Shambolic Living

13 Is A Lucky Number

Janine — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:30:08 +0000

I am slowly coming to terms with the fact that from today BOTH of my children have “teen” added to their ages. I’m not sure how that happened. It seems like just yesterday we were teething and toilet training. I know I never qualified as a “yummy mummy” but I did wear the title “mother...

Happy Birthday Hippie Child

Janine — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:11:52 +0000

Sunday was the 15th anniversary of my becoming a mother. Hippie Child you arrived at 4.26am on a very dark and rainy night. You cried very little and spent a substantial amount of time lying in your father’s arms looking up at him with big, wide eyes contemplating the world. It was the first sign...

Birthday Parties for Kids

Janine — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:49:18 +0000

I am seriously considering undertaking a stealth mission to Melbourne to kidnap a woman I don’t know. We are heading into the absolutely manic part of the year for us – four birthdays, Christmas, holidays, then the start of the new school year. Of this the children’s birthday parties are the most difficult. Cooking dinner...

Child of the 70’s and 80’s

Janine — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:48:31 +0000

Created in WordItOut Remember any of these? What were you playing, reading, watching, wearing, eating during your childhood?

Project 44 – One Woman’s Overcrowded Wish List & One Year To Do It All

Janine — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:09:55 +0000

It’s one month until my birthday. As I head towards my 44th year on this planet I am conflicted. Having seen my skinny, fit husband survive a double heart bypass at just 42 years of age I understand life is precious. But it doesn’t mean I have to enjoy the wrinkles – and why didn’t...