Solid

Round 20: Spring 2011

last update/next update

Adam Gottlieb is 56, Athena is 51 and Joanna is 16.
(Wade is 21, Amelia Moretti is 22 and Georgette Clarke is 71.)

Narrated by Joanna Gottlieb

Dad has been thinking of buying a restaurant and he's fallen in love with one he took Mum to last year. It's called The Claudette. I don't know much about fancy restaurants but I hope Dad gets rid of all the staff when he buys it. It's terrible service, we were waiting forever for a table.

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She came along to me

Round 20: Spring 2011

Last update + wedding mini-update/next update

Collette Sitko is 66, Julian is 61, David is 29 and Kirstin is 27.
(Vivienne and Georgette are both 71, Owen is 34, Adrienne is 4 and Malcolm is 1.)

Narrated by David Sitko

She doesn't have any grandchildren to care for, or weddings to help plan any more so Collette has taken to hanging around in the front yard, waiting for someone to walk by.

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Spring 2011 birthdays

It's just past 6am and Anna has just slammed the lid onto the rubbish bin when she feels the familiar pangs of contractions.

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Two-headed boy

Round 20: Winter 2011

last update/next update/Rose's next update

Lake Draper is 54, Rose is 16 and Patience is 9.
(Kendal is 35, Joanna is 16 and Calvin and Troy are both 8)

Narrated by Lake Draper

Things just haven't been good at all in our house since Ottilie died. Rose misses her mother and she's furious at me because I've been dating again. I started dating much too soon for Rose's liking.

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Something so strong

Round 20: Winter 2011

Last update/next update

Ben and Caterina Nihill are both 56 and Olivia is 14.
(Ione is 15 and Lia is 14)

Narrated by Olivia Nihill

Since I turned 13, I have been begging my parents for a sewing machine. They kept saying no, because they didn't want me to get sick of it and then just leave the machine in my room collecting dust.

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Such great heights

Round 20: Winter 2011
Betsy Carmody is 40, Olivia Nihill, Lia Novak and Asha Royce are all 14, Ione Romilly is 15 and Rose Draper and Joanna Gottlieb are both 16.

It's a new school year at Sullivan High School and Elmer Miguel has been establishing himself as the resident ladies' man. He tries it on with Rose first...

She's flattered but quite obviously spoken for.

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Slowly

Round 20: Winter 2011

last update/next update

Joseph Carmody is 76, Vivienne is 71, Betsy and Kimberly are both 40, Sarah is 6 and Susannah is 1.
(Leontine Kirby is 69 and Ethan Novak is 5)

Narrated by Betsy Carmody

On the day our daughter Susannah was due to arrive, I took a vacation day from work so I was there to see Sarah off to school. No goodbye, mind you. I don't know if she's annoyed at getting a baby sister or annoyed that Kimberly and I didn't let her stay home to meet her too.

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In the aeroplane over the sea

Round 20: Autumn 2011

last update/Nicholas's next update/next update

Caleb Moretti is 29 and Nicholas is 8.
(Maria is 68 and Madelyn is 31)

Narrated by Caleb Moretti

After I left Abigail, I moved back to Sullivan into a little unit in a triplex. It's really small but I've managed to make it comfortable enough for myself, even though money is definitely tight on the crappy salary I'm earning right now.

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Tunnels

Round 20: Autumn 2011

last update/next update

Brandon Kirby is 76, Leontine is 69, Trent is 41, Megan is 39, Claudia and Victoria are both 10 and Rebecca is 2.
(Tate is 41, Zelda is 36 and Josie is 9)

Narrated by Megan Kirby

Rebecca is 2 now and she's been walking for a while now so we're working on talking. I'm proud to say that her first word was "Mama" and she followed it with many more!

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Over my head

Round 20: Autumn 2011

last update/Cordy and Luc's last update

next update

Eliot Novak is 25, Max Nihill is 24, Zaria Royce is 23, Wade Gottlieb is 22 and Cordy and Luc Lane are both 18.
(Amelia Moretti is 23)

Warning: This is very long. I'm terrible at finding a good point to break it in half, so it's all in the one entry.

Luc Lane has just started his freshman year at Suffolk and he's feeling a little lonely. He doesn't even mind receiving a phone call from his ex-girlfriend Rose, even after she dumped him and hooked up with his cousin. He's just happy to hear another familiar voice.

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