Princess Child today asked "do you ever have a day when you just feel your life is wonderful?" "Surrrre" I replied (OK hesitantly) "Do you feel like that?" I asked. "Yep I do" she replied and my heart soared. So all the tears and meltdowns during the year have disappeared in the languid calm of the summer holidays. The joys of childhood. When … [Read more...]
Condeming my children to a life of under-achievement
I may be holding my children back from achieving their true potential. I know it's hard to fathom given the amount of time, energy and money I've invested in them. This Christmas Hippie Child was given the autobiography of Jessica Watson, the teenager who in 2010, at just 16, became the youngest person to sail solo, unassisted and non-stop around … [Read more...]
Christmas Come and Gone
Well it's over for another year. Christmas come and gone in a mad whirl of shopping, cleaning, cooking, entertaining. It was hosted for the first time this year at Shambles Manor. We did successfully clear up enough room for people to be able to physically enter the house, OK it was never going to pass any sort of white glove test and the rumour … [Read more...]
Christmas countdown on – are we ready? No we’re not.
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
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 …
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...]
The Sunday Drive
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? … [Read more...]
Advice to Mums of Young Children
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...]
Weekly Photo Challenge – Celebration
70 years of living celebrated with friends and family. [slideshow] … [Read more...]
Letter to my 16 year old self
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...]
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