Posts made in August, 2012

Half Birthday Madness

Posted by on Aug 31, 2012 in Essentially Random | 22 comments

Half Birthday Madness

When I was at school, I had a friend called Snarbs. Actually I think his real name might have been Steven, but we all called him Snarbs. Something to do with him going overseas and having a cold and the native word for cold being Snarbley or something like that. I don’t really remember. Anyway, Snarbs and I had one very important thing in common. Our date of birth. Almost. Snarbs was exactly eighteen months younger than I was, to the day. I don’t remember exactly how we discovered...

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The Importance of Being Heard

Posted by on Aug 28, 2012 in Essential Blogging, Essential Vlogs, Essentially Essential | 64 comments

The Importance of Being Heard

Over the last few days I’ve taken the time to really think and reflect about this IBOT linky, as I’ve structured some goals to make the whole event hopefully better for one and all. The word that keeps coming to mind, is community. There are many link ups in the blogosphere. You can join one or several every day of the week, with different themes, topics and guidelines. But not one of them is like IBOT, because I Blog on Tuesdays, has, and always will be, built on community....

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Playing to Win

Posted by on Aug 26, 2012 in Essential Extras | 4 comments

Playing to Win

All the Aussie parents will no doubt be aware that last week Down Under, was Book Week. And they were aware, on account of having to scrounge for new costume ideas for their kids, possibly at the last minute. Well over here at the Diary of a SAHM household, there was no scrounging necessary, since this would-be-craft-blogger had begun her preparations weeks in advance, all in the hopes of one of her offspring, winning an illusive prize in the costume parade.   I have, you see, a bit of a...

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When Wisdom Turns Random

Posted by on Aug 24, 2012 in Essentially Emo, Essentially Random | 14 comments

When Wisdom Turns Random

I had planned to write a post on book week today, but as it turns out I haven’t. No real reason why. Just haven’t. Instead, because said post will take too much time out of my already dramatically shortened day, (it helps to take your house keys with you when you leave home, so that you don’t have to drive into your husbands work to steal his), I shall instead be imparting some of my still in tack wisdom. Or possibly randomness. So, here goes. There is possibly nothing more...

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The Happy Dentist

Posted by on Aug 23, 2012 in Essential Extras, Essentially Emo, Essentially Random | 14 comments

The Happy Dentist

So regular readers will remember that about a month ago, I attempted to go to the dentist. Actually, if you read the blog post you might have thought I was actually going for the removal of my wisdom teeth, rather than an appointment about getting them reviewed, but apparently I wasn’t very clear. Anyhow, on Monday, I finally went for the cancelled-due-to-gastro appointment, dragging all four children along with me, because I’m a little crazy like that. I was a little apprehensive....

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