(belated) Easter Wrap Up
I’m not a huge fan of Easter, or as my husband puts it “capitalistic chocolate day”. We are not religious at all so the holiday really doesn’t have any meaning to us and while we identify with the...
View Articlereconnected
We’ve had internet back for just over a week now after 5 weeks without it due to some sort of fault and the companies involved playing hot potato with our problem. It was stressful to be without that...
View ArticleFive become Four
My Nana died on Friday. Five generations become four. She will be greatly missed. She was a remarkable woman; she lived a life full of stories, amazing experiences, laughter and love. I am so very glad...
View ArticleWaste not
Yesterday was one of those hanging on by the fingernails frantically counting the minutes until another adult enters the house kind of days. I wasn’t up for cooking so opened the freezer, pulled out a...
View ArticleSelfish?
A few months ago TheGamer decided that he wanted to go to the Solar Eclipse Festival in November. I’m well past festivals – all that dirt and lack of hygiene, lack of decent sleeping arrangements etc...
View ArticleOne Last Try?
Our last IVF cycle ended in a flood of red eight months ago, we had already decided to stop but had it worked I’d now be mere weeks away from having a newborn in the house. I try not to think of things...
View ArticleSanta, Baby
I found out pretty early that Santa wasn’t real. For me there was no big devastation from the news, years of sneaking out of bed and watching Mum & Dad get the presents ready had convinced me of...
View ArticleA Very TQF Christmas
In the aftermath of Christmas I’m sick (nasty throat virus or could possibly be strep – only culture will tell), before I had Dex I rarely got sick but since having him I feel like I’m continually...
View ArticleA Year of Change
2012 wasn’t really a good year, those of you that follow over on facebook (and if you don’t, get over there and click like already) would have seen how I summed it up – I likened the year to feeling...
View ArticleWe Are A Family
You know, I never really meant for my infertility to follow me here, I originally thought that by moving to a new home, having a new blog and a new name, that it would be enough for me to let it go....
View ArticleLazy Sunday
A lazy Sunday afternoon, a play date with my photographer sister and her son turns into an impromptu photo shoot for my little family. Hardly any make-up, tired and more than a little grumpy after a...
View ArticleA party & a trip to the hospital
On Sunday my nephew celebrated his fifth birthday with a party at a community farm. I made the requested (dairy-free) cake – Bubbles from PowerPuff Girls: We fed the animals Dex got bitten by this...
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