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The Brand New Shiny Door – A nappy free life!
Recently Jaden officially became a big boy! He ditched the ‘baby’ nappies and decided to embrace undies whole heartedly. It was a joyous moment in our household – I celebrated for days (truthfully I am still celebrating)! I was going to mention our new no nappy household a couple of weeks ago, but then I decided not too just in case it was a 3 1/2 year olds trick on his mother – I decided to wait and see how it went. I wanted to make sure that this no nappy phase in our lives was a real thing and not an illusion. I must admit, I was really nervous about Jaden not…
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Mischieviousmum does the 100 day challenge!
Its day three and boy have the last two days been challenging! I am one of those people who lives her life by flying by the seat of my pants. I tend to react to situations that arise rather than respond – something I really want to change. I have written many times about my plans for world domination, well, my goal to simplify my life and make time to relax and read, but sometimes its very hard to climb out of any rut. This is partly why I made the decision to start a 100 day challenge. The other part was that I felt inspired by…
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Spring in my Step!
Spring is here at last (insert happy dance here). I don’t know about you, but for me winter felt as though it would never end. It was a very long three months this year. I don’t know if I can fully express to you my excitement for Spring. Over the last couple of weeks I caught a chest infection and tonsillitis, which took me out of the game of life for a couple of weeks, and believe me it has not been fun. Kicking illness to the curb is like a Spring present, after all, there’s nothing worse than a sick mum. Households don’t function well when mum is down for…
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Depression. Arthritis of the Soul
Yesterday as we learned of Robin Williams death, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about him or his family. I may not have known Robin Williams or his family personally, but I have met the numerous characters he has played across many television shows and movies. I grew up watching Mork and Mindy, Mrs Doubtfire, and so many other movies Robin Williams was apart of. He was a treasured member of the Disney family. Its hard for me to fathom a man with so much public charisma, feeling so depressed and anxious that his only answer to life is death. As news reports continue to cross our airways about his life…
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Raising Techy kids
Technology has changed our world on so many levels. I can’t imagine our world now without laptops, iPads/tablets, iPods and smartPhones. I can’t imagine life without wifi….God forbid we still lived in a world with dial up internet, or NO internet at all?!! I can’t imagine life without the many apps I use on a daily basis. I don’t know about you, but these days I have a very happy codependent relationship with google – a relationship I have no desire to break off. Hubby is very tech savvy, and I love the world of blogging, wordpress, photography, and social media, so it’s very easy to understand why our kids…
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Finding my sense of style. Check!
Are you a fan of the show Offspring? I wasn’t really a fan as such, until recently when I had the flu and was in desperate need of a television fix. There was nothing on at all so I turned to catch-up television online. All I wanted was something to watch to dull the flu symptoms, and so it was at this time that I stumbled across a couple of episodes of Offspring. While I don’t race to watch it when its on, I have since decided that I really like the main character Nina’s quirky personality. I also like her funky sense of style. Between you and me, I…
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Holiday Ideas for Winter on the Coast
I wish it was possible to travel back in time. I’d go back to 3.00pm on the 27th June. The last day of school term for semester 1. I’d really like to start the holidays again! While we had fun times over the holidays, the second week was neither relaxing or fun. Especially for poor hubby, who had to have his wisdom teeth out – all four of them needed to be surgically removed, and the recovery time was especially tough. Hubby was a good patient. I am however not a good nurse. I have the utmost respect for nurses and I must say that if it was up…
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Parenting. What Parenting?
For years, I have seen the Wicked camper vans on the Sunshine Coast, and I must admit that I have been quite appalled by many a disgusting and crude slogan. They are often racist and incredibly offensive. I have often thought about the idea that ‘somebody’ should do something about them, but life would get busy and then all of a sudden I would see another van and again be reminded of how disgraceful these vans were , but also think to myself how ‘somebody’ should stop this company in their tracks. Last week, a mother who had had enough stood up to be counted. I would love to…