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Christmas in Australia is different as I’ve mentioned before and that includes the stories. The Night before Christmas is a classic and I love it. I read it to my kids every Christmas Eve, after we watch the Polar Express… it’s just what we do, it sets the mood for Santa 🙂 But in Australia it’s hot at Christmas time and …
Here’s 10 reasons you should have a Southern Hemisphere Christmas at least once in your lifetime. The first 36 Christmases of my life were hot! It wasn’t until we moved to New York in 2005 that we experienced a cold, snowy Christmas. I can see benefits of both but I really do love the warmth. 1. It’s warm …
Now you know how we hunt our trees, I suppose I should share how we decorate too. It’s a little contentious because I’m all just hang the decorations and the King is all let’s plan the look because he’s OCD and the kids just wanna get it up and pretty. I stayed right out of it and let them all …
Winter Christmas is way different to the Summer Christmases I grew up with. As a child and young adult I couldn’t really relate to all the Christmas cards and images of snow and sitting by the fire. For us in the southern hemisphere, Christmas is a time for the beach and outdoor Carols by Candlelight and Christmas Day in a …
This post is a little off colour, be warned BUT our house is off colour at the moment because of this stupid virus…and if you can’t laugh at your misfortunes then….. Now if you’re following along, you’ll know that Grand Master D has been sick for a while. This stomach bug is a tough bastard and so far he’s lost …
Do you ever get those days when everything is too much? When ‘whoa is me’ seems like an option? Well I had a week last week, don’t even remember why now but I was homesick and sad and tired and just crap. Oh and I think there was a sick kid thrown in for good measure. I had a whinge …
Mondays…. Ugh they’re hard any old week but coming off the back of Thanksgiving and 4 blissful days of relaxing and sleeping then they’re doubly difficult. Add to that the fact that you’ve had a child in and out of the pain of a stomach virus that just won’t go away and then you know how my morning is going.
Last week I shared that my niece volunteered in the Philippines to help the victims of the typhoon. She returned home on sunday and she was gracious enough to allow me to interview her. Here’s what she has to say about the experience.
So it has become apparent that Grand Master D has no organisations skills. None, zip, nada. Yeah I know I should have seen this coming but honestly, I had no idea they weren’t teaching this stuff in school, because that makes sense right. That’s where they are 8 hours a day, surely in that time there would be some instruction …
Tonight in NYC (Brooklyn) there’s an amazing event. It’s a book signing…what’s so amazing you might say? Well it’s a book about colour, the secret language of colour to be exact. A mother and daughter team have studied colour, our relationship with it and how it works and have written a fascinating book. My very good friend One Funny Motha …
