Because it's busy chasing two kids :) And because what is there that's new to say when every day is groundhog day ( Read more... )

I have this rather amazing friend. She's a great listener, she's a great sharer of her own experiences, she shares her wide variety of knowledge and experience with gentle humour and swift fact in a way that makes me feel like listening - not being told, lectured etc - AND she keeps it relevant - there's nothing like an introvert for keeping the ( Read more... )

Not a lot new to report.

George has been walking since the day he got up and walk - as in  - he's never crawled again. This makes for an exhausting day. Sam has dropped naps entirely (we've been fighting him for yonks on them) and that's adding to the tiringness of the day ( Read more... )

Does anyone else ever feel they aren't really an adult ( Read more... )

So a few weeks ago I ran the gauntlet of tests again - this is after eating gluten for two and a half weeks (four serves a day - my poor stomach ( Read more... )

(or not :) Knowing many of my friends already do this ( Read more... )

Be rigorous in differentiating between what is achievable and what is a waste of time.  Then devote your energies only to those tasks you can achieve ( pass on the others to someone else )
The Little Book of Calm, by Paul Wilson

I caught five minutes of a Big Ideas presentation the other day on some Feminist Writers from the 2013 Sydney Writers Festival and I was struck by three things (within five minutes ( Read more... )

Because a bunch of my friends have kids and might be interested in what's been a winner here and what's been a dud. Well... I'll name and shame the duds, but won't post links. What I will post is pics of the winners though - below the cut.

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The thing where I thought I was ok having milk. It seemed that two glasses on day two was enough to push George back into a stomach achey screamy mess. And we had to put him back on losec, the cot back up, and I'm back off all milk. Ah well. THe milk was making me queasy anyway ( Read more... )