Category: Holiday Highjinks

  • Go Away 2024, My Husband Hates You.

    Go Away 2024, My Husband Hates You.

    or Happy New Year! Hello guys (in the non-pejorative, non-gendered sense, don’t cancel me I’m disabled). I have not been having the nicest time. I mean of course not, it’s been Christmas. My mother pointed out a decade ago, I seem to have developed a debilitating phobia of Christmas. And living with 4 adults 21…

  • 5 Ways Too… New Years… Kitten

    5 Ways Too… New Years… Kitten

    It’s a picture of my kitten to tempt you all to take a look, I need traffic on my website cos I want to sell my book. I’ve been writing and reediting until it’s made me sick. And to get my kid to illustrate I’ve had to use a stick. I know I have ignored…

  • Easter Writing Task

    Easter Writing Task

    So this morning we had a relaxing exercise at Tuesday Writer’s Club. Tony is joining us by telephone. You are not going to believe this; Tony does not have a computer. At all, by choice. So here is my attempt at the challenging task. The Easter Bunny has finished his work…   “Never again,” He…

  • Happy Easter

    Happy Easter

    Our Prime Minister Scott Morrison is doing a fantastic job during this crisis. Our State Premier Mark McGowan is doing a wonderful job. And our local representative Christian Porter is going above and beyond my wildest expectations of informative nurturing politicians   I’ll admit I did not think this way a couple of months ago,…

  • Christmas in July – The Tablet Version

    Christmas in July – The Tablet Version

    As previously mentioned in Christmas in July – Lisa’s: and Christmas in July – View from an Alex   KSP Writer’s Centre A.K.A. The greatest writing centre in the world were having a literary dinner the evening of my Tuesday Writers Circle. So I made that our writing theme. Mum again wouldn’t write (because she…

  • Christmas in July – View from an Alex

    Christmas in July – View from an Alex

    As previously mentioned in Christmas in July – Lisa’s: KSP Writer’s Centre A.K.A. The greatest writing centre in the world were having a literary dinner the evening of my Tuesday Writers Circle. So I made that our writing theme. Mum again wouldn’t write (because she is stubborn) and no one who wasn’t family came (because…

  • Christmas in July – Lisa’s

    Christmas in July – Lisa’s

    KSP Writer’s Centre A.K.A. The greatest writing centre in the world were having a literary dinner the evening of my Tuesday Writers Circle. So I made that our writing theme. Mum again wouldn’t write (because she is stubborn) and no one who wasn’t family came (because too many have met me). But triumphantly Tablet wrote,…

  • I Had A Birthday, OMG, Shut Up!

    I Had A Birthday, OMG, Shut Up!

    It is not my birthday today, my birthday was days ago, if you wish me a happy birthday… I bite; just to warn you! My husband is making me do a birthday post.  He loves my birthday; the jerk!  I was born 8 days before him so he revs up the demon spawn and they…

  • Valentine Needed; Desperately!

    Valentine Needed; Desperately!

    For our family Valentine’s Day started yesterday when Charlie sent two red chiffon bags of dog chocs & yogurt drops to his favourite person F. (my support worker)’s Cavalier spaniel damsels.  When shown photos he adores Indie; the younger one. And is not that interested in Poppy the grumpy one. Not the actual photos of…

  • I Don’t Want To Make Anymore Calendars, Does That Make Me A Bad Mother?

    I Don’t Want To Make Anymore Calendars, Does That Make Me A Bad Mother?

    Warning this is depressing & humourless.  I advise you not to read it, unless you are interested in Autism &/or Depression. A year ago I convinced my two youngest not to buy the expensive glossy calendars because the school produced calendars would be more useful & I would reward them by getting nicer pictures of…