Archive for April, 2007
I have mentioned before that my wonderful partner, Alain, is a sensational cook. He does most of the cooking in our house and we really do eat extraordinarily well.
I would like to start a kind of culinary diary for him and write up some of the great meals he has cooked as well as post […]
10 years ago I bought a secondhand Bernina 1010 sewing machine for somewhere around the $700 dollar mark. I have sewn, literally, thousands of km on this machine and it is still going strong.
About 5 years ago I had it serviced and the maintenance guy said that it needed very little done as it’s innards were like brand new. This model Bernina is very sought after and if I were to sell it today (not that I ever would) I would get at least as much as I paid for it - if not more.
I love my Bernina, she has served me very well and she was undoubtedly the best purchase I have ever made.
What is the best thing you have ever bought?
I would just like to give a loud, well deserved cheer for the team who bring us Playschool.
This show, which incidentally has just turned 40, is absolutely outstanding. It is as fresh and engaging as it was when I was small and as such is a superb television achievement. Energetic, bright, inviting, positive and FUN, […]
Does anyone have any toilet training advice?
16 Answers Published 1 year, 7 months ago in Kids stuff.My two and a half year old has been nappy free during the day since well before she turned two and because of this we did not envisage any further problems with toilet training - we kind of considered the job done (no pun intended). However, she has developed a habit of withholding poo until her nappy goes on at night and presenting herself to be cleaned up within an hour of going to bed. Aside from the admirable display of bowel control, it is an incredibly irritating and wasteful habit (sorry, no pun intended, again) as it is a huge waste of (very expensive) nappies and we are usually confronted with a smelly, pooy child about two mouthfuls into our evening meal.
She simply refuses to do a poo in the toilet.
I know some kids are quite fearful of the toilet, but this is not the case and in fact she is quite keen on the whole toilet process. We have tried praise, rewards, bribes and on the very odd occasion threats. We know that she knows what to do, as when we ask her “where do we put our poo?” she always cheerfully replies “In the toilet” and she has in the past had a quite a few positive “bottom to toilet” poo experiences.
My theory is that it is a control thing- it being one of the few things in her world that she has some control over.
My partner thinks it is an attention thing - she can get out of bed and get some extra attention that her little brother isn’t getting.
Either way we don’t know what to do about it. Can anyone out there help? Has anyone else encountered this problem?
Probably lots of you have already seen this, but I was dragged out of bed last night to have a look. I must say I had to laugh and shake my head in sheer disbelief of the stupidity of some people.
Americans seem to think that the solution to every problem is to just blow it […]
Ok - we have all had a go at bad drivers and inconsiderate cyclists. It’s time to put pedestrians under the microscope.
In WA, where I learned to drive, when the green walk signal is on at the traffic lights all road traffic is stopped. This means that pedestrians can cross either road or walk diagonally […]
My darling man has just made his debut on Youtube with his latest song and a short interview done in conjunction with sbs melbourne.
It only runs for about 2 mins so if you have time to take a look we would love some feedback
Cheers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpf_vjaxp2U
Hey guys
can anyone please tell me how to add a link to my posts. I was told that if I wrote down the exact address then it will automatically appear as a link but this does not seem to work. I realise that I am the only person in the whole world who doesn’t know […]
