on the edge of ordinary

One of the things I like to check in the morning is the "On this day" on Facebook. It brings up a lot of interesting things that I...

Time is racing fast these days and I've just realised that I haven't written about the Track and Field finals on Saturday.  Fina...

February felt like we were operating from a base of jelly. We struggled to get our balance and figure out a schedule that would work for eve...

Just over a year ago we had a surprise entry into the karate world . Our two younger boys joined a karate club in a nearby city. My husban...

I had a conversation with a friend after church today. He's in the deep throes of little-boy parenting. He wondered if I wanted two more...

There was an interesting discussion on my Facebook page the other day when I posted this: Here's another US word I've never he...

I ran across  The Spoon Theory  recently, it is a way one lady used to describe what it was like to live with chronic illness, especially in...

I am blogging from an unusually quiet Sunday-afternoon household. Generally by this time on a Sunday after a restful weekend, the boys are r...

Today was a crowded day on the calendar. You know, one of those days that everything happens on the same day. But thankfully it all happened...

A couple of things about yesterday might make it distinct from a Sunday we might have in Australia. For example, we rode to church. I'...

We're standing on the cusp of change again. Change from school days to holidays. From "Mum does her non-family work while everyon...

Meredith wrote this great post over here . She's called it "Getting Kids to Multitask". I think of it more as using little phy...

If you consider that wearing jackets, using the heater and having freezing hands when outside is winter, then it has arrived in Tokyo, only ...

Today we went to the same park we visited two days ago . We took our new friends and this time we went prepared with a change of clothes. Th...

Today we'd planned nothing. So we ended up with an unexpected day. To start with I unexpectedly slept in to 9.30! I guess I must have ...

Tourism with lively boys is not for the faint hearted! Shopping is out, browsing is out, trying out restaurants and coffee shops is largely ...

Today we had a great family day. Boat trip out to Green Island, glass bottom boat tour and a swim in the ocean at the gorgeous beach there. ...

Well, previously I wrote about getting to and from the zoo, but nothing about the zoo. To be honest we were pleasantly surprised by the zoo....