Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the holidays category.
We don’t need to pack a bag … BZZZT!
Filed in Health, illness, children, country living, doctor related posts, family, holidays, hospital, no more guest posting!, April 25, 2008, 1:25 amDave writes:
We fails it (it is staying out of hospital).
Yes, Ivy has returned to hospital today. Just in time for the long weekend. So it’s a good thing we didn’t make any plans. Besides, the weather is lousy.
A lingering infection, unresponsive to oral antibiotics. Also murmurs of a new immunosuppressant drug to try … if […]
Weekly Winners on Monday…what? It’s a public holiday!
Filed in Weekly Winners, camping, holidays, March 24, 2008, 8:59 pmWeekly Winners on Monday this week and it’s a big one. Sarcastic Mom invented this wonderful theme. You should join in if you love taking photos. The week started with the Easter Hat Parade and of course we went camping! I know there are alot but I cut them down as much as I could with over […]
Camping quirks
Filed in camping, family, holidays, no more guest posting!, , 3:48 pmI think it’s pretty safe to say that camping and I are not a perfect match.
Stop laughing and stop saying I told you so.
When I was younger, I was a pretty mean camper. Could put up a bell tent in ten minutes, knew how to cook in a camp oven and made the best Mars […]
From swag to circus tent
Filed in Male slandering, family, holidays, March 22, 2008, 11:13 amBy guest (trainee) blogger, DBT
I was certainly not attempting to rip off some slapstick comedian this morning when I crawled from the tent and stood up in such a way that the awning above me shifted and dumped half a galon of rainwater down the front of my t-shirt. noooo.
Stop laughing.
I WANTED to close […]
Hyperventilating country (c)hick and the Rouse Hill rescue
Filed in country living, friends, holidays, wig out, October 6, 2007, 12:07 amYesterday we made a day of going to Sydney. We left at 6am, dropped David at work and then went to Macquarie Centre to do some food shopping for our picnic. I had asked David only one question before we made our way to the shops. Would there be a place to park the bus? […]
Wordless Wednesday - The long haul home.
Filed in Wordless Wednesday, holidays, October 2, 2007, 5:19 pmSee more Wordless Wednesday here
Bye- bye the sand…
Filed in Love, family, holidays, September 29, 2007, 10:59 pmOver the course of the week we had tried to find somewhere to stay in Coffs Harbour but nobody could accomadate a family as large as ours, without having to book out the whole resort (ok, that might be stretching the truth just a little) so we decided we would stay at Paradise Resort one more day. […]
Wonderful Whitewater World!
Filed in children, holidays, September 28, 2007, 6:31 amPicture this, if you will, five children, two babies two parents and a senior (sorry mum) matriarch lined up on banana chairs. Towels down, sunscreen and swimmers on and a whole world of water before them on a perfectly sunny day. Not too hot and not too cold. Add to this scene the mother and her […]
Vegie day, fun for the kids, paradise for the parents.
Filed in holidays, September 27, 2007, 4:55 amMonday was our decided vegie day.
A day of lounging around the pool, walking on the beach, kids club for the children… a chance to recover and recoop. While Mum, Lily and the boys slept in, The big and little twins came for a walk along the beach with us.
As we were walking, several Japanese tourists […]
AJ’s big day out (part 2)
Filed in children, family, holidays, September 26, 2007, 9:37 pmWe needed to be at Seaworld by 9:30 so that we could book AJ in for a surprise! It was busy that Sunday morning and AJ was bubbling with excitement. It was the first time he, Mal and Mum had been. When we finally got through the gates (David had a little trouble because the […]
