So this is 40
So this is 40. My first pair of glasses today. When did you realise you were getting older?...
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Kickin with the kids in Canberra
A quick two-hour trip from Wollongong and we were ready to start kickin it with the kids in Canberra. The purpose of our trip was some quality family time and birthday cake with the sister-in-law. In the meantime we had three days to fill and...
Dear mums at the park
You were looking vexed. The older lady asking if the two toddlers heading out of the park towards the carpark, clearly annoyed you. How did I know? It was the total look of disinterest, lack of reply and eye contact and laid back position on the grass that...
Do something and expect nothing
Why does it feel so good to do something and expect nothing? Lately, especially in these tougher economic times, it seems that so many people are all about ROI (return on investment) and delivering tangible, quantifiable benefits (read outcomes that you can see and measure). So...
How to crack your nuts
In this short post I'm going to tell you how to crack your nuts. Not in a rude way in a practical way. I was very pleased with myself when I thought of it. Take one garlic crusher and place your nut in it. Press lightly...
Crying on my yoga mat
I’m sitting crossed legged in sukhasana and all of a sudden I realise I’m about to start crying on my yoga mat. I move into child’s pose and the sniffles come. I move back into down faced dog and the kind of muffled gulps of what...
Getting to the bottom of Australian Women’s Weekly
Bosoms and bottom cheeks. That’s the flip side of the Australian Women’s Weekly (AWW) this month. The elegant and gracious Princess Mary and her girls on the front cover (with a creepy Prince Fred hand on her shoulder but no Prince Fred) and butt cheeks...
Kid’s party panic
Organising, a Christmas party for 200 or a town party for 1000, no problem . Have me organise my own child's fifth birthday party for 12 and I start to sweat. I'm not kidding. The Rubinator turned five recently and a Batman party was high on his agenda for a perfect...
Losing my voice
I lost my voice for two years. Not the words but my voice. Come to think of it when I started blogging I wasn't really sure what my voice was at all. I just thought had to start writing, I had to start somewhere and the rest would...
NaBloPoMo is not a swear word
NaBloPoMo is not a swear word. NaBloPoMo is November's National Blog Posting Month. So for the whole month of November the aim is to write a blog post a day. So far I’m up to two, doing okay. I did miss Saturday and Sunday but...