Driving to my sisters place the other day I spotted a car with very dark window tinting. I said to my husband “wow that’s dark tinting” then all of a sudden my seven year old butted in from the back seat with “retard, where’s the retard?” I don’t think she heard me properly, perhaps it’s [...]
While hanging clothes on the line the other morning I was listening to the beautiful bird calls of our local magpies. Then all of a sudden the air was pierced with a spine tingling noise not unlike nails on a chalkboard. I looked around to see my youngest daughter calling to the magpies, [...]
The other night the children were dancing around the room having a dance competition. Claire my oldest (age 7) was really getting the hips swiveling while my youngest Natalie (age 5) was clicking her fingers to the beat while doing what could only be described as “interpretive dance.” The song finished but [...]
Walking home from school last week I turned around to encourage Natalie (age 5) to hurry up. She half galloped/stumbled onwards in what could only be described as a Monty Python’s ministry of silly walks sketch segment. I looked at her trying to figure out why she seemed so awkward in her walking, then I [...]
Yesterday I spent some time reading in the lounge room with Lilly our chihuahua curled up in her beanbag next to me. While deeply engrossed in my book I heard my husband say “How’s it going hot stuff?” to which I replied with a grunt of sorts. He then said to me “I was actually [...]
It’s always enjoyable hearing the comments flying out of my husbands mouth as he marks his students tests. His students are paying a fortune to study at university so you would think that they would take it seriously… sadly a few of them think it’s a holiday. It’s this group of people who warrant the [...]
The other day I got a facebook message from one of my 206 friends (take that Angela!) saying “wow Danielle that husband sure is cute”. After informing Luke of his fan I replied telling her that after 12 years of marriage I don’t see cute… sorry Luke. The next day I got a message explaining [...]
I have just seen pictures and video footage from this years Supernova Expo in Sydney. It’s scary, grown men and women dressed up in full costume facing off with other enemy costumed fans. It’s something I would expect to see at my nephews birthday party NOT an adult organised convention. Don’t get [...]
No, we don’t have head lice BUT we did get another note home from the school informing us that there are head lice in the class room. In fact during class time my daughters friend spotted a head louse on another friend and picked it off then killed it. This child seems to ALWAYS have [...]
It has been brought to my attention recently that the world is a very small place indeed. A country smaller and a state even smaller still… like a toilet block really. Doesn’t all the gossip happen in the toilet blocks of life? Messages scribbled on walls and exaggerated truths and half truths freely flowing. You [...]