My husband wooed me with the phrase "Perception is reality", that is if by "wooed" you mean really pissed me off. When we met I was surprisingly very wide-eyed and I believed...
Showing posts with label parenthood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parenthood. Show all posts
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Friday, 21 June 2013
Little arms, BIG hugs.
Someone asked me today to close my eyes and imagine a place where there is love. Of course I'm sure like most people my mind flashed my hubby's face up, but I settled on the...
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Children make me happy...
Today's post comes from someone that needs little introduction as she is awesome, both for her work as a child behaviour consultant and for the what she shares on social media...
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
What makes you happy?
Other than The Bloggess I have had some generous tweeps share what makes them happy, and as we are half way through #hAPpyRIL I thought it fitting to share the first of...
Sunday, 14 April 2013
The Oatmeal...that is all
If resting on the 7th day is good enough for God then I'm in too, so here's a cartoon that is so true it makes me laugh until I cry...
On that note The...
Friday, 12 April 2013
Toddlers...& not just when they're sleeping
Motherhood was a crazy shock to me - as you can probably tell from my earlier sleep-deprived blog posts. But even then (and sometimes now when I'm being smashed in the...
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Turning Tables: discovering first loves again
When I was 16 I wouldn't have believed you if you told me that I wouldn't actively listen to music for about three years in a row. In fact at 30 I still wouldn't have believed...
Monday, 17 December 2012
What would you say to the parents in Connecticut?
I don't know what you would say but I am at a point where I would have to scream simply "what the f*ck?!". There is no normal explanation for this. "Some people are mentally disturbed"...
Thursday, 11 October 2012
"Stop crying" Mummy cried hysterically
There's something soul-destroying about listening to Adele as your child cries hysterically. Nothing has really changed in the three and half years since I met my first child,...
Monday, 1 October 2012
A Beautiful Beginnings End: RIP Jill Meagher
Street Art Tribute in Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Source: HeraldSun
Her dreams were those of any beautiful young girl, her vibrancy and light existence marred only by a shimmer...
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
UPDATE: The Burden of True Love: Dedicated to Marina Krim in her unthinkable loss
I seem to have an unhealthy obsession with death of late. It is quite disturbing and not really conducive to a light and smiling existence. Instead I have strange visions of...
Monday, 10 September 2012
House Husbands and the importance of Bunny
Am loving House Husbands on Channel 9. And although there are quite a few leaps outside of most family's reality, watching Justin (Firass Dirani) looking for his baby girl's...
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Hardest job in the world is the best...blubbering alert!
My husband is always showing me ads, as we are both Marketers and met while we were working in Advertising. So he thinks in my spare time I want to spend my time watching ads.
I...
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Outliving Thomas Kelly: his parents nightmare
It's my Dad's birthday on Sunday and he'll be 77 this year, a very young 77 but 77 nonetheless. He has seen his two children grow from babies into teenagers and into adults....
Monday, 11 June 2012
Minor toddler surgery, Major Mummy meltdown
Pre and post-op, or you could say blissfully ignorant and not so.
The sun was still asleep as I woke Bang on Friday morning at 6am. Clutching his beloved blankie with one...
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
One frozen nappy short of a picnic
The fåecal collection kit that will never see fåecal in it's life (also here so you won't see fåecal either!)
I was at a business lunch on Friday and luckily for me there...
