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    What’s this thing called love…

    ‘Love can mend your life  but love can break your heart’                              ‘Message in a Bottle’ – Sting Ain’t that the truth. I have two dear friends who are in the fresh hell of ending their marriage after ten years. It is raw, […]

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    10/12: Music for Monday…

    Smile, Charlie Brown… it’s almost Christmas! Christmas. It’s only fifteen days away. But the more pertinent fact for me is the number of school days  left – and that number is seven. SEVEN. Bloody hell. I don’t know about you but I still have quite a bit to do! There is some good news though. […]

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  • So this is Christmas… and what have you done?

    Well quite a lot this week, actually. For starters I’ve dragged out all the Christmas decorations, no mean feat in itself. There are now far too many lots of boxes to get down from the top shelf of the cupboard. It’s taken YEARS of collecting to get them all but the payoff means our house is well […]

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    4/12: Music for Monday…

    Wow. It’s been a huge day. My youngest had his first transition day in the high school support unit today. We’ve been building towards this moment all year and H was keen to finally check out his new school a little more closely. We arrived at the office to find a small group of other […]

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  • Hot town, summer in the city…

    I don’t think I have loved our ducted air-conditioning quite as much as I have loved it over the past 48 hours. Summer has definitely arrived in these parts. Since Friday we’ve been blasted with the most incredibly hot and humid weather, much hotter than usual. We didn’t have much of a summer last year, […]

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    26/11: Music for Monday

    I am exhausted. I smell. And I’ve spent the last twenty minutes picking paint out of my hair. It was another huge day painting but, I’m happy to say, we are actually getting somewhere! All undercoating of house ceilings and walls is about 95% finished! We had dreadful humidity in ol’ Sydney town today (felt like […]

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    You have GOT to be kidding me…

    It’s been said by someone (I have no idea whom) that if you have a son and you manage to keep him alive until the age of 25, you’ve done a good job. That person was clearly very smart. As a parent, I have been witness to many silly decisions made by my three sons […]

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    19/11: Music for Monday…

    Mmmmm… just what I feel like. My mobile phone is ringing. It’s only 7.34am. Caller ID tells me it’s Son#2. “Mum? I’ve just run up to the bus stop but I missed the bus… and the next one won’t get here in time to get me to school. Can you take me? Sorry, Mum.” Damn. […]

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    Sisterhood of the Painting Pants…

    Thank GOD it’s Friday. I’m knackered. We have nothing planned here tonight although I’m feeling slightly guilty about that because this afternoon I put off having one of H’s mates here for a sleep over. I just couldn’t face it. All I could think about was having a night of doing nothing followed by a long sleep, fuelled […]

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    12/11: Music for Monday…

    No matter how old your children are, the parenting and teaching never really stops. The only difference is the type of issues you’re required to deal with. Take my week, for example. My youngest, 12 year-old H, is negotiating the entry into his teen years and the wilds of puberty. Mood swings have made their presence […]

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Hi, I’m Sarah!

Former wild-child of the 80’s, classic rock fan and loyal friend to a particularly awesome group of people. Forever planning to write more. Fervently wishes she lived at the beach. Loves the mighty All Blacks. Rather partial to a cheeky glass of red.

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