Monthly Archives: May 2010

Cinderella

“All you ever ask me to do is CHORES!” Poor Cinderella.  She wiped her tear streaked face with dirty hands, filthy from having had to sweep up the ashes from the fireplace .. after scrubbing the floor with a toothbrush, … Continue reading

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Netball, netball, netball

THREE of them now, playing rep for our little association and too much netball is never enough round here right now.  It’s a busy term. I got hold of some photies  from the carnival I..we… had to get up early … Continue reading

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Great Distractions

Well, yes, I’m a Procrastinator Extraordinaire – as some of you will have figured out by now. It doesn’t take much each day to derail me from my good intentions.  Pretty much ANYTHING on the computer will distract me from … Continue reading

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Images of an early start.

I don’t do mornings very well at all, so anytime I’m up before the sun requires some acknowledgment at the very least.  And I’m always after some sort of silver lining – something to take the edge off how hard … Continue reading

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Renovation ideas?

Thinking of putting one of these in with the renos. Well, no, not really. But how COOL would that be? Whenever I need a laugh, (and I did yesterday  – yesterday seemed to have a succession of minor things that … Continue reading

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Miscellaneous woes.

We had a very quiet and lazy day. A day which also happened to be mother’s day – but seeing I’m not into the whole hype of it all, it was effectively just a lazy autumn Sunday – but a … Continue reading

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Socks and gender stereotypes.

This cartoon pretty much sums me up – with a slight adjustment: That’s our bedroom floor.  And, in an about face of the stereotypes, I’m the one who gets lectured by the man of the house about what stage of … Continue reading

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