Emu with a Clue

1943 Guide to Hiring Women

2008-01-24T06:32:52Z

Someone forwarded this a copy of this to me by email today. Fussy and cantankerous indeed! http://www.womenshistory.org.au/Publications/guideto%20hiringwomen.htm the copy I received was a scanned copy of the original article - Snopes claim...

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Girl troubles

2008-01-22T22:10:24Z

V embroiled in a tiff with her on-again-off-again best friend H. Before Christmas the mother of another friend of V's (who is also a friend of mine) and I talked about taking both lots of kids to Luna Park before school goes back. Without consu...

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Don't run (or even walk quickly) in Woolworths!

2008-01-22T03:47:08Z

I got accosted by a security guard in Woolworths the other day demanding to know if I had paid for the items in my green shopping bag. He must have thought I looked suspicious because I was walking quickly (as I always am when trying to fit groc...

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Sweet reunions

2008-01-21T00:08:29Z

Kids seem very lovey dovey after their 8 day separation. I was going to take them to the pool or something yesterday afternoon but they spent practically the whole day holed up in their bedroom playing together! V also got J to try on his new s...

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Alone no more ...

2008-01-19T23:52:44Z

Just about to head off to the airport to collect husband and daughter who have been away visiting family for nine whole days. Looking forward to seeing them but expecting V to be a bit tired and cranky after all the excitement and having to get...

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The :: New :: Misrule Blog

2008-01-18T23:04:20Z

Judith Ridge's New Misrule Blog celebrating children's and young adult literature. For those not in Australia, Misrule refers to a place in the Seven Little Australians series: http://www.misrule.com.au/s9y/

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If you really feel you must ...

2008-01-18T22:43:36Z

Not something I should be advocating as a prospective teacher but just in case anyone feels an overwhelming urge: www.slapcorey.com Also any thoughts on the huge media beat up over this kid? Pretty sure everyone does stupid things when they are...

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Boring Saturday morning stuff

2008-01-18T22:29:56Z

Just to be even more boring, below the yoga picture is my shopping list for today. I usually try and knock it over on my way home from yoga but can't do that this morning as didn't think I could ask anyone to mind little J for me at 7:30am (a lo...

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Canberra for kids

2008-01-18T03:20:06Z

What a great kids holiday destination Canberra is! Both my husband and I used to live in Canberra (it was where we met and fell in lerv) and didn't like it much then at all. Once the initial excitement at leaving and moving to exciting Sydney ...

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If you loved Clueless ...

2008-01-18T02:20:42Z

you will love this. Bought a copy for my kids recently after realising that it featured the same girl who plays Penny Pingleton in the new Hairspray. I remembered seeing her on Rove Live quite a while back promoting this film and thinking she w...

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