Teehee, giggle, snort. Perhaps I should be writing a different lesson today: 'I have a juvenile sense of humour'.Cameron and I are approaching our fifth wedding anniversary. For the first two years, we made a sterling effort to buy each other ...
You don’t need a fancy camera to take a good photo
My camera's not the flashest on the market. (See what I did there?) It barely zooms. When it does, it loses focus. It's six megapixels. It's not waterproof. It's not super slim. It's not super huge with different lenses and features. It's not ...
Kids can embarrass you from a young age
You might think that Ashleigh is too young to do anything to embarrass me.You'd be wrong.A friend of mine recently came to our house for a visit, bringing the love of her life with her. It being an international romance, it was the first time we'd ...
Litter is (not) synonymous with rubbish
I love board games. A love shared by many in my extended family. However, games don't always end well. The competitive gene is in all of us. It didn't skip a generation, or concentrate itself in one cousin over another. We all have it. In ...
It’s nice to get a surprise gift from someone who knows you well
And it's not even an early Christmas present! It's a just because present. Hooray!My parents went on an overseas holiday earlier this year. They returned with nice presents for all children and grandchildren. I scored a gorgeous top, a belt and ...
Every (renovation) cloud has a silver (dust) lining
It's 20 December. Five sleeps until a jolly fat man will bring me the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary (wishful thinking). Or some pyjamas and a DVD or book (more likely).Everything I'm reading at the moment has a ...
Kids can make you laugh when you want to cry
Yesterday was The. Day. From. Hell. I think that, somehow, Ashleigh knew what was planned yesterday morning and was determined to make me suffer for it.Curse those immunisations.From the moment Ashleigh woke, she didn't want a bar of me. She ...
Mums need time off too
Our house is currently a renovation bombsite. It will be oh-so-lovely when it's finished, but it is oh-so-difficult to live in at the moment, and oh-so-frustrating to watch the build.Cameron is working on it tirelessly and, between work and ...
Kids have no tact (guest post)
Welcome to the first official You learn something new every day guest post! Cue rapturous applause, whistles and foot stamping.My gorgeous cousin Carla, who you can find over at Carla's scrappy tales (where you'll also find super ...
It’s the little things that count
Apologies: I'm having a bit of a cliché week. But I figure they become clichés for a reason!Cam has the little things down pat. When he gets home from work, I get the first kiss and cuddle before he turns his full attention to Ashleigh. If he ...