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19 for 2019
We are 19 days into 2019. Funnily enough, I thought it would be a great day to tell you my 19 for 2019 plan. Some of them are the same as last years list. Truthfully, I didn’t have a brilliant 2018, and I didn’t succeed at many of my goals on the list. I touched on a few, but it really was a pathetic effort on my part. I let a situation that hurt me, taint last year, and while I can’t do anything about that situation, there was something healing about leaving the last year at the door of this brand new year. There were great moments, decisions and…
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Hello 2019
There is something quite special about this time of year. Yes it is hot, but the days are long, Christmas and new year celebrations bring family and friends together, and the feeling of being on school holidays makes my heart smile from the inside out. I am in no rush to get back into the grind of term life. Holidays fit me very well – I think they look good on me!! I love the long end of year holidays where we can linger and enjoy the Sunshine Coast for what it is I know I will sound cheeky when I say this, but living on the Sunshine Coast is…
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Reporting, Homeschooling and Holidays
This week is the week of the semester that I look forward to the least. Reporting week! Our teacher came on Tuesday to do reporting with us. I like our teacher, but I really don’t like the reporting process. I wanted to feel ready, and in control, but this time, I did not. We have worked hard this semester, but it’s also been a very full on few months. I feel that the best picture I can give you is of me, pushing two very large elephants up a very long and rocky steep ascented hill. A hill where I have tripped and dropped said elephants, and…
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Its Time for Self Care
Self Care is an interesting coin of phrase. I like it, but self care is foreign or at least a struggle for many mums who feel time poor and or financially limited. Most mums put their heart, soul, time and money into their family and for many, there isn’t a lot left over at the end of the fortnight. I, like hundreds and thousands of women around the globe struggle with taking time out to care for myself. There is always something to do, and someone is always asking something of us. Self Care? What even is that? “In a general sense, self-care refers to activities undertaken with…
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The Interview
Well, it turns out that I was a little naive to think I actually had a chance to get that job I was telling you about in the last blog post. It turns out that getting a job after being a stay at home mum for the last 16 odd years is going to be a bit trickier than I expected. I think I thought because I got an interview – I had a chance! Well, I was very much mistaken. I may have gotten an interview, but so did 1499 other people! I think a blanket email went out to everyone who applied for a job…
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Listen up!
I have been listening to lots of new podcasts of late. I get really sick of the television. I get sick of the ads, not to mention the content of most shows are pretty lack lustre. I much prefer to spend time either reading, or listening to a podcast. I have become quite intentional with my time. I get frustrated when I waste time watching a show or spending to much time on social media. I have become aware of how quick time flys by, and I really don’t want to waste time on things that don’t matter in the grand scheme of what we are doing and…
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The Art of Self Care
Over the last couple of months I have been hearing many voices around me refer to the idea or concept of self care. I obviously love the idea of self care and I have many images of what Self Care looks like to me run through my mind when the phrase is mentioned, but I really struggle to actually take time out for myself. I am quickly learning that I need to take time out to refresh my soul. I am a much better person for it – when I actually do it! I can imagine myself climbing into a beautiful bath with bubbles, a glass of white…
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Fun and Fit Kids
For some time now, one of our daughters has wanted to do gymnastics. Before our trampoline died she spent a lot of time teaching herself tricks on the trampoline. Like every good mum out there I looked around for a place where she could go and learn and practice her skills. In Caloundra we have the YMCA gymnasium hall. A very big, and very professional looking outfit for those who can see themselves beating the Chinese in the Olympics one day. We went and had a look around the YMCA, and while it did look amazing, our goal for learning gymnastics was not to necessarily beat…
