It doesn’t take a lot to amuse me, most of the time. A good pun, especially one delivered deadpan by my teenager, can have me in hysterics. Most recently, I’ve been tickling my own funny bone with a pun of a project. A laptop sleeve. Sewn using typewriter fabric. I’m not sure what makes me smile more, the cute fabric, […]
Part of my blogging process, especially over Blogtober, is once the post goes live, is to view the post on both my laptop and my phone. I’m familiar enough with my theme now that I know how it looks, but I still like to take that moment to review it, make sure everything loads properly in both formats. In our […]
I was scrolling my phone, trying to muster the energy to leave my nice warm bed, when the first text message came through. 6.02am. “May I get up, mummy?” came the request from a small girl, holding court in the camper trailer after a sleepover/camp out with her friend. I encouraged her to go back to sleep, or at least […]
How can I hit the big smoke, and NOT stock up on all the things? I’ve had a productive week, adding a heap of goodies to my collection. Posca pen from Eckersleys – I’ve been meaning to try these for ages, so I picked one up so I can try it without paying postage Calligraphy paper & sumi ink from […]
It was still dark, and well before my scheduled alarm, when I woke this morning. I lay there in the semi-silence, wondering if it was worth trying to get back to sleep, but in the end, decided my brain had the right of it, and slipped out of bed, careful not to disturb my still-sleeping daughter beside me. As the […]
Never once have I managed to pack a realistic amount of craft projects for travel. Going for a month? Need a full crate. Going for a weekend full of events? Three projects minimum. A week in the city? Well, let’s try and be realistic – two projects, the iPad to draw with, three podcast episodes to edit, daily blog posts…and […]
It’s been a busy couple of days, running around on errands I can only do in the city, and catching up with friends. The children are loving their classes and their new friends, though Mr14 is rather miffed I won’t bring him down for weekly classes during the term! The two big boys even were allowed to head off campus […]
How good is the internet? No matter what you’re into or where you are, there’s bound to be someone out there who’s into the same things, and thanks to the internet, we can meet that person. We can chat with them, share photos with them, encourage them, even start a podcast with them. Every now and then, you even get […]
When I first starting blogging back in 2008, it was more an offshoot of my main hobbies. It wasn’t necessarily a place to write and share as a stand alone channel, more where I could post photos and a little round up of the details, and share in the daily chat in an accessible way. In 2008, that’s how we […]
Back when we were making the final decision to homeschool, we had a discussion about excursions and the bigger things schools can offer than homeschoolers generally can’t. I knew, once we committed, that part of my job as the homeschool facilitator of the family would be to find alternatives, and make them happen. In the early days, we did lots […]
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