A twenty-something work colleague has decided that she emphatically does not want to have children. Clearly her choice, good on her. However, she did remark that us mothers in the office weren’t very good at motherhood public relations. Every day she hears our stories of the challenges we face dealing with our children who range in age from five … [Read more...]
Sunday
A calming shot for all the parents everywhere who have children completing assessment tasks for Year 11 and 12. Especially all the parents in Port currently dealing with the 30 drawings plus large self-portrait task our Year 11 art class is doing. Give us strength and wish us luck for 8.45am tomorrow when this stuff has to be handed … [Read more...]
What’s The Future for Generation Z?
Yesterday at soccer I overheard a young boy say to his team mates "I can't wait to get home and have my steak sandwich with caramelised onion". I didn't make that up he specifically mentioned the onion was CARAMELISED. At the risk of sounding like a boring old fart, back in my day it was a sanger banged on a bit of bread with a squirt of tomato … [Read more...]
Naming the Royal Baby
Well in my temporary retirement I'm rapidly crossing potential careers off the list. Apparently Royal Psychic is out of the question. I predicted a baby girl, born at 2.25 pm (London time) and weighing 2500 gram (5.5 pounds). Instead a boy arrived at 4.24pm with a weight of 8lbs 6oz. However, we've still got the name to come. I'd voted for … [Read more...]
Not A Mother Of Boys
The last couple of weeks have been a dream run for ingrained sexism, misogyny and well just plain old-fashioned stupidity. We were treated to a "joke" menu referring to the PM's genitalia, then a radio host hell-bent on quizzing that PM on the "rumours" of her partner's homosexuality, the Army launched an investigation into "demeaning, explicit and … [Read more...]
What I’m Reading This Week
Well I've made it to Sydney! I left in the dark at 4.30am - and managed to waltz into the Curzon Hall at 9.30am - not a bad effort considering that involved almost an hour of standstill Sydney traffic - how do you people ever get anywhere? The Digital Parent's Conference is proving to be a mindfest of information and an overload of emotion - … [Read more...]
Animal Farm
Yesterday here at Shambles Manor it was all butterflies and flowers as I wrote a lovely post to my eldest daughter in honour of her 16th birthday. Today, well the atmosphere has grown decidedly icy, you could grow stalagmites. You see, turns out I am an evil mother. At the last-minute I purchased tickets to see a play, without consulting, … [Read more...]
Do You Need a Birth Plan?
I'm in the middle of flashbacks to childbirth. My friend had a baby. She had a carefully constructed birth plan and a mix tape of zen-like music to help create a calming environment for her little one's arrival. Twenty two hours later the birth plan was shredded and NOBODY wanted to hear a sitar ever again. I don't recall having an … [Read more...]
Breakfast
I nag my children about how important breakfast is and make sure they eat something as I throw them out the door of a morning, tossing lost socks and forgotten homework after them. Yet it is a case of do as I say, not as I do. I don't normally eat breakfast. Unless it's the full on "big" breakfast prepared by a lovely chef at a trendy cafe. Then … [Read more...]
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
The Hippie Child goes into Year 10 next year. After that there's two years of intensity for the HSC and then she has to head out into the big, wide world. The question of "what do you want to be when you grow up?" is starting to be asked with a serious tone. We've gone through what she likes about her school subjects, we've (ok I've) started … [Read more...]
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