Monthly Archives: December 2011

The Day I Killed Santa

Posted December 18th, 2011 by Janine & filed under Family, Family Living, Humour.

It is now 12 months since I committed the crime. It began as such an ordinary day. I was trying to clean up. When the Princess Child approached me mid sweep. “Mum, Sam* said his mum told him Santa wasn’t real. Santa is real isn’t he?” Now look I’ve never been comfortable with the Santa… Read more »

Because I’m too slack to send a card …

Posted December 17th, 2011 by Janine & filed under Family, Family Living, Humour, Uncategorized.

Over the years I’ve become very slack at sending christmas cards. It’s not because I don’t care or I’m not thinking of you, I’m just slack. I leave everything until the last minute then realise it’s too late to get everything done. I also hate sending a card with Dear XYZ lots of love from… Read more »

And the award goes to …

Posted December 16th, 2011 by Janine & filed under Blogging.

I’m not an award-winner kind of gal. I think the last award I won was a merit certificate for English in Year 10. But it seems in blogging world awards get passed around the blogosphere in a kind of “luv your work” sort of way. In return you re-distribute the love to other bloggers you… Read more »

The Sunday Drive

Posted December 14th, 2011 by Janine & filed under Family, My Favourite Posts, Photos.

Anyone else remember the Sunday drive? Mum and Dad and the kids (sometimes the dog too) packed into the car to take an aimless road trip around the local area?

Advice to Mums of Young Children

Posted December 11th, 2011 by Janine & filed under Family, Family Living, Humour, Parenting.

Today there was a tiny report in the Sunday Telegraph declaring mums want other mums to be more honest about the challenges of raising a baby. Apparently research released by Motherpedia says 93 per cent of Aussie mothers believe there needs to be more honesty between mums about motherhood. Really? Honesty is going to help?… Read more »

Weekly Photo Challenge – Celebration

Posted December 10th, 2011 by Janine & filed under Family, Family Living.

70 years of living celebrated with friends and family.

Letter to my 16 year old self

Posted December 9th, 2011 by Janine & filed under Books, Family, Family Living, Humour, My Favourite Posts, Project 44, Writing.

Have you seen the book “Dear Me, A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self“? An array of celebrities write a letter to their teenage self. If you could jump in the DeLorean and head back to the future to meet up with the kid you once were what advice would you offer? Here’s my attempt.

Busy

Posted December 8th, 2011 by Janine & filed under Photos.

Open Letter to High Achieving Women

Posted December 7th, 2011 by Janine & filed under Family, Family Living, Parenting.

Dear Women Who Have Done It All I’ve just got one question, how? How do you combine high profile, hardworking, careers with raising children? Seriously ladies I want some answers and I want them now. In my life achievement now boils down to whether we can see the kitchen bench and everyone has left the… Read more »