As this posts to my blog, I will be coming to the end of my very last ever P&C meeting (parents and community). At every step of the Barbarians schooling (and pre-schooling) I have been a parent volunteer at the P&C and held various roles, including president for the last four years (having stepped down…
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Contain your cats
As an environmental scientist, I have always been of the belief cats should be contained. I know many would disagree, but we’ve had very happy cats in the past who had supervised outdoor time, and contained outdoor time. Happy cat, happy wildlife. I don’t think people realise the horrific affect their roaming cats have on…
Filing
Of all the chores that need to be done, filing is not one of the harder ones. I mean, you pick up a piece of paper, look at what it is and then drop it in the relevant folder/file. Insurance paperwork into the insurance file. Bank statement into the bank file. It’s not rocket science,…
Daylight savings is a loss
I’m sure I whinge about this every year, but I hate daylight savings. We are a week in and I am already frustrated. I’m a morning person and I am certain that Daylight Savings was invented by and for night owls. I wake with the sun every day – so earlier in summer than winter.…
Save Australia?
This week I was rather bemused to see protests in America wanting to “save Australia”. The thing is, Australia doesn’t want, or need, saving. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s wonderful to see such kind-heartened Americans taking time out of their working day to want to save us – I’m just puzzled what they…