Renowned as one of the world’s toughest endurance events, the “Iron distance” triathlon comprises a 3.8k swim, 180.2k bike ride and 42.2k run. For most athletes, a single Ironman event is considered a major life achievement. Only a handful have ever attempted to complete multiple races over consecutive days.
Protesting Vegetables Went off to the bathroom and returned to find this left on the table. Woo Woo (9Yrs) was done with his peas and corn.
Pooper Scooping This years ‘big ticket’ christmas present for the children. $100 paid off a $483.50 layby they had to finish paying off themselves. This has resulted in the children […]
Heartbroken At 9:30 last night, I found out my adoptive mother, Kat, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease – Rapidly Progressive Bulbar Palsy. Her speech has been faltering the past 2 […]
Tootsies in the tent!! I’m honestly not sure if any of us will get sleep tonight. Someone farted. *Stares* 2209hrs
The Great Cull Culling things from the children’s vast collection of Toys, Clothes, Cards, Shoes and Teddies is like trying to pull teeth out of a hungry, human munching dragon. […]
‘Gorge’ous Vacation, exploring Katherine Gorge
Out of Order I’m pretty sure it’s not supposed to happen like this.
Hard Yakka! Our Gardener has taken a well earned break. We miss him alot. [Imagine Tropical Amazonian Forest here] I’m heading out to Mow the lawns, trim edges and gather […]
Spider!! Oh Crap! Incy-wincy spider climbed up the bedroom wall… Out came the bug-spray and made poor Incy fall… Off came the shoe and made poor Incy flat… Cos Louella ain’t […]
BLACK OUT! Since 0120 hrs this morning the entire Top End of the Northern Territory has been without power. Alien take over? Apocalypse? Crocodiles munching on the grid? By 0200 […]
Breakfast at our house. In less than 2 weeks, we have gone from taking NO medication to this. #KeepSickKidsANDAdultsHome #3amEmergencyVisits Exhausted. Are you a new blogging buddy? It’s great meet you! […]
Introducing Oscar Here’s Julia with ‘Oscar’ the saltwater crocodile, named by ME! #RidiculouslyExcited #WildLegacy #OscarTheCroc will be on Smith St Mall tomorrow at 11am to celebrate Parks Week by participating in his very […]
Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’… Just No. There’s no toilet paper and no replacements in sight. Now what? Put your faith in the goodness of human kind and ask someone to help […]
Homeschooling? It’s the first day of school after around 7 weeks off. The children are very excited about the beginning of a new year and spent the last few hours […]
Hairy Strawberries! Escaping from the house, resisting a nervous breakdown (School Holidays) I went up to the store to grab food for dinner. Forgetting I was driving a Manual Vehicle […]
Slave Labour I’ve been creatively encouraging (Bribing) the children to assist in cleaning the house. All. Of. It. Their creative reasons (excuses) are alot more interesting than anything I ever […]
Leading the Littlies I found myself coaching my sons football team today, when everyone turned up except the coach! He somehow got stuck on a plane and ended up about […]
X is for… ‘X-Ray’ Earlier this evening, Lil’ Cam slipped on the floor, whacking his chin and bottom lip right into the tiles! This saw me on the phone with […]
K is for Killer Kermit It was a hot, humid wet season evening and Justin’s ‘Opera Style’ high pitched squeals came racing through the sticky air, up into our bathroom […]
J is for…. Justin…. Well, here adds another dimension to the term ‘Jumbled’. I have no idea how I did not think of Justin for the letter J. I thank […]
Miss Lou Acquiring Lore 