Monthly Archives: November 2009
Five Things I Should Have Done More Of Before Spawning
My friend, Tamsyn, is scheduled to have her first baby on Tuesday. It’s been awesome reading her blog and bringing back all of the feelings I had whilst pregnant with Declan. Her last weekend of being without a small being dependent on her for his every need has got me thinking about my life before … Continue reading
Fairy Tale Creatures And The Lies We Tell
Recently a discussion came up on my online mother’s group about Father Christmas. One of the Mums had picked up her 5 year old son from a playdate only to find that he’d informed his playmate that Santa didn’t exist, and in return had copped a beating. Her son has from day one been told … Continue reading
It Aint Easy Being Green
You’d be stretching to call me houseproud. I do the absolute bare minimum to make my home livable, I don’t ever see myself being featured in an issue of Better Homes. But I have a want. More accurately, a need. I need a lime green sofa. I can’t look at my lounge room without mentally … Continue reading
Still Trying To Send Me To An Early Grave
Yesterday Declan had a seizure at preschool. He was full of the joys of spring when I dropped him off. Three hours later we got a phone call saying to come in immediately as he’d started having convulsions during lunch. For some reason it shook me up a lot more than the previous ones have, … Continue reading
The Daily Battle
I stutter occasionally. I will be mid sentence when my brain decides to stop communicating with my mouth and I get stuck on a sound. It tends to flare up when I get tired, stressed or just mentally unstable in someway. It happened today, and as I stood there stuck on “Ra” for thirty seconds … Continue reading
Ravioli Night
There are few certainties in life, the trip home is always faster than the trip there, the milk will always be soured on the mornings that you REALLY need a coffee, a babies cannot eat an orange meal without taking the time to smush it into their cheeks and feel the texture of the tomato … Continue reading
