Graduating from primary school to high school is a bit more of a big deal than when I was a kid. For our “graduation”, if I remember correctly, we had our usual Friday morning assembly, and all the year 7s (which was the final year of primary, back in my day) got up on stage…
Continue reading →Most years we manage to have a combined birthday party for Chance and Darby, as their birthdays are 10 days apart. This year, by some logistical miracle, the kids had their three uncles up for the weekend as well! My brother Kristian (aka uncle Khicken) actually managed to surprise us all which was just so…
Continue reading →Ten years (and nine days, yes this is late) ago, we welcomed our dear little Darby-doo to the family. His birth was the most calm out of all four kids. It was just me, Frith, the only female obstetrician in Mount Isa who was Russian, and a midwife who was also Eastern European. I kept…
Continue reading →Can you even believe it?? This kid! As you can see, he still loves Lego, and is super into F1 racing at the moment, so he was very pleased with his McLaren model to build. We had a lovely little birthday morning for him at home, then off to school and work all six of…
Continue reading →About six months ago, my good friend Cal, who lives with her husband Nathan and three kids in Geelong, messaged me saying Nathan would be at a conference in Brisbane in the September school holidays and they were thinking about coming up to stay as well. Long story short, I told Cal they should stay…
Continue reading →School holidays have been and gone (how??) and we had a wonderful fortnight doing ALL THE THINGS! Let’s get into it! We spent four days in the first week up at our beloved fishing shacks on the Burrum River. The weather was spot on and the fish were biting. What more could we ask for!?…
Continue reading →Friday was our day on the Great Barrier Reef and it was absolutely magic. Grumpy had done some research and we decided on Seastar Cruises as it was a smaller group (fewer than 40) and took us to two locations for snorkeling. The weather was perfect which was such a bonus, as it had been…
Continue reading →This feels like such a big post to write. I may do a two-parter. Let’s see how we go. About a year ago, Gran proposed that we go on a family holiday up to Cairns in August to celebrate Mum and Dad’s 50th wedding anniversary. Their treat. The whole family would be invited and the…
Continue reading →Yes I’m using the name of my blog as the title of this very long overdue (and long!) post. The meaning will come out as you read. It’s been nearly three months since I last wrote, so there is a LOT to catch up on. Here are the highlights! We celebrated Grumpy’s 74th birthdayNothing fancy,…
Continue reading →If you have ever been in a flow state, you know what I’m talking about. The concept of ‘flow’ was first proposed by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He described flow as an optimal state of consciousness, a sweet spot where we’re so absorbed in an activity that everything else seems to fade into the background. When…
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