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11 days until Christmas
OK, we all know – I’m an atheist. So why would Christmas bother me, you ask? Because, in Australia at least, it a time of year that we set aside to spend with our families. That is what I am used...
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Really, really struggling today
I am struggling not so much because I miss my husband and children so very badly, but because I feel so unimportant. My local member, who I contacted some time ago, has not got back to me. Clearly a...
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Christmas Day
What do I say? My family should be here, with me. We should all be getting in the car this morning and driving to my daughter’s place. There should be laughter and happiness in my home. Instead there...
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Balancing Santa and study
Mr O is walking a tightrope today: attending my work Children’s Christmas Party for the children’s sake, but also needing to study madly for his last four tests this coming week. I feel for him: he is...
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11 days until Christmas – one year later
This time last year I wrote 11 days until Christmas. I ended that article saying: Christmas is going to be hard for me. In past years, well, it was what it was. I was single. It was what it was....
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Thank you, thank you, Daddy
Tonight our two youngest had a carol concert on the school oval. I really wanted to go and hear them sing in their classes but I am really, really tired. It has, I have realised, been a very tough...
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Work Visa to Qatar
Another short excerpt from Love versus Goliath, my memoir in progress. Previously published excerpts can be found under “The Book” menu or category. This part of our journey has not been discussed in...
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Lime and spoon races and painting
The work children’s Christmas party was a beautiful sunny day without scorching us! There were those tricky lime and spoon races. Those limes are hard to find in the grass! Some paints were acquired on...
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Almost the end of the year
For most families this is a hellish week. In fact, I could say a hellish month. So far this month we have had: Year 6 Graduation Year 12 final sign up (pay fees, confirm subjects etc) Parent’s...
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Greetings of the Season!
Greetings of the season to all who celebrate this time of year. Christmas comes but once a year. Just as well really, as it is enough to drive people crazy! Apart from the kids and Dad not being able...
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My Black Santa Claus
Once upon a time I wrote about shaving bumps and the distress they caused Mr O. I never got around to the follow up, did I? Here is Mr O shaving the Nigerian way. Which was actually the Black...
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Christmas Day
What do I say? My family should be here, with me. We should all be getting in the car this morning and driving to my daughter’s place. There should be laughter and happiness in my home. Instead there...
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Balancing Santa and study
Mr O is walking a tightrope today: attending my work Children’s Christmas Party for the children’s sake, but also needing to study madly for his last four tests this coming week. I feel for him: he is...
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Season’s Greetings to all!
I know. I’m a day late for the southern hemisphere! It was a busy day. But I am not too late for the northern hemisphere so I got it half right. :wink: We wish everyone a very happy and safe festive...
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Christmas Cabinet Reshuffle a gift to the Australian people
Despairing of the costs to the taxpayer of the disabled and unemployed members of Australian society, Abbott decided it was necessary to take action to ensure by Christmas 2015 the taxpayers would be...
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