Stickability

I don’t even know if ‘stickability’ is actually a real word or my invention but it refers to ones ability to stick at something! I consider myself a sticker. I am pretty sure I model this trait to my kids on a reasonably frequent basis. I commit to things and I stick at them. I […]

Tranquillity

This really needs no other words…. LLS

The best prawn ever!

It is funny how we don’t treat ourselves to the pleasures on our doorstep until we have visitors. This week we have family from the UK with us. Six days to enjoy the wineries, beaches, forests, and food, with wonderful company and in this amazing place we call home. Yesterday, we started with a meal […]

Proud

Tonight I am just a little bit proud of myself and a few significant others around me. It is all centred around an amazing swimming event that I just love. I love it because of what it represents, which to me is home, challenge, adversity and triumph. Today was my 9th. Each one so different, […]

Done and dusted

I feel like I have been on a roller coaster and then run a marathon. This week has been huge. Between our family members we have seen every emotion……. at least once. We have started high school, started new swim squads, started piano, started basketball and started new work hours. And after two months of […]

The eve of change….

Here I am…….. 5pm on the eve of school going back (one child at high school for the first time) and a significant change to my work hours. I am excited and positive about how this year will go, with just a small touch of apprehension. Being a working mum is tough. It is super […]

Being a kid

Today was all about being a kid……… for the whole family. We are in the city for a couple of nights and after watching our favourite soccer team (or should I call it football?) win last night, today was about fun. There has been bouncing, bowling, shopping and swimming. It struck me part way through […]

Potential

Wow, it has been a whole week since I last blogged. A week of trudging through mud! Like so many mothers out there, I am counting down the days. I love my kids, but 8 weeks off is such a longgggggg time. They are in desperate need of some structure and routine, as am I. […]

Screen time vs mean time

So I don’t know what is going on with me but this is the third attempt at writing a blog I am happy with publishing. I am not usually like this with writing, normally I just kind of blurt it out and it is done. But not this week. I feel really uneasy. I am […]

Silly me

Just a follow up to yesterday’s crazy woman blog…… I had a good day today and am feeling much better, all because I went easy on myself, I exercised and I took time out for me. It was all about expectations. The expectations I had placed on myself yesterday were unrealistic and hard. In the […]