Emu with a Clue

Our Mothers Day

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:46:39 -0700

We had a great day yesterday. The kids were so excited to give me their gifts in the morning. As well as their purchases from the Mother's Day stall at school, they had also spent time making me "treasure maps" which were pretty funny. I had ...

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Another mother

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:06:54 -0700

My daughter with her other Nanna, my mother in law, M. I don't have a super close relationship with her but that is mainly because she lives so far away and a pretty self-contained, private kind of person - not because of any bad feeling on eith...

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Vox Hunt: My Mum

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:17:07 -0700

Show us your mother. This is a few years old and don't think Mum likes this photo of herself very much. I think it is good though. Mum has three children (me and my two younger brothers) but only two grandchildren who she spoils to death! She...

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The DVD made it to Melbourne!

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:14:50 -0700

Just in case any of you were wondering. The rumours of police stopping mail trucks at the Victorian border were quite unfounded apparently. Mum is planning a dvd marathon with one of my brothers for Mother's Day.

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Hello, I love you!

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:50:06 -0700

This is from the card my 5yo son made me for Mother's Day. He was too proud of this effort to be able to wait until Sunday to give it to me! I am feeling proud of him too. On Friday he got an award from his kindergarten teacher for his great ...

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Heath Ledger portrait wins People's Choice award

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:22:59 -0700

Was going to nick over and see the Archibald exhibition at lunchtime today but saw that the entry price actually includes entry to three exhibitions so thought I might try and go next week when I can take a longer lunchbreak. Here is the 'Heath' ...

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QotD: Step into My Closet

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:09:52 -0700

How many pair of shoes do you have? Out of those pairs, how many do you wear more than a few times a year? Submitted by fightinggale. Not sure of how many exactly but the "shoe pile" in my closet probably about 30 X 60cm. I actually wear ...

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Wild scenes in JB Hi Fi!

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:58:07 -0700

Was just in there buying something send to my mum in Victoria and you should have seen the queue snaking around the store, mostly with people clutching onto a certain banned-in-Victoria dvd box set (selling for $44.99 at all good dvd outlets). On...

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Women nag. Men remind.

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:10:34 -0700

A scientific study has shown that nagging men does work Going to send this link to my husband now! WOMEN who feel they are wasting their breath nagging their other halves should persevere because experts say that nagging does work. The mental e...

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Re-heating leftovers

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:44:21 -0700

As a working mum who cooks in bulk on the weekend, I found this advice was pretty helpful: Is it safe to re-heat leftovers? Paula Goodyer May 8, 2008 We might know better than to let raw meat rub shoulders with raw broccoli on the chopping boar...

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