I’ve been a member of Digital Parents for a while. Long before the inception of Cooker and a Looker, I wrote a blog to share updates from the farm and photos of our (then) only daugther, the Big Sister. Not willing to reveal my real-life identity, I called myself Glasshouse Girl. Years later, faced with an extraordinarily sad time in our lives, Bearhands encouraged me to focus on my love of ...
time-worn tucker
I’m Pinning Around Pinterest Link Party
Welcome to this week's I'm Pinning Around Pinterest Link Party. Thanks to everyone who joined in last week's pinterest party. My favourite post was these step-by-step instructions for making an acrobatic paper plane from Your Kids OT. The Big Sister is mad for paper planes, and I can't wait to make some of these with her. If you joined in last week, don't forget to pop back and pin two posts, ...
cheat’s minestrone
The Guinness World Record for most balls juggled is eleven. It was achieved by Alex Barron, an eighteen year old British fellow, who managed 23 consecutive catches in a "qualifying” juggling run on 3 April 2012. On the twenty-fourth catch, he dropped the ball. The moral of the story is even the best juggler in the world cannot continue catching balls. There’s a finite number of things that ...
30 days of reality
My Facebook feed is filled with holidays, date nights, family picnics and goals achieved. It's like the online version of family dinners from my childhood; where Mum would make us go around the table sharing the best thing about our day. I'm thrilled that great things are happening for my friends - they're good people - but I've learned that on days when I spent too much time on social media, ...
five more favourite things
I'm over at My Brown Paper Packages talking about my five favourite things today (spoiler alert: one of them is booze). Writing the list was fun, but deciding what made the final cut was tougher than I'd anticipated. Here are five favourite things that didn't make the cut: This whiteboard-style stick-on calendar from Avery. Our kitchen is the hub of our home; having this stuck on the fridge ...
I’m Pinning Around Pinterest Link Party
Welcome to this week's I'm Pinning Around Pinterest Link Party. Thanks for joining in. I was thrilled to see a few new faces in amongst my favourite bloggers linked up with last week's I'm Pinning Around Party. My favourite post from last week was this recipe for cream cheese pizza dip from TOMFO. I know just by looking at this, that I'm going to make the menfolk in my life very happy with ...