This morning Rob & I are dropping off Daisy to school, leaving Harpee with Mum and heading down to the direction of our new place. We have many, many things to buy and need to see if we can get some of those items delivered on Friday when settlement occurs. We plan on staying down there on Friday … [Read more...]

I have not been able to stop singing this song for the past 48 hours. Over and over and over again. It was a GREAT song wasn't it? Harper thought so. See that fake smile and eye squint? She does this ALL. THE. TIME. Hilarious!So we are now officially homeless. And you know what? It feels GREAT. I … [Read more...]

Which equals = Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! It cannot be! Mah BABEEEEEEEE! Sob. Sob. SOB. My little baby is now 11 months old {yesterday} and THIS WILL NOT DO. At all. I swear to you that she was *just* born. And yet, still, there is this big kid who lives with us, who talks. And points. And … [Read more...]

This morning my gals and I will have our last breakfast together in our kitchen. Our last morning nap. Our last walk through the front door and down those steps. The last getting into the car on the street outside the house. The last trip together to the end of the street, to stop at the lights and … [Read more...]

Saturday 25th September 20108.50am@ Church St: Imagine when I take a photo with a camera that is not my mobile phone: Imagine when you don't need to have lamps on inside. All. The. Time.: Imagine when she looks out the window to a garden: Imagine when there are no bars on the windows: Imagine a … [Read more...]

This time next week this will all be over. This time next week this will all be over. This time next week this will all be over. This time next week this will all be over. This time next week this will all be over. This time next week this will all be over. This time next week this will all be … [Read more...]

Last weekend when Daisy and I were off to various parties the one thing that we kept being asked and commented on was Daisy. And how tall she is. We were asked if she was off to school next year, and when I told them that no, she was actually 3, people couldn't believe it. And actually, neither can … [Read more...]

First things first. Thank YOU for all your kind words of support yesterday. Each and every one made me smile and warmed my heart a little. Thanks, as always, for taking the time to write a comment. They make my day.Now. Remember a few weeks ago I wrote about things I was looking forward to? Well one … [Read more...]

It was 8 weeks or so out from the wedding and I stood there, getting my wedding dress fitted and I looked in the mirror. All those familiar thoughts came rushing to the surface. Again. I never imagined my wedding dress to look like this. I never imagined my wedding to be like this. I never thought I … [Read more...]

I am exhausted from yesterday's efforts. I put in a BIG effort I thought all things considered. I spent far too long on hold with various companies, speaking with automated voice services, only to be transferred to different departments, and then ultimately to different companies because apparently … [Read more...]

"OK. Enough already". I said to myself this morning when I realised that I can now say we are moving NEXT WEEK. Enough already indeed. After a very social weekend catching up with friends and family and not doing anything much at all to do with the move, this week is going to be ALL about the move. … [Read more...]

Sunday 19th September 2010 @ 3.50pmA little welcome home soiree for a certain {beautiful} bride to beWhat a social weekend we have had. While poor Rob stayed home almost all weekend with work and a sometimes cranky 10 month old babe with an ear infection - Daisy and I have hit the social circuit. … [Read more...]

Today Daisy and I trotted off for the afternoon to good friend's 40th. It was awesome. The sun was shining and the weather just about as perfect as a Spring Saturday can turn on. Daisy *magically* played with all the other kids that were there {who she had never met before} and was hardly near me … [Read more...]

I need a little calm this morning. I have been running around like a chook with her head cut off trying to get *stuff done* and actually getting nothing done. I have also been dealing with a sad little Harper who we found out yesterday afternoon actually has a middle ear infection (oh so that would … [Read more...]

: We are home. SIGH. I was not looking forward to the trip home for many reasons but mostly because the entire time we were away Harper had the most outrageous separation anxiety that meant that every time I moved out of her sight she cried. Actually, screamed. It was very boring. And exhausting. … [Read more...]

Ah. Home again. Well our home for the next week or so. It's bittersweet this return to the city. Good. And then not so. All I know for sure, is that bedtime tonight will not be as sweet as last night. … [Read more...]

I most certainly think not. 2 day unwashed bedhead hair. One clingy 10 month old {with equally outrageous hair} attached to my hip. At all times. 14 year old jumper with a permanent silver trail of snot all over it from one permanent runny nose of one certain baby. Gumboots over jeans. This is me, … [Read more...]

This afternoon? No time to feel anything but exhilarated after a fire through the bush to burn out the under scrub while we can before official bonfire season begin. This is the way to spend a Tuesday afternoon. Daisy thought so too. … [Read more...]

Afternoons make me nervous. I don't know why. Ever since I had kids they make me twitchy. Edgy. It's the impending darkness that looms, the unknown of the night ahead, of what's in store for you. I remember in those first few weeks with my first babe I dreaded them. They physically made me … [Read more...]

Sunday morning bright and early on the farm and there were cow chores to be done. I'm not exactly sure what those chores were, but it involved getting the cows into the yard then spraying them and then sending them on their way again (I kind of paid attention). We mostly watched and then Daise got a … [Read more...]