Three years. Three years I've been doing this blogging thing. Happy blogiversary to me!It started with a 'just do it'-style note to myself, and was followed the next day with an imperfect dictionary experience. And that was it. I was off and ...
Archives for August 2014
Perspective
I took the kids to the park recently, and this is what we saw. What I saw: a slight incline to the swings. What my son saw: a rise that required complicated navigation including walking, standing, sitting, crawling, standing again and walking. ...
Children’s book review – August
Welcome to August's children's book review! Back to the library, and back home with another collection of books for Ashleigh (4), Mitchell (1) and, let's face it, for me too!Here are our thoughts.----I, Trixie, Who is Dog / Dean Koontz and ...
Why my four-year-old is upset with you
She wanted the purple cup.She wanted the other purple cup.No, the OTHER purple cup.Just some of our purple cups. TOO MANY PURPLE CUPS.Her favourite dress is in the wash.She doesn't want to go to the zoo.She doesn't want to leave the zoo.You laughed ...
Friends that almost never were
Sometimes, you predict friendships. You meet someone, you see that they are similar to you in certain ways, and you predict that you are going to become friends. And that you will stay friends.I consider myself incredibly lucky to still be ...
My worst critic
I am excellent at putting myself down. It's the one thing I'm generally happy to admit to being good at. I've known this about myself for a long time. I've known it in that vague way you know something about yourself without really considering ...
Book review – The Best Feeling of All and Your Best Year Yet
This month, I'm reviewing two titles - The Best Feeling of All by Jack Ellis, the book of the month for the Pink Fibro Book Club hosted by Allison Tait, and Your Best Year Yet by Kelly Exeter, which was released in January as an e-book and has just ...