My girl reads a lot of fiction but not books. She reads fan fiction. Fiction written by fans of an author using the author’s world, and the author’s characters. In Dippity’s case it’s Harry Potter and Avatar and there is a lot of it. Fan fiction is not a new thing and I suspect some [...]
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There have been a couple of things lately that have made me feel old. Trying to buy something hip hap’nin and groovy today… sigh. Being asked if my 18 year old daughter also had her hair done at my salon (I look old enough to have an 18 year old daughter now?!!!) and now little [...]
Do you have a Grumpy Sherpa living with you? We do. The phrase was coined by Groover watching Dippity stomp off to school one day. She was carrying her backpack, a sportsbag and a third bag carrying her laptop. At least these days kids get backpacks. When I were a young lass it was a [...]
It’s not easy making friends at a new school, even if you know some of the girls already. My daughter has recently moved from a small school with just five girls to a big girls’ school with 56 girls in her year, and she’s finding it surprisingly hard to make friends. She’s generally a confident [...]
You might have noticed Hugamuga’s comment in the sidebar. That’s my son. Also known as The Orchid Hunter. However I’ve decided to adhere to his online preference and call him by his online handle. Hugamuga came from a friend of his in primary school – I’m not sure if this friend had looked up the [...]
My baby is a superfish! She won her Freestyle race by a mile and came runner-up champion girl. Well done gorgeous! To celebrate – golden flowers and of course the obligatory hot chips. I know, I know but they are occasional food and this was a special occasion!
So like the girls and I were talking like and they reckon their mums are too over-protective yeah like…but they think like you’re too under-protective and like yeah… So says my girl and maybe I am too under-protective. I’ve been out so much lately I’ve barely seen them and working later in the afternoon because [...]
I’m in the midst of back-to-school shopping – trying to get it done before I go back to work – and my daughter and I think school diaries are really boring. I saw a Jacqueline Wilson diary in Ireland which I thought would have been good but of course they don’t stock them here and [...]
