Monthly Archives: August 2006

And when it all gets too much…

Posted on August 21, 2006 by stuart

Crucial site for any mum-to-be or mother, this site fills you in on everything you need to know in a flash: Britney’s latest pregnancy appearance, whether or not Angelina has PND, who’s expecting this week, who might be expecting next … Continue reading →

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Labour cram

Posted on August 20, 2006 by stuart

Accompanying the belly explosion has been the realisation that this has to get OUT. So I was up until well after midnight last night (maybe that had something to do with the half-block of Cadbury’s Black Forest after dinner, mmmmmmm) … Continue reading →

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Giggle-free shop

Posted on August 19, 2006 by stuart

Quite suddenly, baby has exploded in size. Until today, I had a pile of my normal pre-pregnancy clothes that were suiting my gradually expanding waistline just fine. It seemed like there was plenty of room for a few more weeks’ … Continue reading →

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Gassy biscuits

Posted on August 18, 2006 by stuart

I learned three things today: I will never teach my child to make Anzac biscuits because I can’t make them. But whose idea was it to make biscuits without eggs so that the only thing holding them together is butter? … Continue reading →

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Slug toes

Posted on August 17, 2006 by stuart

It was a holiday here in Indonesia today — Happy Indonesian Independence Day — so I worked from home, thinking it would be reasonably quiet. Ended up being reasonably busy, with sentence cuts handed out to some of the men … Continue reading →

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Parenting theories

Posted on August 16, 2006 by stuart

While S (the male one) struggled with rain ruining his pictures and texted me asking me to let him know of any floods about to hit Vietnam’s Mekong Delta (13 dead so far), I went out for dinner with G … Continue reading →

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Is it hot or am I just getting fatter?

Posted on August 15, 2006 by stuart

I behaved like a princess this morning in the taxi on the way to work, asking the driver to turn up the aircon as I fluttered a hand in front of my face to indicate how damn uncomfortable it can … Continue reading →

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Perusing the pregnancy boards

Posted on August 14, 2006 by stuart

I’ve only just started perusing some pregnancy boards and gee whiz, some of them are a bit scary. An awful lot of women on them have four or five kids, which they boast about via signatures containing glittery ticker-date thingies … Continue reading →

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Gardening’s not so bad after all

Posted on August 13, 2006 by stuart

With S (the male one) away during dry season, there’s no one to water the garden except me. Yesterday I watered, which was rather relaxing, and today I went one step further and actually started doing some gardening, which I … Continue reading →

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He says, she says

Posted on August 12, 2006 by stuart

After about two hours sleep, preceded by a mad rush packing and creating more mysterious packrat piles of paper in his office (on the floor I might add), S (the male S) was off to Vietnam this morning for one … Continue reading →

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