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Little L has become such a know-it-all lately. It's age appropriate, of course. I remember M reaching this same point. So for example, in the car yesterday she said something about what she would...

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Today is the first time in months that I am actually home on a day that both my kids are in preschool and school. The house desperately needs to be put in order, and even though I had planned to ...

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We had a little poddy lamb. An orphan lamb whose mother died while giving birth to its twin - who also died. We didn't give this lamb a name because she wasn't ours. She was our neighbour's and w...

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Is it wrong to simply not want to treat my first nephew as anything more special than any of my nieces? I get the feeling that the first male of the new generation - ie my nephew - is going to b...

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Email from the Treasurer: "Dear all, Previous Director has a new phone and therefore my blocking has not worked. She has asked if she is worthy if a reference. I will not give her a reference! I...

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So we're restructuring the business. I've been left to do it all, to contact HR consultants and work out what I want. Funny how it's what I want all of a sudden when we are a committee. I'm sta...

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Yesterday's committee meeting went well. I had lost sleep over it because I was worrying so much about HOW to say all the things I needed to say without singling people out or hurting people's fe...

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Lol who knew?!??!?!? That I'd have to RESEARCH the guy and get to know a little bit about him?!? Hahahaha. Basically Liv wants to see him live and seeing as he's coming to my area in June, she ...

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I have NO idea how on earth this committee has managed to actually get this event up and running year after year, for 8 years... there is SO much disorganization!!! LOLOLOLOL!!!!!! This is the f...

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The Director has just emailed us a letter of resignation................

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Despite my efforts, things are still pear-shaped with this organization. Yesterday the executives had a meeting to discuss the Director's upcoming appraisal. Her probation is coming to an end so...

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Taking it slow. I'm wearing pyjama-type clothes. Hanging about. Slowly doing some of the things on my To Do list that aren't so urgent, and ignoring the more urgent ones. Well really, nothing is ...

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I hit a man with my car today. I was reverse-parked at a 45 degree angle in the main street of the next town. I was leaving the parked area, and he was crossing the road towards me, thinking I wa...

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My To Do List, with comments explaining the dead ends..... Passports - need to organize. Must apply for Little L. Can renew L's and Little M's as they are recently expired. Mine is recently expi...

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So my mother-in-law spent most of the week ensuring she was spending her time in a different room in the house than me. She spent most of the week avoiding me, ignoring me, talking over me, not a...

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The other thing I've been wanting to write about is just how HAPPY M is lately. It's like..... she finally gets that she really IS loved, exactly for who she is. Because she is! I don't know if...

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I had 3 meetings in a row today. I know, I'm crazy. It was kind of out of my control. In a way it was best that the meetings were all on the same day and one after the other, as it meant that I o...

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I just keep getting myself in deeper and deeper, don't I. As part of the Drovers Committee, I put my hand up to play around with the POS terminal that they will be using. The thing is, nobody kn...

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The thing about playing OzTag is that I am socially awkward. I'm socially awkward everywhere I go. It was the case with Battle and I think that one of the reasons I gave that up was because I w...

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I have been INSANELY busy. It's good, it's an adjustment. I'm not overwhelmed anymore, but it's still an adjustment. I might be going to Chile with my husband and two lovely girls very soon. Wi...

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Queensland was just amazing.............. all trips are good, but some are outstanding. This was one of them. I really had time to connect and re-bond with the people closest to me. Namely two pe...

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L's parents are coming in a fortnight. For ten days. Again. Are they ever going to listen to me? Can they just get lost sometimes?

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My poor little doggy was bitten by a snake this afternoon :( He is alive still (as far as we know) but is staying at the Vet Hospital overnight. They said they will call if they have dramatic new...

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So Little L goes to preschool now. This preschool is run by a mobile family resource unit that actually offers a range of services in a range of places in the region. It runs something like 5 or ...

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Yesterday was 8 years since mine and L's wedding day. The night before, we fell asleep all sweet and cosy, me with my face, nestled in his neck, his soft touch lulling me into a deep sleep. And ...

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