Mammablogga has announced the revision of her list for the Popular Parent Bloggers, and boy was I shocked when I saw my name among the exulted. See, I read or have at least heard of most of those blog, and they’re big guns. I think I’m the only Aussie though, so I’m happy to beat […]

Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to be afforded the opportunity to pitch my children’s picture book manuscript to an agent.
I was seized with nerves - as anyone would be - but perhaps wasn’t as frazzled as I could’ve been weren’t it for the fact that on Friday night my son came down with a fever […]

*Anyone have a weird sense of deja vu? I think I’ve used that as a post title before. Meh - I’m sure you’ll get over it*
As I’ve said several times over the past week, ‘Miscellaneous Mum’ is about to undergo a big overhaul. I will be keeping the ‘kids drawing on the fence’ banner, but […]

Feedburner and I are at fisticuffs at the moment, and the scoreboard reads Feedburner 1: Misc Mum 0.
Literally, ZERO.
No one apparently reads me. Now, uh, two days ago, the tally looked different (not much different, granted, but I value each subscriber! I do! Hear me cry!) and my ego is suffering. Terribly.*
So my question is: […]

Fear of Flying by Erica Jong (halfway through before abandoning)
Published in the 1970’s I can see why this might be considered a ‘feminist tract’; what with the frank discussions of marriage, relationships, but, mostly, sex.
However I’ve found that most books which are primarily concerned with sex are, on the whole, boring. You’re thinking how do […]

Keira’s face balloons up in front of me.
“You happy, mum?” she asks, forehead crinkling slightly.
“Sure, I’m fine” I said quickly.
In fact, I had been silently contemplating the turn of events in my daughter’s life during the past week. The toilet training (and I was so sure we’d gone past that stage) has been abysmal. She […]

Remember this?
The battle continues!