When my kids were in Primary school, one of them, I’m not naming names, came home from school with the latest joke! S/he slapped my face (ever so lightly and playfully) and then said “Forget it, it’s in the past now”. We both laughed and went out into the world to find others to play the […]

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When I was in Broken Hill a couple of years ago, I saw this sign and had to take a photo. My friend Rhonda and I often say ‘tough love’ after we’ve had to pull our kids back into shape. Sometimes, they just get a little away with themselves. They start taking you for granted, […]

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From July 1st, there are changes to the formula used to calculate child support. I have been a single parent for most of 16 years and received maintenance for my two children. This is the final year for me to receive maintenance, so there are only a couple of months after the change. I know […]

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Today my buddy Rhonda turned up early, well around 12.00, but I’d just got out of bed! I’d had a bit of a sleep deprived night. Tossed and turned and even rearranged the position of my bed in my room for better feng shui at around 4.00am, with too much on my mind. Many changes […]

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Yesterday I collected my son from the Prom for the last time this summer. He put the ‘L’ plates on and drove home, he did a good job. We took a detour down a dirt road to a place called ‘Shallow Inlet’ that I remember being beautiful when my pa took me there as a […]

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Yesterday I watched a great movie called Thumbsuckers. It contained a great line that has really made me think “Television is a Trojan Horse in our Homes” (Thumbsuckers). I don’t watch much TV anymore. In fact I reckon I would watch less than 2 hours a week. I don’t find any value in it. In […]

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I am running the son to Jeeralang today. I used to hear parents complain about running their kids around and dismissed it. I never realised how time consuming and interupting it is. A parent should be able to ‘just say ‘no” but in reality you are then stuck with a long faced teenager behaving like […]

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Those three words summarise my weekend. I have been watching some DVD’s, romantic comedies that were enjoyable but not probably memorable and after having said that I don’t even think I will mention their titles. I have read a bit online and put a couple of clips on Revver from the Broken Hill trip that […]

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The cold weather has set in. I lit a fire tonight. I love a fire and I enjoy it once it’s started but coming home to a cold house and having to collect wood and make a fire seems too much work when I am cold. It is also not good for the environment! I […]

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Wednesday is meant to be hump day apparently. You get over Wednesday and then the rest of the week is downhill. So the theory goes. When Tuesday feels like Wednesday though, like mine did yesterday I feel as though it should be over already!
Last night when I looked up the link for Harkaway Primary, I […]

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