The children found some old home videos the other day. As we sat watching them the Hippie Child remarked. "Geeze, we were loud". "Yeah" said Princess Child "we squealed a lot". Yes girls, you were bloody noisy. You would think it would improve as they got older but having just operated the holiday break complimentary taxi service of … [Read more...]
Photographic Evidence
Parents of young children, listen up, this is the ONLY piece of parenting advice you need. When you go above and beyond with your children TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS. You know all those activities that are messy, time-consuming, challenging? When you go to the effort of making them happen it is really important that you retain evidence. Because one … [Read more...]
Optimism
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty; Churchill … [Read more...]
Nightmare
Horror movie right there on my TV - Skyhooks Once again morning television is awash with images from an unimaginable tragedy on the other side of the world. Two bombs going off in the crowd of the Boston Marathon. It's almost twelve years since we saw the planes crash into the twin towers. The feelings come rushing back, fear, disbelief. Back … [Read more...]
Motherhood
It was always going to be a recipe for disaster. A woman who never held a job for longer than 18 months (I have attention span issues), couldn't manage to keep her bedroom in the share house tidy, and still called her mum for a loan when the electricity bill was due. This is the woman who was about to give birth. To a CHILD. A tiny, dependent … [Read more...]
Laughter
What makes you laugh? When was the last time you had a good giggle? Humour is so subjective isn't it? When a comedian bombs with a joke the silence from the audience is very awkward, but when they nail it the house rocks! This week I've laughed at: A piece doing the rounds called Growing Up Without A Cell Phone (thanks Michele A) I … [Read more...]
Kindness
The other day I was rushing to get to an appointment I was nervous about. In my hurry I dropped a glass bottle of soft drink and it smashed to smithereens on the footpath. I put down my bag and started to try to pick up the many pieces of shattered glass when the local butcher and his apprentice came out of their shop with broom and dustpan and … [Read more...]
Joy
I've posted this photo before but I've trying to come up with something for a "J" word and I just reckon this dog looks absolutely joyous. Photo by David Fitzpatrick I'm going to try to take part in the A to Z Challenge Blog Hop this month. That means each day a post related to a letter of the alphabet. Please note if you … [Read more...]
Ideas
I'm an ideas person. Ideas, I've got a million. Execution and follow-up not so strong. But I can think outside the square. Come up with solutions to your problems (probably better at solving your problems than my own but that's OK). Watching TV last night I came up with one of my best ideas ever! Big Brother is calling for contestants over … [Read more...]
Happiness
Happiness is: A sleeping child. A week without homework. Holidays with no routines. A girls' night out. A good book. A trashy mag and a block of chocolate. A family dinner. A world without housework (OK that one's a dream but it would make me so HAPPY). What makes you happy? I'm going to try to take part in the A to Z … [Read more...]
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