In the midst of a discussion about love and what it means and how it manifests, centred around expectations of and surviving teenage behaviour, it struck me that love is defined by each individual in their own way and so many things shadow and influence the individiual definition of love.
It was pointed out to [...]
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What is love?
Posted in Children, Days, Family, Life, Love on May 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Update on Tess and Abigail
Posted in Children, Family, Life, Love on April 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
As the witching hour descends I have JUST received word that Tess and Abigail are all well, shaken but not hurt.
I am relieved. And grateful.
6am Court Day
Posted in Children, Family, Love on February 23, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I am dressed and ready and have just my day bag to pack. Waiting in the Lobby to be called at Family Court hearings can be a long wait so I am ensuring my bag is packed and I am ready to occupy the long hours. I can’t take knitting as the confiscate the needles [...]
A whole day
Posted in Children, Family, Life on February 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
to myself. Now what shall I do?
Saturday morning and Tony is already on the road heading north to meet with Nick ( his son who he hardly ever sees) and a 12 hour marathon session playing some game. Last night as we sat and ate dinner at Tess place with Tess, Amy and Pandy he [...]
Board Meeting at 8am
Posted in Days, Family, Life on February 12, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Someone walked up to me yesterday with some “light reading” of Board papers just as I was walking out the door. My boss laughed and suggested the donor “get a life and if he didn’t have one, to go find one!!” . I laughed my head off.
Workwise everything is hectic with two major projects I [...]
Friday and January is almost gone
Posted in Family, Life on January 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Friday morning and the bulk of Sydney commuter traffic has returned from the summer/Christmas holidays and is right now rocketing down the Pacific Highway heading into the city. From here with the window open to catch the final evening cool as I sit here and compose myself, ready for the day, I can clearly hear [...]
Haze
Posted in Family, Life on January 25, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Heat and temperatures of 40+ Celsius (over 100 Fahrenheit) largely throughout this week have bred a population with grey bags under their eyes, large enough to pack for a weekend away. I have been asking Tony to allow me to “hide” them for him. Makeup CAN work wonders!! Tony, of course, glares at me. Loudly, [...]
Sunday morning and all is well.
Posted in Children, Days, Family, Friends, Life on January 4, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Tony and I have been staying up late ( both last night and the night before watching movies that began after midnight and finished in the wee small hours. ) The tv shows scheduled for earlier times hold no interest for us or make us want to turn the tv off. We do not have [...]
One day closer to returning to work
Posted in Children, Days, Family, Life, Love on January 3, 2009 | 7 Comments »
We currently have a housefull but at this time everything has settled. Tony and Lizzie(aged 2 and a half) are asleep in our bed, Leonnie (aged 12) is in hers and Geni had two 14 year old friends stay over and they were up giggling and gossiping until past 2am. I suspect I [...]
New Year’s Resolutions
Posted in Family, Life, Thoughts on December 31, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I have already gotten a forward march on health and fitness, beginning on Boxing Day in a fury of post feast guilt and am now well on my way to settling into healthy feeding and exercise program (Aging Gracefully) so the I will save more’s, eat less, exercise more’s that begin New Year and end [...]
