http://www.bloggingamerican.com/ Former American city girl now living in the bush in Australia. I am a freelance column writer for a Central Queensland newspaper. I love my life, I love my kids, and I love being a Yank in Oz. en Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:01:00 GMT Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:01:00 GMT info@bloggingamerican.com info@bloggingamerican.com http://www.bloggingamerican.com/images/title-banner-oz.gif http://www.bloggingamerican.com/ http://www.bloggingamerican.com/blogging-american-moving/ Blogging American MOVING! Hey all, I've moved my blog over to Wordpress.com. It's under the name 'Yank In Oz' since that is what my original column is called. Seem to... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/blogging-american-moving/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/blogging-american-moving/ Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:01:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/when-rednecks-dine-out-2/ Recently, while attending a friend's wedding, I realized that although I know all of the countries in Europe and that a cat has thirty-two muscles in each ear, that doesn't... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/when-rednecks-dine-out-2/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/when-rednecks-dine-out-2/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:02:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/george-bush-and-other-things-that-make-you-go-ick/ For those that know me, you know that I love all creatures great and small. From the majestic kookaburra to even the spurned cane toad (I know, I know) there... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/george-bush-and-other-things-that-make-you-go-ick/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/george-bush-and-other-things-that-make-you-go-ick/ Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:09:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/can-i-layby-my-new-eyeglasses/ To say that my eyesight is just bad would be like saying Australian summers are just sort of hot. My husband tells me that if he ever gets really mad... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/can-i-layby-my-new-eyeglasses/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/can-i-layby-my-new-eyeglasses/ Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:44:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/politics-schmolotics/ So people have asked me why I never talk about politics in my column. Well, besides the fact that I don't truly understand the Australian government, I've become quite apathetic... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/politics-schmolotics/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/politics-schmolotics/ Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:48:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/umm-honeythanks-for-the-blendergrumble-grumble/ Every once in a while people ask me what I do for a living. Well, first and foremost I am a mum. But when asked what my job is, I... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/umm-honeythanks-for-the-blendergrumble-grumble/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/umm-honeythanks-for-the-blendergrumble-grumble/ Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:46:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/next-event-in-the-commonwealth-games-wheely-bin-racing/ So, the Commonwealth Games are in full swing and Australia is racking up gold medals faster than Hollywood celebs and rehab stints. Now, I'm not exactly a huge sports fan... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/next-event-in-the-commonwealth-games-wheely-bin-racing/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/next-event-in-the-commonwealth-games-wheely-bin-racing/ Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:10:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/revenge-on-the-telemarketers/2/ You know the feeling. You've just sat down to tea, have your hands full with the kids or are outside hanging the wash when it happens...the phone rings. You drop... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/revenge-on-the-telemarketers/2/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/revenge-on-the-telemarketers/2/ Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:55:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/a-vending-machine-for-those-of-us-who-lack-control/ I ran into a friend of mine, Kathy, the other day. Since we hadn't seen each other in a few months, I recounted the Donovan family adventures over the past... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/a-vending-machine-for-those-of-us-who-lack-control/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/a-vending-machine-for-those-of-us-who-lack-control/ Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:58:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/my-vampire-beats-your-werewolf/ Well, I had successfully avoided it for the past five years but finally have joined ranks with the other 100 million people that have fallen into the Twilight vortex. And... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/my-vampire-beats-your-werewolf/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/my-vampire-beats-your-werewolf/ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:52:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/dreams-drivethrus-and-modern-technology/ I could hear the voice but couldn't make out what it was saying. Static, feedback...was I dreaming? Somewhere in the distance a car engine rumbled. Stop! I thought. I need... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/dreams-drivethrus-and-modern-technology/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/dreams-drivethrus-and-modern-technology/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:13:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/hens-condoms-and-vacuums/ Marriage; two people meet, fall in love and vow to spend eternity together in wedded bliss. But somewhere along the historical highway of holy matrimony, someone invented the hen and... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/hens-condoms-and-vacuums/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/hens-condoms-and-vacuums/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:06:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/meditating-on-the-buttocks/ Being the mother of two small children certainly can take a toll on you in so many ways. You lose sleep, are the last to eat and refereeing fights over... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/meditating-on-the-buttocks/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/meditating-on-the-buttocks/ Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:26:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/kicking-and-screaming-all-the-way-to-40/ So as of last Thursday I am now officially a thirty-eight year old. I may as well have just written "alien crop circle maker" because it would have seemed just... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/kicking-and-screaming-all-the-way-to-40/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/kicking-and-screaming-all-the-way-to-40/ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:11:00 GMT http://www.bloggingamerican.com/bird-crap-to-someballoons-to-others/ Perception is a tricky thing. Your perception is moulded from all sorts of factors from life experience to even TV. For example, our perception of hot and cold weather varies... http://www.bloggingamerican.com/bird-crap-to-someballoons-to-others/#comments http://www.bloggingamerican.com/bird-crap-to-someballoons-to-others/ Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:17:00 GMT