Well this is another fine mess I've got myself into. My goals this year included entering loads of competitions and creating a successful blog. So imagine my delight when I saw a blogging competition with great prizes including cash. However, it's a cooking competition! Could someone please send a tank of oxygen to Shambles Manor my husband is … [Read more...]
Talking Blogging With Eden
Yesterday was a big day. I learnt how to Skype (I know way out of touch, even my Mum has been Skyping for years, but I've been busy alright). I had to learn how to Skype because I won a half hour chat with Eden Riley in a competition on her blog Edenland. Eden has just been named as Australia's Top Blogger in a competition at The Sydney Writers … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge – Blue
My brother captured these shots with a long lens while he was standing on the Breakwall. … [Read more...]
Mums on Magazine Covers
It seems putting a Mum on a magazine cover draws attention. There's been a hullabaloo over the latest Time cover. It's a provocative shot highlighting a story on attachment parenting including the headline "Are You Mom Enough?". As I am sure the Editors had expected, woman everywhere took the bait and launched full throttle into the usual mummy … [Read more...]
Multitasking Failure
Multitasking is an inborn skill for women. We can think 20 thoughts, while simultaneously completing a task with each hand and issuing directions on another topic with our mouth. Sorry blokes, but you do seem to struggle with this, preferring the do one thing at a time approach, and "please don't introduce another topic when I'm busy dealing with … [Read more...]
A Letter to My Daughters About NAPLAN
Dear Girls, The Government decided that all students would be tested in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 to monitor their levels of literacy and numeracy. In theory it seems a good idea. Parents get a sense of where their child sits in relation to other kids, schools can identify problems and so on. In practice, teachers teach to the test. Endless hours of … [Read more...]
Monday Morning Photo
A new week of meetings, events and obligations begins. Deep breath. Relax. Think calm thoughts. … [Read more...]
The Mothering Years
The mothering years engulf and consume you. They reshape your heart, mind and soul. They simultaneously weaken and strengthen you. The mothering years redefine your life. Happy mothers day everyone. … [Read more...]
Growing Up Country
I grew up in a country town surrounded by blue-grey hills where houses sat on wide streets and had big backyards. In a time before the internet, digital TV, Skype and mobile phones when living in the country meant existing in an insulated time warp. We had: Two TV channels. The ABC and the local one which played programs years behind the Sydney … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge – Out of Focus
I wasn't planning to play along with the photo challenge this week because I thought it was silly to feature out-of-focus shots. Not that I don't have plenty of them but because we always like to present our best don't we? We relegate the blurry, not quite right to the delete pile because they don't conform to the image of perfection we want to … [Read more...]
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