Shambolic Living

Christmas countdown on – are we ready? No we’re not.

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Three days remaining until the Christmas festivities. Or 62 hours, 26 minutes and 9 seconds at the time of writing, if you count Christmas day as starting at 6.00am on the 25th. As the time ticks away the frenzy gets that little bit more intense because, as per usual, we are not ready. You would think with 364 days notice we could get our act … [Read more...]

The Day I Killed Santa

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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 thing, it always felt, well a little deceptive. However, … [Read more...]

Because I’m too slack to send a card …

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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 all of us. We haven't heard from each other for a year … [Read more...]

Advice to Mums of Young Children

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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? Well, at the risk of it … [Read more...]

Letter to my 16 year old self

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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. … [Read more...]

Open Letter to High Achieving Women

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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 house wearing clean undies - I struggle to … [Read more...]

Grey stairs.
Father with two daughters.