This is a post for Post's sake. If I don't post this post I'll never post another post again. I'll still post letters. And post cards. But posting a blog post? That's another story ...
Christmas is over. The cooking for the masses is over.
The dragging the paraphernalia 100s of kilometres is over.
The hauling of kitchenware, and counting of crockery, and accounting for cutlery is over.
The unravelling of beautiful-gift-after-beautiful-gift is over.
We played games and swam and loafed-about.
We walked to the supermarket and the bottle shop.
I found some craft time.
But still, it was exhausting. I think we're all getting older.
I wish it was all simpler. Maybe this is as simple as it gets.
Your blog post reminded me of this little ditty (btw, does anyone use the word ditty anymore, besides Kevin Rudd, who usually adds the word titter in the same sentence?) ... here goes with the ditty: "If you notice this notice you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing." Well that blog post you blogged was a blog that was worth blogging about. In a nutshell ... keep blogging!!!
ReplyDeleteOkay, Little Miss Airgap. Thank you for your ditty. Ditty is not a word I use often, but it's in the vocabulary. That's the main thing. Thank you for your comment.xo
DeleteYou don't even want to know how we spent our Christmas. No power, no lights, no water. Can you get any simpler???!!!
ReplyDeleteI did get a beautiful parcel in the mail so that made up for it.
xo
Christmas sounds like it was 2014 years ago! There could be a lesson in that for us, Debbish. Having said that, Canada in Winter sounds brutal. I don't envy you. But I miss hearing about your shenanigans. Don't pump-up the parcel. Thanks for your comment.xo
DeleteSuch lovely photos of your trip! I know what you mean about posting for the sake of posting. When I took my little hiatus from daily blogging while my house was being built, I found it harder to post sporadically than every day.For me, taking a few days off from anything...exercising, blogging, flossing my teeth...makes starting again seem like a chore, even if it's something I really like to do.
ReplyDeleteRoutine is a good master. It's finding the time, and there's nothing exciting about getting on-and-off a bus everyday, making school lunches and crashing into bed! But I shouldn't complain. Maybe an exercise regime is what I'm looking for!? Thanks for your comment as always, Dana. xo
DeleteI REEEEEAAALLLY hope you keep posting, I love your blog. But being a blogger that is also hard to find the motivation, I get it. Just dont leave Instagram or i'll hunt you down, woman! Glad you survived Xmas, and yep to the older and tireder!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bec. Instagram is so easy and there are a lot more people on Instagram than on blogger. Having said that, it's not about numbers. Thank you for your comment, Becasaurus.xo
DeleteLovely pics, how amazing to see such a summery Christmas! Here, we have the darkest and coldest time of the year. Taking decent pics for the blog is not very easy right now. Frankly, I've lost my blogging mojo, Instagram is so much quicker.... Didn't someone call it easy blogging? Spot on!!
ReplyDeleteTove, it is easy blogging. Curse it! I can't fathom a cold, dark Christmas. It's always been about swimming and air-conditioners and cold drinks down here. I'd love to visit Norway anytime of year. And I'd bring empty suitcases and drag kilos worth of Scandinavian ceramics home with me! Thank you for commenting!xo
DeleteMerry Christmas to you and yours. I watched my friends with one or two children (appear to) have simpler Christmases than ours. But that's just the way it is. I'm back at work and exhausted. And not blogging. Or feeling inspired to paint. Today we're covering school books. So I'm REALLY impressed that you wrote this post. I always look forward to reading your words, no matter how frequent or infrequently they turn up! Just don't delete anything without printing it out I think.
ReplyDeleteA belated Merry Christmas to you, Anna B. Thanks for your comment. Of course Christmas is more complicated the more there is ... I should realise that and just accept it I suppose ... but then one never wants to disappoint others does one so there's always a lot of pressure at this time of year. I used to cover school books but my efforts must've been so daggy (brown paper and retro pictures stuck on with glue) that the kids scream if I so much as buy a roll of Contact!
DeleteDo blog on.
ReplyDeleteThe communication is important.for me.
I'm chuffed to see the smallest carrying the swag.
Next year we're having a bbq at your place.
Yes, maybe everyone should come to us! That'll mean air-conditioning and a pool I suspect. Next Christmas the Solid Gold Dancers want a fridge and a new couch.
DeleteIf I could blog like I Instagram, I'd do it more!
ReplyDeleteIt's something I'm struggling with too. :(
I love how neatly stacked your hexies are.....and then put neatly in a box! Your very organised aren't you? x
Pippa, would you believe I have made no more hexies!? They're sitting in their takeaway containers waiting ... I find those containers keep them nice and flat. Very satisfying. One day I hope to sew them into a quilt top. Bloody Instagram. Love it and hate it! Thanks for commenting, teacher-type lady.xo
DeleteMMMC KEEP BLOGGING STOP YOU ARE FUNNY AND LIGHTHEARTED STOP ONE OF THE ONLY BLOGS I BOTHER READING STOP CHEERS FROM FKN FREEZING OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD OVER AND OUT
ReplyDeleteHA! IT WOULD BE FREEZING IN LATVIA! YOU STOP!
DeleteI wish it was simpler too...
ReplyDeleteHello, Carmel! Calling in to say hi, to marvel at your gorgeous photos, lovely kids, beautiful things, and glorious sea, and to say thank you for your comment on my post. You REALLY cheered me up. Dealing with homework - well, dealing with lots of parenting issues, actually - is one of those things that everyone has a view on and does differently, and it depends on the kid, the school, and our own views, time, experience, etc, so there are no easy and obvious right answers. And I want easy answers, dammit! You hit the nail right on the head - there's no point doing the work for them, but you don't want them to sink without trace in comparison with those child geniuses (genii?) and their helicopter parents. Balance, it's all about balance, and I struggle to find it. Supporting, guiding, advising, shaping, encouraging - I want to do all these things, but still let the kids do their thing, not mine.
Anyway, good luck with the unfolding of your own homework stories, and thank you, I really appreciate your comment.
Love Curtise
PS. Now I've found you, please keep blogging! xx
Yes, how to make it simpler? Hmmm. Homework. Such a massive component of schooling. I think I have to devote some serious hours this year for guidance. Silly really that teenagers are expected to work so hard at school to achieve some sort of grades to dictate their future. I really did get a lot from your post. Thank you for dropping by.
DeleteBaby you were born to blog! Listen to your fans up top. See ya x
ReplyDeleteThere is no simple once you cross the three child mark. There is only child labour and training.
ReplyDeleteI'm so tired after working that I can't support their efforts at study much at all. My helicopter is without roter and so it shall remain. I'm just catching up on the few blogs I care a Latvian fig about and haven't touched a paint brush since finishing work. Are you staying put a while or moving. (query your reference to pool and zircon next year)