Apr 23
Last year I wrote about my son learning to ride his motorbike by himself. Since then he’s had a bike upgrade. It went well to start with, but then he and his bike had a disagreement and we struggled to get him to ride it. If we took him down to ride on the grass …
Apr 15
After seeing all those birthday games circulating on social media, I decided a toddler version was required. All I can say is thank goodness my son didn’t arrive on his due date of 31 May!
Mar 15
How to turn an entertainment unit into a doll house, school and superhero hideout My kids have become bored with the kitchen I fashioned for them from an old entertainment unit so I figured it was time to put it to a new use. Before we started I gave myself a pat on the …
Mar 13
I’ve-a weta the bed You know that moment when you’re sound asleep in bed and the collar on your husband’s t-shirt (that you ‘borrowed’ to use as a pyjama top) feels funny? Naturally my first thought was that I was wearing the t-shirt round the wrong way since I do this on average once a …
Feb 24
Blogtabulous celebrates writers who aren’t afraid to make fun of themselves to make you laugh. Actually, they are chosen not for their writing talent, but for any bizarre photos I can dredge up of them to make my fabulous magazine covers. Really the rest of it is irrelevant. It’s just pure luck that they happen to …
Feb 12
Welcome to the very first issue of Blogtabulous where we interview the luscilicious (what? If I say it’s a real word then it is) Robyn from Hollow Tree Ventures. Robyn writes a humorous blog that will have you wetting-your-knickers laughing, and is also the creator of the infamous daytime drama, As the Dollhouse Turns. – …
Feb 10
I don’t do the whole Valentine’s Day thing, but a lot of people get really excited about it, particularly crafters, and the craft blogging world is filled with projects for you to make for that special someone. With my new-found crochet addiction I’ve been searching the web for patterns and signing up for the odd …
Feb 06
We’re having a pretty hot Summer here in New Zealand this year, and the humidity has been awful, so when a Kiwi celebrity asked people to tweet pictures of their humidity hair I didn’t need asking twice. Yeah, I know you all think I look fabulous, but I have to admit that I’ve been …
Feb 01
Sleep my darlings. For the love of all things chocolate, shut your eyes and go the F to sleep! My children wake up arguing with each other and this quickly disintegrates into all out war as they rush through to our room to get the coveted spot cuddled up to Daddy. The loser has to snuggle up …
Jan 29
I’ve been a bit quiet lately. Sorry. It’s just my creative juices have been flowing, just not in the writing funny stuff way. Instead I’ve been getting my crafting groove on and not in a naughty crafty sort of way. I know, I was just as surprised as you. I decided to give crochet a …
