Category Archives: Family

Just for comparison: Before and After

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Caitlin

Before: the house sloped downwards at each corner; the roof threatened to come off every storm; the gutters leaked; the rainwater tank held barely a quarter of its capacity; the lounge room ceiling was about to fall down on us … Continue reading →

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Birthdays

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Caitlin

So we’ve had some birthdays this week – mine was Sunday, Mr Beloved’s was Monday, and my wonderful Mum’s is today. This is a picture of my birthday party in 1972 – I was 4.  There are so many things … Continue reading →

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She would have been 40 today

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Caitlin

My beautiful sister, Jenny (I called her Nif) at the MCA cafe in Sydney, sometime around September 2004.  She’d already had surgery for a brain tumour at this stage and was making jokes about having the most expensive hairdresser in … Continue reading →

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Well, that was what it was… and some thoughts for 2011

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Caitlin

So looking back over my blog posts, this is what happened in 2010: January – first hot cross buns sighted Jan 4.  (We’ll see if they beat this, but I *did* see the first Easter Eggs in Coles today, New … Continue reading →

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On Hoarding…

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Caitlin

I’ve just read Corinne Grant’s book “Lessons in Letting go: Confessions of  Hoarder” And Wow.  Firstly, and slightly parenthetically, it turns out that no, she wasn’t the Corinne from Corryong I sort of knew.   Two Corinnes of roughly the same … Continue reading →

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The post you have when you’re not having a post.

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Caitlin

(I swear, I saw a bottle of Claytons at the supermarket not that long ago.) So – not much happening here.  My back has been playing up to the point where I’m seriously considering having more injections – even though … Continue reading →

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And then it rained some more… but some pretty flowers included

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Caitlin

I feel like it’s been wet FOREVER here! (gosh, Caity, exaggerate much?) Although when I check the weather site I can see we’ve had 15 days with rain this month, for a total so far of 76.6mm- and it’s raining … Continue reading →

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Fatty Fat Fat and I am NOT a fan of Seroquel

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Caitlin

One of the *ahem* issues yesterday’s trip to Brisbane raised was that I HATE standing in dressing rooms staring at myself – all the more so since the !@&(^* damned anti-psychotic has caused weight gain around the middle in a … Continue reading →

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Again, not much…

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Caitlin

I haven’t art journalled in over a week.  (I know this because my bags are still packed from Social Cre8te on Thurs 26th – I didn’t get there this week due to migraine.)  I completely forgot about Fathers Day, d’oh! … Continue reading →

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Windy Sunday…

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Caitlin

Actually, it’s been windy all week.  Except for Wednesday, when it was windy AND wet – we had 32 mm, according to the weather site I use.  More rain than we’ve had in months!   So I haven’t been walking.  Even … Continue reading →

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