Getting five hours' consecutive sleep on some nights. It might not sound like much, but it's a vast improvement!The book Word Freak. ('Heartbreak, triumph, genius and obsession in the world of competitive Scrabble.' YES.)My husband's back feeling ...
Archives for January 2014
Things that made me cry this month
A big spell of sleeplessness.Another big spell of sleeplessness.Accepting that sleeplessness may just be my life now.The book The Green Mile.The book Under the Dome (I'm extremely late to the Stephen King party).My husband sustaining a back injury.My ...
Tiredness vs exhaustion – it isn’t just me
One of my most popular posts last year was a recap of the ridiculous things that tiredness and exhaustion made me do during the early days of this second outing of child-rearing.Showering with my glasses on. Putting the kettle in the fridge ...
Children’s book review – January
It's children's book review time! And this month, instead of heading off to the library, I'm raiding the new stash of books that Ashleigh and Mitchell received for Christmas.I'd review them all, but the post would be longer than my family favourites ...
Goals for 2014
I started to write my goals for this year: What I want to achieve in my life and career. The list got long. It got a little scary. The purpose suddenly seemed contrary. I chucked it out. I started again, Shut down the computer and picked up a ...
Dumb ways to get hurt (the reader remix)
In November, I wrote a song (well, the lyrics) about the myriad ways I've hurt myself in the past.I kept a few in reserve, and asked you to share a tale or two of uncoordinated woe, thinking I'd add a few verses.But the response was huge. HUGE. HUGE! ...
Book review – Mister Pip and The Light Between Oceans
Time for another book review! And I'm rewinding back to earlier months with the Pink Fibro Bookclub facebook group, as we won't be sharing our thoughts on Christos Tsiolkas's Barracuda until the end of January. (And at this rate, I won't be ...
Kids be kids be who they are
Last year, I wrote about gender-specific toys.An incorrectly titled post, in hindsight. Really, it was about gender-targeted toys. Toys marketed along gender-specific lines, with girls expected to play with dolls, ponies, vacuum cleaners and all ...
Decisions
How many decisions do you think you make each day? Ten? Twenty? Fifty? A hundred?I have no idea how many decisions I make each day. Possibly less than when I was working full-time. Possibly more, but because they're seemingly smaller they don't ...