Yesterday we awoke to find Sydney bathed in a seriously eerie orange glow. Gale force winds had blown this dusty soup in from the west of our state. The day before, despite little water, this dirt had been trying really hard to grow our vegetables, so this colourful gift from mother nature pleased neither us [...]
Posts Tagged ‘children’
Life on Mars – Picture Special
Posted in Family life, Outdoor life, children, tagged Australia, children, dust storms, farmers, husband, redheads, SAHH, stay at home, Stay at home husband, Sydney, working mum on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Top dog
Posted in Family life, dogs, tagged breeding, children, designer dogs, dogs, guide dogs, husband, Labradoodle, stay at home, working mum on October 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rodent boy slept on the floor last night, away from his bed and cuddled up closely to Muppet Dog. When I asked him why, he said it was because Muppet wouldn’t get up on to his bed, so he joined him on the floor. As cute as this is, it also highlights why we got [...]
Meltdown
Posted in Family life, tagged Army Cadets, children, coffee, dogs, husband, school holidays, stay at home, working mum on October 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Arrggghhh! I hate school holidays! Why do they always coincide with large paid jobs coming in with impossible deadlines. Today I have a 32 page magazine to design, two over-active boys to entertain and it’s going to be 35°C/95°F. Said boys are currently arguing with each other while allegedly watching The Simpsons. It’s an episode [...]
Sex and the City
Posted in Getting away, tagged birthdays, children, elderly mother, hotels, humour, husband, intimacy, romance, stay at home, Sydney, working mum on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
‘Come here you!’ said Working Mum seductively grabbing at my belt and pulling me down towards her on the bed. It’s amazing how she loses all her inhibitions when we are away without the children. Not that I’m complaining or anything…
The birthday itself got better, but no thanks to the pathetic total of two and [...]
