This is currently the little one’s favourite activity. She has to swing every day when we drop her sister off at pre-school.
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8 Mar
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is today, March 8th. I thought it would be nice to celebrate by looking at some inspirational women. Rita – The reality is that the best and quickest way to decrease population, therefore decreasing environmental problems and increasing standards of living, is to educate future mothers. The more women know, the more [...]
5 Mar
March Goals
I just got this great idea from the Planning Queen. While I have a to-do list with a timeline on it, it’s very specific. I think publishing the broader things I’m hoping to achieve in March will help remind me as well. Make some one-on-one time with the big girl. The little girl gets some [...]
4 Mar
13 Me’s
Yes it should be Mes, but that looks really weird and would confuse you as a title. Mum to two Science teacher Evolutionary human biologist Resident of a remote town (3500 people, 5 hours from the nearest town) Yeller (and sometimes thrower) when frustrated Wannabe sewer (that’s with a sewing machine!) Newbie machine embroiderer Military [...]
3 Mar
Wordless Wednesday – Negative
I’m used to thinking my daughters look very different. Then someone came back to playgroup who hadn’t seen us in a couple of years, and her comment was – The little one looks just like the big one used to but with the opposite colouring! And looking at this photo, I can see it.
25 Feb
I don’t want my kids to be nice
or good. Definitely not. You see ‘nice’ and ‘good’ are not actually nice and good things to be. They’re about oppression, and definitely a feminist issue seeing most pressure to be nice is on, and comes from, women. How can I say this? ‘Nice’ is the woman who is working herself into the ground because [...]
24 Feb
Wordless Wednesday – Shape Collage
This will actually have quite a few words. I’ve found a fantastic free programme called Shape Collage that does exactly that – you put your photos in and it gives you a collage in any shape you want. It has some pre-programmed, but you can also create any silhouette you like and off you go. [...]
18 Feb
13 ways in which I am priveleged
White Well-educated Middle – upper middle class Heterosexual Able Never been abused Cis (not transgender) Financially independent Accessible communications technology Married English speaker Healthy My immediate family are healthy Get the Thursday Thirteen code here! The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting [...]
14 Feb
Putting things away when you finish
I love the theory – I mean it’s so simple. When you finish playing with something you put it away before you get the next thing out. I’ve tried to enforce this since the beginning, first me then the girls when they could get the concept. But 4 years on, my house is covered in [...]
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