sick kid, poo, lists

drew has been sick on and off for the past three weeks.
she’s getting better but not quite. i think i’d better write down some notes about happens today. i get to the end of wednesday and it’s a bit of a blur. “um … we trashed the house? … can’t remember what else … i […]

reality meet fantasy

i imagine a reality where i saved money every week from my first job onwards instead of investing in cds and …  actually i’m not sure what else i bought but i remember not cooking much … this place is so beautiful it makes me want to … i don’t know … rob a bank?
by […]

Where I do toy library duty

Late last year Drew and I dropped into the toy library one Saturday morning to join up and get toys. I somehow ended up getting my name put down for January toy stocktake, which I’ve just finished for the day. I didn’t run screaming fast enough, I realise now, on reflection.
As well as swimming lessons, […]

childcare, other acceptable forms of torturing small children, etc

This week Eilis went back to work. She’ll be working Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from herein.
Grandma and grandpa are on duty Wednesdays.
Thursday & Friday is childcare.
For all our ideological mumbo-jumbo about community based childcare, the ones we visited in our area before Christmas weren’t as good as the private centres. For babies, anyway. The community […]

money can’t buy me love

we lodged our parenting order with the family court a couple of weeks ago.
eilis had done a heap of the ground work, practically written the thing, finished all the research about the different points that we need to cover. mr p and i pretty much just signed off.
the parenting order formalises our informal arrangement, allows […]

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