Sticker Shock
Part of a Lego exhibition we saw on the weekend and in no way a freakishly accurate representation of our bedroom when it’s my morning to...
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jdettmann
Aug 19, 20154 min read
Sleep Like No-One’s Watching
Gusto refusing to participate in a dramatic re-enactment of the sleeping arrangements at our house. Honestly, never work with cats. It’s...
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jdettmann
May 20, 20153 min read
Go To Sleep, Little Baby
Helpfully, May Blossom and Pipsqueak look like twins born four years apart, so I can illustrate this post with a picture of my own child...
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jdettmann
Jan 27, 20144 min read
The Lucky Country
It’s the Monday night of the Australia Day long weekend, and I’m watching my daughter jump on our rusty mini-tramp while my son steams...
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jdettmann
Jan 15, 20143 min read
When You Think He’s Fast Asleep, He’s Always Wide Awake
Why the italics, you might ask. What has Gusto done to merit that? Nothing. Gusto is being an exemplary feline. It is the jellicle cats...
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jdettmann
Sep 20, 20133 min read
Things Are Good When Things Are Good
Thing 1: Since one or other or another of his or my recent colds or ear infections or other random maladies that have blurred into one...
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jdettmann
May 14, 20134 min read
Missing, In Action
‘It means he’s sad,’ I told her. ‘It’s a metaphor. Why do you think he’s sad?’ ‘I think it’s because he misses his mummy and his sister...
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jdettmann
Feb 25, 20131 min read
There Will Be Blog
My computer, like my children, has sleep issues: it would not go to sleep, preferring to stay awake until it had completely run down its...
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jdettmann
Dec 9, 20122 min read
We Sleep The Sleep Of The Furious
Whenever May Blossom wakes up these days, the first thing she says is, in a very irritated tone of voice: ‘I didn’t want to go to sleep.’...
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jdettmann
Nov 28, 20123 min read
My Patience Is The Only Thin Part Of Me
But, weirdly enough, it was one of the loveliest nights I can remember. Partly because nights in general, in my opinion, are for sleeping...
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jdettmann
Nov 19, 20122 min read
If You Can’t Say Something Nice…
Today nearly slipped by without a blog. Today was hard. Physically I feel like crap right now and trying to be funny feels forced. So...
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jdettmann
Nov 14, 20121 min read
This Is What You Get When You Mess With Us
I think we all feel like this today. Because of the wonders of Facebook, I know, for certain, that everyone else in the civilised world...
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jdettmann
Oct 18, 20123 min read
Grant Me The Serenity
Lunch out with a tiny nun always helps. I haven’t been feeling very good lately. It’s nothing that the birth of NB won’t fix (or possibly...
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jdettmann
Jul 3, 20123 min read
1-2-3-4 Tell Me That You Love Me More
This pregnancy I have been plagued with insomnia, which is not something I have ever experienced before. I was the kid who could fall...
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jdettmann
Mar 7, 20123 min read
Ups and Downs
In the down column: 1. My 102-year-old grandmother suffered a small stroke. 2. The fate of our missing family cat, Tigercat, was...
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jdettmann
Mar 5, 20123 min read
Is Going Out Tonight Worth It?: A Statistical Analysis
I bought the tickets a few months ago on a whim, because H loves Bonnie Prince Billy, who is a grumpy-looking, balding, blond bearded...
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jdettmann
Feb 20, 20122 min read
What I’ve Liked This Week: Sleep Training Edition
Here's a picture of some sort of spotty cat. H took it. I don't know how it's relevant to this post. Can't you draw some kind of...
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jdettmann
Feb 15, 20123 min read
You’re So Money
In other areas of my life in which I am clearly not money, I went back to the gym today for the first time since I was five months...
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jdettmann
Feb 8, 20122 min read
No Gold Medal
When we arrived in Perth three days ago, sixteen hours after Pappy’s death, we were running on what could charitably described as empty....
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jdettmann
Nov 8, 20111 min read
Do-Nothing Tuesday
Fortunately, Other Jess turned up this morning with a tub of vanilla ice-cream and the words ‘iced coffee’ on her lips. I cancelled my...
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