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So many wars of wit and words have been waged on this old scrabble board. It’s been around for a while, this one, can’t you tell? I {heart} scrabble. What’s your game? Linking up for another Wordless Wednesday with Trish over at her lovely blog and with Bree’s Wordless Wednesday linky-get-together on her super blog [...]

  The end of the school year is almost upon us and that means it’s come time to start thinking about teacher gifts. It’s an obligatory custom in the primary school phase but not something commonly done in high school,  and, as a high school teacher, I’ve not been overly upset by this as 15 [...]

Last night I lost my shit a little. The ‘stuff’, and there’s a fair bit of it, that I have and hold onto is becoming overwhelming and I’m feeling the urge to purge. That’s it!! I declare that I’m going to be a tosser! You’ve seen me through the chuck out 50 useless things challenge, and I’ve [...]

Today we’re off to the big smoke. The kids are going to hang out with some friends while I attend my first ever blogger-meet-up do in Brisbane. A high tea at that, woohoo fancy! Excitement aside, I’m actually a little bit nervous. Although I really do write as I am, and what you see (aherm, [...]

I’m pretty lucky that my Big Boy and my Middle Young Man have managed to spend much of their lives as great mates. As little squirts they were almost inseparable and adored each other’s company and oddly enough they rarely, if ever, fought. True story. It really did surprise me how well they got along and how [...]

We’re hacking into the watermelons here and so that can only mean one thing …. summer with its glorious fruits is just around the corner! Just look at this one though, what a cracker! Just to let you know, watermelon is only my second favourite summer fruit pipped to the post by cherries. Mmmm cherries. [...]