taxation amendments and other exciting news

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jLomxrWM_-TLhs4syCqf3lbE7TMg
(why isn’t wordpress letting me post links. argh!)
the 100 pieces of legislation descriminating against the gays looks set to be amended next month.
this is exciting because 1. superannuation can go to your partner automatically. especially important in situations where the extended family of the deceased didn’t support/was in the dark/ etc about the relationship their […]

wash-up

people came and bought our stuff. the big stuff didn’t sell. the small stuff sold. we met lots of colourful characters, which was quite fun. and apparently, to the neighbours we are colourful characters too so they popped in to check us out.
we made $320. from our op-shop trinkets, Abba-heavy record collection and ephemera. crikey.
ps. […]

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 […]

Chicken Little

I did a trial run to Werribee last week during peak hour and it was better than I thought it was going to be. From West Footscray to the new house was about 35 minutes.
It’s going to be a bit of a head shift. It takes 10 minutes to get to work at the moment […]

a sick poppet, bank balances & homework on sundays

i think that title pretty much sums things up

we’re not in west footscray anymore, toto

we put in an offer on a place in werribee on thursday night, which has been verbally accepted by the vendors.
we just need their signature on the dotted line and we’re the owners of our first home.
quite a surreal experience.
i still don’t feel like an adult, though. what does it take?

why don’t you calm down

after last night’s phone call from the landlords and then a million different options to consider we made our decision and we’re going to move.
i guess, looking at it from a more positive angle than i could manage last night after the phone call, it’s probably come at a good time for us. we had […]

you’ve got a new favourite (photo)

9 months is a nice place to be.

(much much better than 0-3 months.)
9 months is where it’s at.

wednesdays with the other mum (om), or mo (mother, other) for those who are studying classification theory

we’ve shuffled our schedules again, and now wednesdays are my day at home with drew. which means drew only has one day of childcare now. one day with the grandparents. two days with eilis. one day with me. some mornings i wake up and have no idea where i’m supposed to be, or what’s going on. 
drew has just […]

two mums and a dad

we watched ‘two mums & a dad’ on sbs tonight.
we’re friends with the two amazing women who the film shows through the rocky road of negotiating a pregnancy, and then parenting, when the family unit is something other than the usual.
there’s a pretty good discussion going now over at the SBS website.
lordy, watching those early […]