Random Musing About Caring and Homeschooling
October 12, 2014 Mental Illness, Old Blog
Living with a person with mental illness is full of what if moments. What if I had known that they had this illness before I married them? What if I had realised sooner that they had a mental illness? What…
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October 11, 2014 Old Blog, Uncategorized
I admit, I was surprised to find that my grocery list has changed so much now that I’m shopping for me and two teenagers instead of my husband, me and two teenagers. Some things I could sort of predict but…
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October 4, 2014 Caring, Mental Illness, Old Blog
Sometimes living with someone with a mental illness is like playing a game where no one will tell you the rules and when you do figure out the rules someone changes them. I’ve been married to someone with a mental…
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October 3, 2014 Homeschooling, Old Blog
Over the weekend we had an interesting experience that made me think about how children often don’t hear what we think we are telling them. We spent the weekend at my brother-in-laws house and their children attend a public school….
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October 2, 2014 Family fun, Old Blog
This weekend we went to the beach with my sister-in-law and their children. We had a wonderful afternoon and I took some photos, only three and none of them had any people in them. When we got back to my…
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October 1, 2014 Menu Planning Wednesdays
Last week we ended up away for the weekend so we didn’t use two of the meals that I had planned so they will roll over to this week, or maybe, next week. Thursday – Chow Mein Friday – Peter’s…
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September 24, 2014 Menu Planning Wednesdays
On time this week due to the magic of scheduling. Thursday – Shepherd’s Pie Friday – Fish Pie Saturday – Special Beef Kabana (our family’s name for grilled frankfurts) Sunday – Typically soup and toast because mum takes the night…
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I thought since I frequently include some of our family’s own recipes in our weekly menu plan that I would start including the some of these recipes on the blog – partly so I have somewhere where I know I…
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September 18, 2014 Menu Planning Wednesdays
Yep, it’s Thursday, again. Next week will be on time because we are trialing a fortnightly menu plan and shopping because I now have a fortnightly income. Thursday – soup at the local shopping centre as our church is giving…
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September 4, 2014 Menu Planning Wednesdays
Well, last weeks menu ended up being too much food for our new family. It seems that removing one member has halved our food requirements. It’s very strange. So, on to this weeks menu, we still have plenty of meat…
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