My parents want to go off grid. This comes as a tiny bit of a surprise, given that they’ve never expressed any such sentiment before. On the other hand, they’ve always been full of surprises, so in that sense it’s not surprising at all. It seems that they were inspired to make this transition after …
Oh, great: yoga has been ruined for me as well. What else is going to be taken? I swear, this breathing problem started out as a pain as has developed into a life-destroying menace. The wife says I have to sleep in the other room because I wheeze in my sleep. I’ve had to quit …
I always wanted to raise an assertive child who wouldn’t let people walk all over them. So we can check that one off the list! And then add to the list ‘teach tact when dealing with others’. I can tell we’re on the verge of a ban from our local indoor play centre, and that’d …
The main problem with a children’s play centre is that it’s not inclusive enough. As we all know, a society that’s as inclusive of as many people as possible is one that thrives. That’s how we hire people at our company: not on the basis of what they can do, but by whether we want …
I had a really great sleep last night. It might be because the weather’s cooling down as we move into autumn, or it could be that the eye pillow is working. To elaborate, I live across from a rather delightful woman named Edith, who loves crafting handy items to hand out to her neighbours. She’s …
So, you’d like to be a proper trades-person? And by ‘proper’, we mean ‘close to’. When it comes to doing things around the house, there’s really nothing quite like getting things done yourself, with the right tools and know how. Provided you have the right equipment, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to tackle …
My girlfriend, Emma, is off to some kind of meet-up of boating enthusiasts. She calls it a ‘mess-about’, which I don’t really understand – apparently it’s a reference to a book or something. I have to say, I find it impressive that she knows so much about boats – including how to put them together, …
Cousin Stacey is all in a tizzy because she finally got a city guy to ask her to this school dance. Knowing this family, we can probably expect a celebratory pre-party on Saturday, just before Cousin Stacey goes off to the real party. I don’t know…as a Jacoby, I know I should be getting excited …
Never actually heard of a ‘Forest Party’ before I went. I thought Clifford had just made it up, but then, even that was weird because Clifford isn’t really the imaginative type. Or he doesn’t throw it around like that. He’s always got some business venture going, always trying to get something for nothing. Sometimes it …
It’s about time people stopped talking about ‘men in uniform’. Okay, first…women can wear uniforms too. But also, this trend of people in uniforms appearing on calendars- often not even doing anything remotely similar to what their job entails anyway- is just strange. I don’t know what possessed my sister to get me a ‘Firefighters …