Purple plot, clean carpets, singing and dancing

1. My husband ripped out some weeds in a little plot opposite our front door and planted a variety of flowers, with a theme of purple and white. We are having a heat wave this week, but I know he will diligently water them every day and maybe they will survive.

2. I vacuum (most of) the house and it makes such a difference.

3. The kids do some dancing to the Disney Just Dance game, and I sing along to the words on the screen. Both singing and dancing are lovely.

Sleep, peach, book

1. Sleeping in.

2. A peach.

3. An exciting third book in the trilogy.

Game, prognosis, warm

1. My children are running around the house playing their made-up game. They are using mana crystals to fight the dragon Deathwing. Gee, I wonder where they get these ideas...

2. My mother had a recent diagnosis of breast and bone cancer, which was very scary. But she has started chemo and radiotherapy and is doing very well, the prognosis is good.

3. Sitting in a warm car after spending too long in a cool house.

Dungeons and Dragons, hungry, writing

1. We introduced the kids (who are almost-7 and 9) to Dungeons and Dragons, a slightly expurgated version, and they both love it. Just got to level 3. Aiden has now discovered the Monster Manual books and is going through them, excited to find monsters they have already fought and also really high level creatures like level 34 solo brute Orcus. He already knows how to read the stats tables. He brings the books over to show me whenever he finds something interesting.

2. I've been really hungry all morning, but after breakfast and second breakfast and lunch I am finally satisfied.

3. The kids are going to a birthday party this afternoon. I would kind-of like to go along, but I've decided to leave that to Tim and I'll stay home and get some writing done.

Sweet spot, strawberries, spring

1. I have to wheel my husband's bicycle all the way to the shop for a repair after he unexpectedly had to leave early this morning and took the car. I find the perfect spot to hold it so that it wheels along beside me obediently, and it's even a comfortable height so that it's almost like I'm just resting my hand there. What I expected to be difficult turns out to be an easy 2 km stroll.

2. On the way home I drop into the markets and buy three punnets of strawberries for later.

3. It's cool-ish today, but early spring is in the air.

Assembly, got it, puppy

1. My son's class are hosting the school assembly. They sing three songs and Aiden reads out his one-paragraph essay on why he loves Canberra. During the songs they all do choreographed movements, but Aiden really gets into moving his body.

2. After a slightly frustrating morning shopping I find both the present I wanted and my favourite cereal at another shopping centre. I had to get the cereal down from a very high shelf with a pair of BBQ tongs, but I managed it.

3. The new puppy that comes to school during the afternoon pick-up seems very taken with me for some reason. I wonder if I somehow resemble the breeders; the first humans it knew before it was sold. Or maybe I'm just a calm presence amongst the crowd of noisy children.

Just flour, carbs, friday

1. Overheard in the supermarket.
Toddler in the trolley: "Cauliflower?"
Mother scanning the shelves: "No, darling, just plain flour."

2. After a week trying to stick to a low-carb diet, deciding to switch to a medium-carb version and then having a naughty high-carb lunch to celebrate. Carbs make me happy!

3. It's Friday.