Our local radio station played eighties music for the whole of August culminating in a party on Saturday night. Listeners could win tickets and one Wednesday afternoon on the way home from swimming lessons, I managed to get through. The girls wanted to hear me on the radio, so as an untimely Queensland storm rolled in, I stood outside sheltering under a sparsely vegetated Frangipani tree hoping I ...
time-worn tucker
I get by with a little help from my friends (the second helping)
Yesterday I had a sad day. I'm prone to having sad days in the lead up to David's anniversary. Often I'm not sure what brings them on, but I suspect yesterday's sadness was brought on by my phone reminding me that four years ago I'd made some baby bubble brag about the Little Sister weighing 6.1kg at her six week injections. Looking back, this was a little sweet spot in my life - the Little ...
(not quite) 30 days of reality
What kind of a drongo fails to complete her own photo a day challenge? Errr.... that'd be me. In my defence, August was a sharp departure from normal for me. On the very first day of this month I rediscovered my love of diving after a fifteen year hiatus. I did two dives on the ex-HMAS Brisbane - a former Naval warship that was sunk off the coast of Mooloolaba. I've never dived a wreck before ...
the real cost of cutting the healthy kids check
Last week I received a little note in the mail from our GP reminding me that the Little Sister is due for vaccinations. When I phoned to make an appointment, I asked if it still included the "Healthy Kids Check". The receptionist explained that starting 1 September 2015, Medicare would no longer provide funding for the Healthy Kids Check item number. Up until now the Healthy Kids Check has ...
a week of sunrises at Orchid Beach, Fraser Island
Fraser Island is my happy place. There's a spot at the bottom of the Island after you round Hook Point, where the Island is laid out in front of you. There's something about making that turn that makes the corners of my mouth turn up involuntarily. Like magic. We've been visiting Orchid Beach for six years. Over that time we've stayed in a variety of holiday homes and always had a good time. ...
the chocolate slice from home economics class
If you can remember a time when golden daytime only came on a stick, and making children stand on temporary scaffolding metres in the air without safety rails was considered kosher, then chances are you'll remember the chocolate slice from home economics class. I only took home economics in year eight, much to the relief of my teacher Mrs Walker. She wanted us to arrive with a plan ...