There are lots of ways you can improve your health and wellbeing with treatments and medicines; but what if there was something not available at the pharmacy, something specific to you, something precious and completely free? Would you be interested? What if this something had no negative side effects and helped you improve your health from the inside out? What if it helped you to … Continue reading 5 Ways to develop an ‘Attitude of Gratitude’!
What made a normal awesome day exceptional? Several things actually; all things that I can do right here in my remote backyard; things that celebrate family, community, gratitude and the joyfulness that comes with connecting with your surroundings. My day started very early with my husband getting up at 4am to do volunteer work at the local squash club’s renovations – I admit I didn’t … Continue reading How one awesome day became an exceptional one!
I have five beautiful friends who are pregnant. Each friend is at various weeks along; one at the very beginning, three in the middle and one is at the I’m-ready-to-drop-at-any-minute-cos-my-vagina-is-hanging-on-the-ground stage. The one at the beginning and the one at the end are expecting their first baby. The three in the middle are expecting their second (one of them is expecting twins!). I find myself … Continue reading Motherhood – Is it all worth it?
Master 1 has been my easiest, most placid and easy-going baby. He has a gentle nature and is curious and friendly. He’s happy to play with others or just entertain himself pottering around the house pulling things out of the cupboards and putting them where they shouldn’t be. His older brothers have long taken advantage of his kind nature to snatch toys off him, make … Continue reading My one-year-old can fight back – what to do when siblings fight
Nudity is very common in our house. It’s not gratuitous; it’s just that we’re just not that fussed about it. Parenthood does that to you; there’s no time to be prudish when giving birth, quickly shoving a breast into the mouth of a screaming baby in the middle of the shopping centre or changing clothes after being spewed or poo-ed on. It seems to have … Continue reading The big cover up – when do you start covering you body in front of your children?
I am often bemoaning the difficulties of raising three boys under four years old. It seemed that as soon as I stopped breastfeeding one baby I was pregnant with the next; falling pregnant was not a problem. So each boy is 19-months apart in age and people like to comment on the fact. Strangers say things to me like: It’s hard now, but they will … Continue reading Oh it gets better! My arse it does!
It’s 10.21pm and I’ve just gotten home from a business dinner sans Mr Magentafrog. It’s a late night for me and my husband is away working in Yolngu communities again. I peeled my contact lenses from my eyes and unzipped my wedges and began to get comfy. For me this means getting my gear off and wandering around the house looking for something good to … Continue reading Can I really be a mother of three, business owner and blogger?
Today I remembered why I have never bothered ironing. I abandoned the pointless pursuit due to my obsessive compulsion to remove every crease and perfectly press every seam. While I did want my clothes to be crease free, ironing bored me and I lacked the commitment to my compulsion. I could not stand not being able to get it perfect. Oh the irony. Geddit. I’ll admit that ironed … Continue reading Life’s little creases – ironing and parenting in pursuit of perfection
There’s been a lesson in consistency going on at our house; and the lesson is all mine. For months now I have subconsciously abandoned all semblance of discipline with our boys in favour of a ‘keeping the peace’ approach that has only left me exhausted as they out-manoeuvred, out-ran and out-witted me. Just when Master 1’s whining was placated with a drink, Master 2 would hit Master … Continue reading Discipline and how to wrestle back control from your children
It was time to put my friendships firmly back on the front-burner. With Mr Magentafrog committed to a cricket tournament all weekend I decided it was time to go out and catch up with a friend. As it turned out, there were two others also catching up with the same mutual girlfriend. It was such a nice relaxing day to all hang-out together. I had baked … Continue reading Making banana bread and effort
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