Congratulations to my team, the mighty Melbourne Storm who have tonight defeated Manly in a crushing victory in the National Rugby League grand final.  

 Go the Storm! 

The boys are currently on their Spring break and today I took them to The Royal Melbourne Show.  The Show has been a signature event in Melbourne since 1848, when it started as a ploughing competition in Moonee Ponds. Organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, The Show is Victoria’s largest and longest running […]

Thank you to all those who wished Bailey well on his adventure to School Camp.  He thoroughly enjoyed the two nighs and three days away from home.  I was thrilled to hear he’d had a go at most of the extream activities.  He apparently fell in the lake twice while kneeling on a raft and attempting to  pull himself across the […]

Well I coped OK yesterday, we set off to school at 8.15am and by 9 he was on the bus and off.  It was very windy yesterday and added to that there were two groups of children going to camp which meant double the number of parents milling about.  With all that noise and action […]

 Aye today be the official  TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY  … Aye on this day it be fine fer ye to say arrr and ahhhhh all day long.  Tis a fine way t’be speakin and if ye disagree I may make ye walk the ol’ plank and send ye ta ol’ Davy Jones Locker!  So have some fun, ye […]

 Now that was a great weekend, exhausting, but great.
 
 
 
Saturday morning’s pie making went very well and we cooked over 120 chicken and veg pies.  Barbara made a very good point in my last post when she mentioned how difficult it is now to hold a simple school fete.  Jo and I have had to get […]

Hmmm I’ve been reviewing my week, and to be totally honest it was pretty boring. 
Monday saw me called home from work mid-day to pick Nick up from school, sick with a head cold.  Bailey came down with the same thing that evening.  Both boys in bed by 7.30.  Chops and veg for dinner.  Nothing much on telly.  Yep … […]

I really like this cute blog thingy … why not give your name a go!

Want your name set in stone …

 Up in lights …
 

or maybe just funky …
 
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I’d like to start by thanking all the people who offered help with my family tree research, I’m always amazed by the kindness of strangers and by the Internet community.  Thank you all so much, I am sure with the number of people looking I’ll be able to find what I’m looking for.
 
Yesterday was market […]

I would like to ask all my wonderful readers, especially those in the UK, for some help with a little problem I have been encountering on my family tree.  My Dad’s father, Frank, died in 1936 when my Dad was only four years old and therefore has very few memories of him.  I’m on the search for any information […]