney opera house, Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock, boomerang… the list went on and on… until we […]

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Today my kids were lucky enough to be invited to a bowling party hosted by players from Melbourne Victory. I have to admit that I don’t really follow soccer, so I quickly gave myself a Google education and we headed off -autograph book in hand. While we were driving to the bowling alley the kids […]

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Does he wash up?

  Driving the kids home from school lately is a chore. For at least a month there have been road works at a busy intersection I need to cross. At peak times it takes five or six turns of the traffic lights to get through. Annoying. Much. So this afternoon instead of watching the snails slime by […]

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Was just reading a funny blog on Obama’s recent controversial speech delivered to all the kidlets of America (well at least to the ones whose mommas and poppas didn’t protest and keep them home in the trailer park that day- but ahem-I digress….) It evoked a memory of my own physical scareducation back in the […]

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Last night our son left our loungeroom- upset with something his Dad had told him to do and stormed to his bedroom. He slammed his door so hard that the house rattled and a blast of his hormones assaulted us in the jetstream. Dad, not one for warnings, took his DS console, which son had left on […]

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Behind the Hall of Preserving Harmony is the largest courtyard of the Forbidden city. As some of our group, sweaty but determined, headed up the grand marble staircase I was distracted by a gathering of folk who seemed intent on trying to fan themselves while catching two wild children. These kids were slippery indeed. They […]

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