Thursday, February 19, 2009
Not quite so hunky dory
19th November 1990. Eleven weeks on; (my niece's) eighteenth birthday, and (former neighbour's). I bought neice a fabric-covered basket with a quilted top, hope she likes it. Today I took Ed Crosslands in the Berowra Valley bushland reserve for a picnic, with Kim and a couple of others from the toy...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
'Pie' n eering
When we initially arrived as I think I mentioned, we rented a house for just three months. It was time to start looking for somewhere else and it came about in quite an odd way. I had met the potential landlords, the wife at least, at playgroup with my 4-year-old. 15th November 1990 Mum rang –...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Penal Colony Mentality?
13th November 1990. It slowly dawns on us that no-one writes to us here; we’re now forgotten as everyone at home gets on with their lives – nothing has changed for them, whilst, for us, nothing will ever be the same. I decided to keep an “Only in Australia” file for various snippets that I come...
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Two and a half months in
11th November, 1990. Armistice Day, and our tenth week here. It’s been a strange week, one of contrasts and bigger than usual ups-and-downs. Tuesday, the first one in November, was Melbourne Cup Day, and everything stops for the big race at 2:40. A group of us had a champagne lunch at Bella's,...
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Fractious
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Out and about
31st October 1990 Eight and a half weeks now. Yesterday was really hot – 29-30 degrees Celsius all day. I left the car parked in the sun – no choice, no shade – outside Seabrook shops, for no more than half an hour at midday, and when I returned the plastic edge of Ed's car booster seat was...
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Trying to adjust
I am having a bit of technical trouble pasting from my word documents and in pasting from notepad instead there is a problem with line spacing. If anyone has any ideas how to fix this I'd appreciate it. 22nd October 1990 Weekend over, out house hunting again. Very boring for the children but we have...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Still learning
19th October 1990 The day after Ed's fourth birthday and party – six little boys including two babies. Quite successful, and for the second time his party was outside and in hot weather (his second birthday was spent in Miami). A few words about the Australian banking system – principally, how to...
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On the outside
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
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