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    Happy V Day…

    I was never much into Valentines Day when I was younger… sure it was nice to occasionally get a bunch of flowers on a day when everyone else was, but my relationships were so unsteady as I whizzed my way…

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    Little pecks of powder…

    My daughter is a contrast of traits, a kaleidescope of girly girl and rough-and-tumble and feisty and sweet.. For instance, she adores makeup. Which is a bit strange, because I wear minimal colour on my face. And yet, she is…

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    Cool relief…

    It’s been pretty hard not to focus on the horrendous toll that bushfires have taken on Australia lately – and I realise my last couple of posts have been (necessarily) a bit hot and heavy… you’d be forgiven for thinking…

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    School blues…

    Last week was back-to-school time for Dash. It’s been a less than ideal lead-up to this annual event, with some big news the previous week that his main buddy, Mada and his family were leaving the district. The full effect…

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    Excuses,excuses!

    It’s branding this week – and I am flat out like the proverbial lizard drinking. …My daily schedule includes feeding, dressing and getting kids to school and kindy, organising records, vaccinations, scanners, eartags, lunches, then all day at yards, and…

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    Oh, Obama!

    As Mr Obama made his rousing speech today, I was sleeping. I think you had to get up at 2.30am to hear or see the Inuguration live. I did catch excerpts all day on the radio however, as I made…

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    Post 300

    Can you believe it? This is officially the 300th post for this little black blog! It seems like yesterday that I took the fingers to the keyboard, after some serious coaxing by my darling blog-addicted sister, to try my hand…