Decided to follow my gut and collected the Delica from Jan and Ross up in Hervey Bay. They were SOOOO good to me – despite the fact that they had me packing up chairs in the rain after a wedding service in the park an hour after I’d flown in. Oh my god. The humidity. …
Our weeks of inactivity have suddenly and thankfully changed. Not in a massive way, but there is definite movement. A report summary from the planning and design company looking at whether a boundary realignment is reasonable and/or possible stated: “This assessment has identified that a reorganisation of boundaries is possible, subject to design. There are …
The thing they never tell you about homeschooling is the absolute dearth of time you will have for yourself. How every time you pick up a book, or your laptop, you will be interrupted exactly 31 seconds after settling yourself in. Admittedly, I am living in a tiny space, which means there’s nowhere to hide …
How do I hate coffee? Let me count the ways. 1) The way the grounds smear on to every goddamn surface in the kitchen/galley 2) The fact that the fucking plunger/French press always needs to be rinsed out before I can make a cup 3) And I can’t rinse it in the sink because it …
The Smalls had not been told about the cruise until a day or two before we left. I had harassed them for weeks beforehand about the necessity for ‘fancy shoes for when we go to the fancy restaurant for Nana’s birthday’. Thank god for op-shops. Both of them got a pair of sandals each – …
From nine people aboard, the Smalls and I went and stayed with SWWNBB in an AirBnB in Taroona – a very beautiful suburb, but lacking any shop whatsoever. Woe betide if you run out of milk or tea. They had a little Belling stove and a great vegetable patch!! It was an awesome house and …