Author Archives: Dani
Marriage through the years
Back in the PC days (pre-children) ….. I had hair down to my waist. It is straight, but really soft and fine, and when it was that long, it spent the night waging war on the bed. I would wake … Continue reading
The weekend’s work
This weekend has been a “finish stuff I started” weekend ….. although I did do a few more items too. Now if I could just get my act into gear, and finish the top for myself, then my jobs would … Continue reading
They are coming to take me away ….. ha ha
When my kids were babies and young children, I was very strict about bedtime. It didn’t matter what was on TV, whether it was easter or xmas, whether we had visitors …. bedtime was immovable. Of course, it moved to … Continue reading
Parenting teens ….. the emotional battleground
Parenting teens ….. now this is a journey filled with tears, door slamming, pitfalls, and many many emotional filled “I hate you!” declarations. Scientists tell us that teenagers have a similar amount of rapid neurone development as 2 yr olds, … Continue reading
More memories
Now I definitely can’t vouch for the truth of this one, and I don’t even remember the guys name, and I am not sure the goanna’s specifically go around tree’s before climbing them. Still, a good yarn. Dad (as a … Continue reading
Memories of Dad
These are a couple of remembered stories of my dad’s, told to us kids over many a campfire while out fishing. Now I can’t vouch for the truth of any of these stories, my dad was an award winning bullshit … Continue reading
You would think that at my *ahem* age I would know better!
Well, as a background …. I have been having problems with my back for a few weeks now. its mostly around my ribcage, and I know its because I am out of alignment, and I don’t sit straight at my … Continue reading
My sewing for the month
This last month or so, has been a month for making baby things. Years ago, I had finished my baby making years, and my body refused to let me have any more. So I gave away all my baby patterns. … Continue reading
Alternative Medicine = Hocus Pocus
A fall down stairs as a teenager, a fall as an old girl, plus bursitis in my shoulders and a resulting operation on one shoulder, my sewing hobby and an office job ….. mean that I do tend to have … Continue reading
Product Review: ZORB
Of course with spending the last 3 years making nappies for friends and rellies, I have developed quite a supply of various fabrics suitable for nappies. In my internet travels to find more fabric (she who dies with the most … Continue reading
