Tweet When Fan Heaters Attack. by Lori Dwyer on July 5, 2012 · 12 comments As we know, I’m a big fan of online shopping; for it’s convenience, thriftiness and minimal–effort–requiredness. But, like most things in life, it doesn’t always work out as planned. And if it seems to be good to be true, it […]

$ Tastes Like Teen Spirit. by Lori Dwyer on April 3, 2013 · 0 comments When I said I was only doing cool giveaways from now on… this is one of those. Because, as we know- I love music. Music-ness brings happiness. Or something. And concerts are good for everything that ails you. And sometimes […]

Tweet The Sticks. by Lori Dwyer on April 29, 2013 · 8 comments I find myself occasionally feeling as though I have to defend my decision to live contentedly here in TinyTrainTown– in the sticks. Semi–rural. Bush. ‘All the way out here’. Each and every courier, tradesman or journo who’s ever come to the TinyTrainHouse […]

Search: label/RRSAHM ranking-stuff-scale The Coolest Toy I’ve Ever Seen. by Lori Dwyer on December 17, 2012 · 7 comments As we’ve discussed many times before, my kids have a thing for trains. Steam trains, in particular. I consider it some kind of karmic punishment. I hated Thomas as a kid, probably only because my younger […]

Search: label/hippy stuff Spring Cleaning The TinyTrainHouse by Lori Dwyer on September 28, 2012 · 12 comments I am one of those truly odd people who take great pleasure in cleaning my house. It’s right up there with doing laundry in terms of smug satisfaction– while there is no smug satisfaction that competes with bringing […]

May 2012 Not Funny. by Lori Dwyer on May 31, 2012 · 13 comments It’s raining. I am in a foul mood- my kids are not well, their ears are sore and they are grumpy; the weather is miserable and it’s five degrees colder in TinyTrainTown than anywhere else. I tap my foot impatiently as […]

Tweet Tastes Like Teen Spirit. by Lori Dwyer on April 3, 2013 · 0 comments When I said I was only doing cool giveaways from now on… this is one of those. Because, as we know- I love music. Music-ness brings happiness. Or something. And concerts are good for everything that ails you. And sometimes […]

September 2012 Spring Cleaning The TinyTrainHouse by Lori Dwyer on September 28, 2012 · 12 comments I am one of those truly odd people who take great pleasure in cleaning my house. It’s right up there with doing laundry in terms of smug satisfaction– while there is no smug satisfaction that competes with bringing in […]

Tweet What’s A God? by Lori Dwyer on February 11, 2013 · 7 comments The discussions I have with my son amaze me. I wonder– was I ever this serious, this inquisitive? I doubt it. Or if I were, then I don’t remember it. Or maybe I was, and my parents were never as determined […]

Search: label/clown You Wanna Know About Me? by Lori Dwyer on November 18, 2012 · 50 comments Really? OK then… brace yourself. And remember; you asked for it. My name is Lori. I’m thirty one years old, and I live a little way out of Sydney, Australia. I always thought I was common-or-garden variety normal… […]

Tweet The Paid-For Post I Would Have Written For Free. by Lori Dwyer on May 9, 2012 · 60 comments Allow me to begin this post with a disclaimer– I know nothing about cars. I’m happy if they run reasonably well, have a heater that works, and go from point A to point B without […]

Search: label/Paradise The Coolest Toy I’ve Ever Seen. by Lori Dwyer on December 17, 2012 · 7 comments As we’ve discussed many times before, my kids have a thing for trains. Steam trains, in particular. I consider it some kind of karmic punishment. I hated Thomas as a kid, probably only because my younger brother […]

Tweet Spring Cleaning The TinyTrainHouse by Lori Dwyer on September 28, 2012 · 12 comments I am one of those truly odd people who take great pleasure in cleaning my house. It’s right up there with doing laundry in terms of smug satisfaction– while there is no smug satisfaction that competes with bringing in a […]

Tweet The Tunnels by Lori Dwyer on July 26, 2012 · 11 comments Many, many moons ago, when I first started this blog, I posted about being entirely sucked in by a ghost photo taken in the Picton Tunnels… which turned out to be made with an iPhone app. Nathan, the bloke in this photo […]

Tweet “It’s OK For You, You Like Kids…” by Lori Dwyer on June 15, 2012 · 29 comments I consider myself to be blessed in that I have access to affordable, good quality child care for my kids. I would absolutely lose my freaking mind without it. The Chop, emotionally handful that he always has […]

Tweet The Thing With Cats by Lori Dwyer on October 24, 2012 · 13 comments I really should know better than to make bold, sweeping statements like “It’s been a bad week. The next one has to be better.” You’d think, with karma and broken mirror–type–surfaces kicking my existential arse, I would know better already. […]

WIn Stuff A Mother’s Day GiveAway (To make up for all those other presents you’ll get). by Lori Dwyer on April 19, 2013 · 16 comments This Mother’s Day giveaway happily brought to you by David Jones online store. Mother’s Day in Australia is the second Sunday in May. It’s somewhat of a dividing issue, […]

You Wanna Know About Me? 58 comments Really? OK then… brace yourself. And remember; you asked for it. My name is Lori. I’m thirty one years old, and I live a little way out of Sydney, Australia I’ve just recently moved to live in Melbourne, Australia. I always thought I was common-or-garden variety normal… I’m […]

April 2013 Seamless. by Lori Dwyer on April 30, 2013 · 46 comments This post  comfortably bought to you by the brand new Berlei Dig Free Tights The unexpected consequence of feeling relatively happy and contented of late is that I’ve put on about 10 kilos in a matter of weeks. It’s not that putting on […]

Craptastic movie reviews Why ‘Goddess’ was the worst movie I’ve ever seen. by Lori Dwyer on March 18, 2013 · 12 comments A fortnight or so ago, I was invited to a real actual red–carpet movie premiere. With free popcorn and introduction speeches from the director and famous people and everything. It was one of […]

pets The Thing With Cats, Part Two. by Lori Dwyer on January 23, 2013 · 2 comments Someone commented on Twitter a few days ago that, just perhaps, TinyTrainTown is very bad juju for cats. The TinyTrainHouse, in particular. I’m thinking they may have a point. I guess the easiest way to break this is […]