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25.01.2022 It’s a mite chilly here - read as there’s cloud cover, a flaccid breeze and I swear I saw a droplet pass my face earlier in the week which wasn’t the sweat from my brow - so my children have come up with this solution so they can still play on the balcony. Those are our two ceramic heaters from the bus. When Tracey gets home from work I’m asking her again if they’re adopted.
23.01.2022 We had one of the worst mornings the other day. I know this because the kids noticed something they've missed altogether for over a decade...
23.01.2022 I just KNEW I was important. Finally, proof!! #nailledit
23.01.2022 I think of The Big Bang Theory whenever I notice this. It’s provided months and months of amusement so far.
22.01.2022 Locals are starting to recommend more and more off the beaten track spots to visit. Next week I'm going to give more time to people who suggest cafes. That said, what a find!
22.01.2022 Look what Tracey and I made!!! :D
22.01.2022 I’ve just walked out of the studio to this: two sisters sewing together on the balcony. No idea what they’re making but I already love it.
21.01.2022 That thing where you look out the window and see the car door open hours after you arrive home and just as you get a good head of self righteous steam going your wife reminds you that’s where you were sitting.
20.01.2022 I’ve just discovered THIS....oh my
18.01.2022 Master15 putting the rubbish out. He almost made it back inside #fruithasntfallenfarfromthetree
16.01.2022 Tracey went away for two nights and left me with a heap of kids & alcohol. There was no way this was not going to end up being a blog post... http://www.bigfamilylittleincome.com/while-the-cats-away/
16.01.2022 This never gets old. I know. I've been giggling at it for days.
14.01.2022 Tracey: I love that you wear your contraception on the outside.
14.01.2022 Really? said Tracey, when I mentioned I was astounded I’d lost our first game constructing something stable enough for a monkey to swing off to our ten year old...and our eight year old. Because, she continued with a little too much glee, no one else in this house is.
14.01.2022 I love new summer wardrobe time of year. 14 random tees. Now to try work out what the odder ones are. But also, I’m not the only hubby who does this, am I?
13.01.2022 Dress Like Your Sexy AF Dad Day. Red vans. Check. Old stretched white socks. Check. Flamingo shorts. Check. Campaign shirt. If you must. Phone. Check. Coffee mug. Check. Glasses. Check. #nailedit
12.01.2022 A sleep in until 10am. Bacon. Coffee. Hugs. I love these guys.
11.01.2022 Can you believe Facebook thought me newsworthy enough to shut down? Neither could Tracey lol You won't be able to see this article but suffice to say I wasn't as amusing as the image they used. Mostly I was confused about why they would punish a long time paying client. Anyway.I'm back!! :D
11.01.2022 I’ve been a busy man out and about chatting and exploring Gympie Region. Tracey has told me I MUST plan to show these areas to the kids soon. Can’t wait. Not every day you find a whole deserted town.
11.01.2022 Miss10 was sworn in as a Gympie West School Captain this morning. Tracey and I are very proud of ourselv...Sophie. I knew statistically if we had enough kids we'd score a kewl title we could throw in the faces of other parents eventually.
11.01.2022 Seems the footy tipping season is upon us. Received an email inviting me to join in today and momentarily forgot these people don't know me as well as the last few places I've worked. Or you all. 'Yay! Sportsball!!' I messaged back. Hours later it occurred to me this might be mistaken as a 'count me in' so I have sent off another response: Please note my earlier enthusiasm was entirely fictional. Historically I have always - and I mean always - come next to last in these endeavours, primarily because I know nothing of the teams and base my choices solely on split second, if deeply seeded in the conviction of my instincts for such things, about who would win a fight between a tiger and an eel...and I would hate to deprive the reigning loser of their disappointment.
10.01.2022 Tracey and I are a good pair. She's the Yin to my Yang. The Tin to my Tang. The Tim to my Tam. The Bin to my empty box of crackers. http://www.bigfamilylittleincome.com/is-digital-hoarding-a/
08.01.2022 Teaching kids to drive is so much easier when life throws up little examples you can use along the way...
08.01.2022 Tracey ordered me some new socks of ‘her favourite photo of us from our big lap’. They arrived today #wifeoftheyear
07.01.2022 I have history with this church. Over a decade ago Tracey and I arrived here to see friends marry. While Tracey was chatting away I went to read the handout we'd received on the way in. I nudged my wife. ... She ignored me. I nudged her more urgently. She turned, still talking, frowned and turned back to the guests beside us. "Tracey," I hissed. This time when she turned I pointed pointedly at the front of the handout. "Who are they?" I asked her. Ten seconds later we shot out the front doors as the bride's car rolled to a stop. But as terribly funny as that was it could have been worse because guests from this wedding ended up marching into the reception from ours. While Tracey was a little embarrassed when a giggling woman came up to her at work and said, "So, I hear you crashed my wedding," I'd take that any day over having to find your present on the gift table and, in front of a hundred people, take it back. So yeah anyway, good memories. Makes me smile.
06.01.2022 My DNA is performing something of a Brexit. Latest update to my Ancestry has me rejecting Norway (previously Sweden prior to last update) and leaning rather more heavily into Scotland. Explains my love of Scotch (any alcohol really) and Edinburgh Fringe Festival (any comedy really). To be honest I’m a little saddened. Norway (nee Sweden) was the only spec of colour I had across The Channel. I’m feeling a little more inbred.
06.01.2022 Washing machine is working, I told my wife. You think she’d have been grateful because, well it is. Last of our washing machines died. Well second last. We’ve had this sitting in reserve for three years. The issue was we needed to renovate to be able to fit it in. Still do. This might speed things along.
06.01.2022 Sitting in the Hungry Jacks carpark waiting for my son to come out of a meeting there so I can give him the good news about the insurance excess he’ll be transferring to a friend of ours who lent me her car to bring him here because he opened his door and hit the Volvo next to us. I didn’t believe it when a bloke tapped on my window to tell me because his car was all the way over there. But the little marks matched up. Oh goody, here he comes......
05.01.2022 I still don’t know what a rainbow number is and I have no desire to find out.
04.01.2022 I think I laughed. The response between the two showed it was not only inoffensive to the recipient but a long running bit of banter. This would, on the surface, appear to be fishing for trouble and certainly a waste of taxpayers money. But then the OIA says they've been inundated with complaints from disgruntled staff, outed councillors and people watching live streaming from devices who favoured other candidates - a side affect of being more transparent and inviting as many residents into these meetings as want to join. All par for the course :)
03.01.2022 My kids LOVE Caitlyn Shadbolt, and so do I. Caitlyn is so down to earth and lovely. I mean genuinely a fun, casual, naturally engaging country girl. I actually had a coffee with her the other day as we chatted about her filming the clip for her latest single, Edge of the Earth, at one of our region's most gorgeous natural wonders: Carlo Sandblow. Told her I was thrilled she was releasing more songs because my girls play her existing catalogue almost too much and I was hitti...ng my gag limit - meant it as a compliment but in hindsight I'm not so sure it comes across as such. Anyway, we're all thrilled she chose to showcase the place she grew up for this new single. Even better - and you'll have to forgive my bragging about this but if you don't like it well, you know, suffer in your jocks - my girls sometimes get her hand me downs. That there is one of the benefits of living in a smaller community where people know each other and care about each other. Plus they're fifth cousins, although they've only met her the once at the Gympie Music Muster when she signed a CD for them. This is a behind the scenes short from the day. I got a giggle out of it. Can't wait to see the whole thing come together in the film clip.
