Month: March 2013

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Jane failed to stop me buying the most ridiculous fabric ever.


    Walked all the way home from Balmain. Reward time!


    Waiting for the Snook so we can head off to the Easter Show Arts Preview Night. Oh yes, victory is imminent. I can taste it.


    Achievement unlocked: blue ribbon for my vest!


    And a second for my QR code mittens!


    Thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes, commiserations, and congratulations in the past week. It’s been up and down, to say the least! But the job hunt is going well, and I can now add “Sydney Royal Easter Show Blue Ribbon” to my CV. ๐Ÿ™‚


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    Achievement unlocked: blue ribbon for my vest!

    Achievement unlocked: blue ribbon for my vest!

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    Walked all the way home from Balmain. Reward time!

    Walked all the way home from Balmain. Reward time!

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    Jane failed to stop me buying the most ridiculous fabric ever.

    Jane failed to stop me buying the most ridiculous fabric ever.

  • The Feminist Housewife: Can Women Have It All by Choosing to Stay Home? — New York Magazine

    The Feminist Housewife: Can Women Have It All by Choosing to Stay Home? — New York Magazine – I’ll be honest – this piece made my head explode with rage. I can appreciate how it would simplify a lot of people’s lives to have someone home to take care of the kids. And hey, as a kid I would have loved a Mom who was home to take care of stuff every day. I just resent the fact that this “choice” is really only there for the upper classes who can afford it. (“Low six figure income” is middle class?!) I resent that this “choice” seems to be taken up by the woman rather than the man 99.5% of the time. And I resent the fact that the author waited til the last paragraph to bring up the thing that was screaming through my brain the whole time: What happens after? What happens when the kids go to school, or the partner dies, or he leaves her when she’s old? Isn’t that why our mothers and grandmothers wanted us to have our own careers and bank balances, so we’re not out of options if the worst happens? Maybe I’m a pessimist for immediately jumping to the worst case scenario.

    Or maybe it’s just the woman who named her kids Archer, Fable, Reverie, and Boheme. SERIOUSLY? I hope they all grow up to run an artisanal pickle company.

    Edited to add: Okay, here are two responses that are much more reasonable than anything I could write. There’s Nothing Retro About the Retro Housewife If She Gets to Choose and Why the Opt Out Story Won’t Die. The lesson here is that stories like the first one are trolling, making everything out as black and white to get a rise out of fools like me. When in reality, most of us just do the best we can and don’t really reflect the extremes. I feel better now.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    When it rains, it pours. Just lined up another interview today as soon as the library one finishes!


    @stufromoz That’s where I went to Uni. My parents live like 30 miles from there. I’ve flown into that dinky airport. *mind blown*


    Also, the gardeners turned up! What a day! Everything’s coming up Milhouse…


    @stufromoz No, they don’t live in town. Asking Mom now what’s going on.


    Refuelling with bulgogi between interviews. YOBOSAYO! (@ Hunter Connection International Food Court w/ 2 others) http://t.co/esVL5OOZTS


    Not bad for a crappy food court! Even counts as #paleo if you skip the rice. http://t.co/4VvxloKgLP


    @supercres It was! $9.50 for the “sizzling beef” lunch special. Not bad at all…


    Two interviews finished and homework sent off for my dream job. Is that enough grown-up stuff for today?


    @redambition Snook and I will be there.


    @mrs_sockvictim @RoseRed_Shoes @randomknits Is this a trip to a place that sells Liberty? Is there room for one more Lady of Leisure? ๐Ÿ™‚


    @redambition @RoseRed_Shoes @mrs_sockvictim @randomknits Just get sacked. All the fashionable people are unemployed, you know!


    @RoseRed_Shoes @mrs_sockvictim My whole day is free! I can do whatever.


    @mrs_sockvictim @RoseRed_Shoes Whereโ€™s good for lunch over there? Shall we just set a time/place and Fee can join if she can?


    @RoseRed_Shoes @mrs_sockvictim Sounds great!


    Confession: I would totally go to Disney on Ice Heroes and Princesses. If somebody gave me a ticket.


    The 100-yen Japanese shop is my favourite place ever. @ Daiso Japan http://t.co/51Kn3Q8Oyg


    @pixel8ted There are two of them. This one is in the tunnel that runs from Town Hall station along George Street.


    @witty_knitter @mrs_sockvictim Yes – itโ€™s tomorrow!


    @brown_note Thanks! Iโ€™m giving it my best shot. Not much more I can do than that!


    RT @brown_note: Iโ€™m attending a Meetup with Sydney Business Analysts. Come along and help me shift mindsets. http://t.co/3cncyUoBNN


    It’s 8:30 on day 2 of being a Lady of Leisure, and I’m already bored out of my skull.


    RT @uncrate: Under Armour Alter Ego Baselayer http://t.co/ur8EzrT4Tq -“// For @kunaal84


    @rachievaichie Cycling is out due to injury. Most of those other things would require $$ for transport. Vic Park pool is close, I guess.


    Gardeners are here, hopefully for the last time. Anybody wanna bet?


    I feel certain @drkknits needs to share my rage. http://t.co/T3vbvD3HrA


    @randomknits @witty_knitter @drkknits But you’ve got to get to the part where the lady named her kids Fable, Reverie, and Boheme!


    @lemon_lime @arwenamin @witty_knitter @drkknits You’d have an easier time rejoining the work force later than most women would. ๐Ÿ™


    @lemon_lime @arwenamin @witty_knitter @drkknits Because women are naturally more nurturing, because they play with dolls. *shoots self*


    @udjamaflip @lemon_lime I was just telling @the_snook that we need Lego. And with no kids, we can afford the giant Millennium Falcon!


    @witty_knitter It’s all your fault for making me want things like a career and security. I COULD’VE BEEN MOMMYBLOGGING FOR YEARS NOW.


    How many Retro Housewife points do I get for putting a pork roast in for my husband’s dinner? Bonus: I was barefoot and wearing a dress.


    @nolim1t Slow cooker. Booyah.


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Not bad for a crappy food court! Even counts as #paleo if you skip the rice.


    Two interviews finished and homework sent off for my dream job. Is that enough grown-up stuff for today?


    The 100-yen Japanese shop is my favourite place ever.


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    The 100-yen Japanese shop is my favourite place ever.
    The 100-yen Japanese shop is my favourite place ever.

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    Not bad for a crappy food court! Even counts as #paleo if you skip the rice.

    Not bad for a crappy food court! Even counts as #paleo if you skip the rice.