A rush and a push

Round 37: October 2045 (Spring)

Lane 1 household profile

Linnea Lane is 85. Eliot is 59, Cordy is 52 and Charlotte is 16.

(Tim is 25, Matthew and Simon are 20, Sylvia is 19, Marcus is 16 and Grace and Jacinta are 15)

Narrated by Charlotte Lane

My parents both hate it that my grandma spoils me so much but personally, I love it.

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You say it's your birthday, June 2044

Round 36: June 2044 (Winter)

Charlotte Lane starts the morning of her 15th birthday with an invigorating dip in the family's pool.

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Memory lane

Round 35: December 2042 (Summer)

last update/next update

Gottlieb 1 household profile

Adam Gottlieb is 87, Athena is 82, Amelia is 53, Wade is 52 and Michael is 11. 

(Linnea is 82, Joanna is 47, Sophie is 29, Oliver is 26, Noah is 24, Brigit is 23, Emma is 22 and Levi and Will are 10)

Narrated by Wade Gottlieb

My sister Joanna hates entertaining, so the big Christmas dos have traditionally fallen to us. We've done them just about every year since we got married. 

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At least that's what you said

Round 35: February 2042 (Summer)

last update/Simon and Matthew's next update/next update

Lane 1 household profile

Linnea Lane is 82, Eliot is 56, Cordy is 49, Matthew and Simon are 17 and Charlotte is 13.

(Tim is 22, Aurora is 16 and Jacinta and Grace are 12)

Narrated by Charlotte Lane

Matthew’s been moping around the house lately because his girlfriend Aurora dumped him right at the end of the summer.

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Nighttiming

Round 34: November 2040 (Spring)

last update/next update

Linnea Lane is 80, Eliot is 54, Cordy is 47, Simon and Matthew are 15 and Charlotte is 11.

(Athena is 80, Luc is 47, Tim is 20, Annabel is 16 and Aurora is 14)

Narrated by Matthew Lane

A few months back, we had my grandma Linnea move in with us.

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The passenger

Round 30: February 2032 (Summer)

last update/next update

Luc Lane is 39, Asha is 35, Ruby is 5, Marcus is 3 and Felix is 8 months old.
(Linnea is 72, Steve is 37 and Ramona is 5)

Narrated by Luc Lane

Ruby is in kindergarten now and she talks non-stop. Asha and I can hardly get a word in over dinner!

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Buy me a pony

Round 29: December 2030 (Summer)

last update/next update

Eliot Lane is 44, Cordy is 37, Timothy is 10, Simon and Matthew are both 5 and Charlotte is 1.
(Augustin and Hanna are both 75, Linnea is 70, Luc is 37, Ruby is 3 and Marcus is 1)

Narrated by Eliot Lane

Online shopping is the way to go. Why fight crowds and all that insanity when you can do it all from the comfort of your home? In your pyjamas, even!

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You say it's your birthday, May 2029

Linnea Lane got a very early morning call from her son Luc and rushed over to babysit Ruby. Luc and Asha need to rush to the hospital.

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Not the same

Round 28: Winter 2028

last update/next update

Luc Lane is 35, Asha is 31 and Ruby is 1.
(Linnea is 68, Steve is 33, Olivia is 31 and Ramona is 1)

Narrated by Luc Lane

Asha had a little freak-out when she found out she was pregnant with Ruby but we've both adapted to parenthood pretty well.

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The Lane-Royce wedding

Round 28: Summer 2028

Luc Lane is 35 and Asha Royce is 31.

It's her parents' wedding day but Ruby is unlikely to see much of it. She's going to spend the ceremony and most of the reception napping in her crib.

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Blackbird

Round 27: Winter 2026

last update/next update

Eliot Lane is 40, Cordy is 33, Timothy is 6 and Simon and Matthew are both 1.
(Debbie and Linnea are both 66, Luc is 33 and Mitchell is 7).

Narrated by Eliot Lane

I've been feeling almost like a single parent around here lately but sometimes things happen that can't be helped. We just have to cope with it.

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Sugarcube

Round 26: Winter 2024

last update/next update

Luc Lane is 31 and Asha Royce is 27.
(Kit Royce and Linnea Lane are both 64, Cordy Lane is 31 and Timothy Lane is 4)

Narrated by Luc Lane

When Asha and I bought this place, the house next door was empty, so we had a ton of privacy. We were happy, seeing that was the main reason we got our own place to begin with.

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Fire in your belly

Round 26: Autumn 2024

last update/next update

Eliot Lane is 38, Cordy is 31 and Timothy is 4.
(Luc is 31, Debbie and Linnea are both 64 and Augustin and Hanna are both 69)

Narrated by Cordy Lane

Timothy is turning out so much like Eliot. It's amazing that you can see it at four years old but you really can.

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Center of attention

Round 25: Spring 2022

last update/next update

Eliot Lane is 36, Cordy is 29 and Timothy is 2.
(Augustin and Hanna are both 67, Linnea and Debbie are both 62, Luc is 29 and Asha is 25)

Narrated by Eliot Lane

Once a week, Cordy and I take Timothy to go and see Linnea. Cordy's brother Luc goes over with Asha at the same time, so Timothy gets to see all the family.

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You say it's your birthday, Summer 2020

Yay, it's birthday time! And it's Summer birthdays, which are always the best because they're the biggest! I've been so excited to get to these this year, so let's get started!

In about 6 months time, Amelia Gottlieb will have another one of these...

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Phantom limb

Round 24: Autumn 2019

Gordon's last update/Luc's last update/Luc's next update/Gordon's next update

Luc Lane is 26 and Gordon Nott is 23.
(Jace is 62, Linnea is 59 and Asha and Lia are both 22)

Narrated by Luc Lane

Since Joanna got back from her trip, she and Rose have been living here, with me and Gordon. They were only ever going to stay here until they could save enough to get a place on their own. That didn't end up taking them very long, because Joanna won $60,000 in the lottery! Can you believe that? I've got barely $7000 to my name and Joanna just gets a whole heap of cash handed to her! Anyway, it all happened pretty fast - they found a house, they bought it and they moved to Sullivan. Crazy.

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When you were young

Round 23: Spring 2017

Last update/next update

Adam Gottlieb is 62, Athena is 57, Amelia is 28, Wade is 27 and Sophie is 4.
(Kirstin is 33, Linnea is 57)

Narrated by Amelia Gottlieb

We caught Sophie on the internet in Athena's office the other day. She can't really spell or read yet but I'm more worried about pictures she might find than anything she could read on there!

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Happiness is a warm gun

Round 23: Autumn 2017

last update/next update

Vivienne Carmody is 77, Betsy and Kimberly are both 46, Sarah is 12 and Susannah is 7.
(Linnea is 57)

Narrated by Sarah Carmody

Note: for clarity's sake, I've decided that the girls call Kimberly "Mama" and Betsy "Mum".
It's usually just me, Susannah and Mama for dinner these days. Grandma is the one who cooks, so she's there too, of course. Mum isn't even home by dinner time most nights.

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Une année sans lumière

Round 22: Winter 2016

Eliot's last update/Cordy's last update/next update

Eliot Lane is 30, Cordy is 23
(Debbie and Linnea are both 56, Luc is 23 and Asha is 19)

Narrated by Cordy Lane

Eliot and I got married just over a year ago and I love it! I love seeing Eliot every day and I love having our own place that's just ours.

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Monkey gone to heaven

Round 22: Autumn 2015

Cordy and Luc's last update/Linnea's last update

Luc's next update/Cordy's next update

Linnea Lane is 55, Cordy and Luc are both 22.
(Betsy is 44, Eliot is 29 and Asha is 18)

Now that Asha is 18, Luc is finally able to take her to more exciting places than the mall and the music hobby club. Blue Velvet is a favourite club for them, as well as The Old Brick.

Asha has found it more difficult than she thought it would be to see Luc getting attention from other girls. They never really talked about being exclusive but it's what Asha would like. She's definitely not talking marriage or anything - the very thought of marriage at 18 petrifies her - but she wouldn't mind some kind of commitment.

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