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
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...]
NaNoWriMo – The Confession
Big cheers please, my friend Michele from Savannah Photography completed the 50,000 words in 30 days for NaNoWriMo. … [Read more...]
Confessions of a Non-Dance Mum
There are certain areas in which you excel as parent (usually areas related to the things you were good at/enjoyed as a child) unfortunately sometimes your children don't get the memo and decide to take up things in which you have absolutely no ability. … [Read more...]
Lights, Camera, Action, “The Family” is on TV
Imagine for a moment your house has 35 remote-controlled cameras strategically placed throughout. Sitting in a booth somewhere are producers and editors who, after recording every moment of your life for three months, carefully piece it together to make what they hope will be entertaining television. … [Read more...]
Writing The Great Aussie Novel During NaNoWriMo
Saturday 6.00am - Rise early to avoid the family. Sit down at computer. Write sentence. … [Read more...]
What’s In Your Handbag?
My favourite part of the last Harry Potter movie was Hermione's handbag which managed to magically contain every item they needed in their great battle. It was the moment when we knew Hermione had grown up to be a woman. Lugging around thousands of items which might, one day, be needed to save the day. … [Read more...]
Morning Mayhem
Through a stroke of good fortune (or employment as a radio producer of a morning show) I managed to avoid the morning rush in our house for three years. … [Read more...]
The Lunchbox Lottery
Can the level of a mother's love & parenting ability be measured in the quality of the lunchbox she provides? … [Read more...]
You can run, but you can’t hide
I may have extricated myself from my family for four days to attend WordCamp Gold Coast (and let me tell you that takes more logistical manoeuvres than the allied troops arrival in Afghanistan) but when my youngest daughter discovered I could check my messages it was on ... … [Read more...]
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