and this weeks suburbian bulletin......

so to catch you up with all the exciting news. ( don't get too excited now...)

Well – what a start to the year – a wedding already!Plus I cannot believe that it is only a week till Morgan goes back to school! I have just dragged out all his uniforms and made sure they all fit – got names in them etc and made the trip to the stationers to get all his book list stuff.

I guess the big news here is that I am now an editor for an online Mothers Magazine – of sorts – called Type A Mom. I need to write a weekly editorial in my section – the Suburban Mom and edit any submissions which come my way. Although I blog all the time – I am a bit nervous about it all – the pressure of a deadline each week – I know – its only 600 words….so please come and visit each week and leave a comment! I’ll post the links each week here..

Busy as always with the writing – trying different things on the internet to promote our Reclaim site. Its take a bit of a back seat though this month as Jodi, Paul and I have committed to editing 12 of our best stories from last year in an anthology to sell on line. We have set a target of having them edited by the end of the month. Just when I think I had a great story I re-read them and see so many holes in it… groan. Been busy getting my web design skills up and running too – so much to learn – just when I think I crack something – a whole new world opens up – its all very frustrating sometimes.

We have dear friends whom we have promised to visit all holidays – and now it has become urgent – so we are going for an over night stay – dangerous – as Jodi, Michelle and I have not been together for so long and have so much to catch up on – so looking forward to it all on Tuesday. They now live in Kingscliffe near the river and beach – so I think we will be hanging about a bit there on Tues and Wed.

This week has been just catching up with tidy ups after all visitors have gone – and takings stock in organisng the house. Our garage looks fantastic – a major clean out there. We have been to Ikea lots – and been busy with shelving – especially for the library. Age is so delighted to have a workshop he can now just lay a hand on and grab whatever he needs – lots of fiddly little jobs have now been done.

The lawn is mowed and that glorious smell is wafting in – mixed with the great Aussie BBQ smell. So I guess – life in suburbia.. just about sums us up this week

Jans Wedding

The big weekend finally arrived and Jan has found true happiness with a very caring fellow called Ray.




Morgan and Lilly did so beautifully as the tiny attendants - see here for photos of them and a short description - I was so proud of them!

Adrian - as you can see - looked dashing (wow!!) - you just can't beat a man in a suit.. I reckon..

I have loaded heaps of photos up on facebook if you want to see more.

So sad to see Frazer and Tania and Zac go home to the UK. Just wish there was a way we could see each other more often. will have to put it out to the universe for a job posting to come up for Age to go there... or a job swap for a year or so.... I'd go back to the UK in a blink.

Happy New Year

Frazer, Tania and Zac spent the eve of the new year with us and the next morning Fruz helped Morgan prepare us breakfast... and tidy up his room.. wow - great service and wonderful presentation.. thought I'd share it with you.


Morgan did alot of this - breaking eggs and doing the apple slinky - but wow - what a breaky - ham and tomato omlette with a side of garlic prawns.. yummmmmm