Category Archives: natural history

Not attempting to catch-up – highlights

by Liz Posted on September 2, 2010

After a few weeks of incipient burnout where I found my thoughts dwelling wistfully once or twice on the peace attendant on putting K into school and H into childcare, I seem to be pulling myself back together again. This … Continue reading →

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Thursday

by Liz Posted on August 12, 2010

After our intense day yesterday, today was more relaxed. K slept in quite late, and H pottered around and talked to me. When she did get up, she and H played computer games together, and played beautifully together in their … Continue reading →

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Thursday and Friday

by Liz Posted on August 6, 2010

Mr Bat had a half day on Thursday and worked from home, so he was available most of the day and did a fair bit with the kids that I don’t now remember. I had hunted out some more old … Continue reading →

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Wednesday

by Liz Posted on August 4, 2010

K wanted to watch Sleeping Beauty during her computer time, and was asking me to spell it for her so she could search on YouTube. I’m sick of spelling it over and over so I suggested I could write it … Continue reading →

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Monday

by Liz Posted on July 26, 2010

This morning I finally stopped procrastinating about sewing the iron-on mender onto my worn-out jeans and brown cords. The jeans are only just starting to wear through but the cords are definitely on their last, ahem, legs (sorry). K, who … Continue reading →

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Sunday

by Liz Posted on July 25, 2010

Today was pretty nothingish. Mr Bat was staying in bed resting his lurgified self and doing some more work on his volunteer project, having finished his paid one last night. I cracked the shits around lunchtime and asked him to … Continue reading →

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Friday – Saturday – Sunday

by Liz Posted on July 11, 2010

Friday Mr Bat worked from home, so a lot of the morning was spent repeating “No, Daddy’s NOT HERE, he’s at work, please don’t go in there…” Went to Katy’s around lunchtime for crafty, then home via the real estate … Continue reading →

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Saturday catch-up

by Liz Posted on June 19, 2010

Aargh aargh. Have been farting about and not updating this thing, and of course I can never remember anything we do if I don’t write it down straight away. Saturday We saw a family of Superb Fairy Wrens in the … Continue reading →

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