Sunday, July 18, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Big, Green.......
I am reading a book at the moment called The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman. It is fantastic (more on that later) but one of the best lines in it is something like ' this situation sucks big, green, donkey dicks'. I love that line because at the moment it sums up my life. Right now my life sucks big, green, donkey dicks!
I try to be positive, look on the bright side, 'I'm alright' is my mantra. But the fact is it all sucks right about now. I have a sick chick AGAIN seriously since when do kids have so many bloody colds! If I had known she was going to get this sick I would have put her in a bubble when she was born. Which of course means I am sick AGAIN - YAY! It is hard enough being sick let alone with a sick chick - I can't curl up in the foetal position like I want to.
I also have a very clingy girl - I don't know why, what. when , where or how. But basically I can't breathe without hearing the word 'MUM' and as much as I love her now that has extended to night hours as well I am about to pull my hair out. She wont even stay with the Mr so I can go and get things done.
Add this to desperately trying to make ends meet (why the f&*%k don't they!) and I am pretty much at the end of my rope. Yes our lack of financial stability is the reason for the sudden ads on my blog! The Mr has started another business which isn't exactly pulling millions so now I have to figure somethings out. I am looking for work but I have to fit that around the Madam - I have my own business plan but of course you need financial back up for that!
Just for the mix add in a Mr that doesn't want to talk about anything, every man and his dog commenting on my parenting, the madams physical appearance and I am suddenly looking at that half a bottle of gin in the cupboard as a breakfast meal.
Here's hoping tomorrow brings flowers, sunshine and all things lovely cause today 'sucks big, green donkey dicks!'
I try to be positive, look on the bright side, 'I'm alright' is my mantra. But the fact is it all sucks right about now. I have a sick chick AGAIN seriously since when do kids have so many bloody colds! If I had known she was going to get this sick I would have put her in a bubble when she was born. Which of course means I am sick AGAIN - YAY! It is hard enough being sick let alone with a sick chick - I can't curl up in the foetal position like I want to.
I also have a very clingy girl - I don't know why, what. when , where or how. But basically I can't breathe without hearing the word 'MUM' and as much as I love her now that has extended to night hours as well I am about to pull my hair out. She wont even stay with the Mr so I can go and get things done.
Add this to desperately trying to make ends meet (why the f&*%k don't they!) and I am pretty much at the end of my rope. Yes our lack of financial stability is the reason for the sudden ads on my blog! The Mr has started another business which isn't exactly pulling millions so now I have to figure somethings out. I am looking for work but I have to fit that around the Madam - I have my own business plan but of course you need financial back up for that!
Just for the mix add in a Mr that doesn't want to talk about anything, every man and his dog commenting on my parenting, the madams physical appearance and I am suddenly looking at that half a bottle of gin in the cupboard as a breakfast meal.
Here's hoping tomorrow brings flowers, sunshine and all things lovely cause today 'sucks big, green donkey dicks!'
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Violence doesn't solve a thing
I can't remember how I came across this but I think it is a fabulous reminder that everything has a ripple effect.....people may think they are protesting for a better world - for peace, health, equality, etc.....but to do so in violent manner is quite ineffective and can do more harm than good.
50 things.........
50 things I.......
Well I couldn't quite make up my mind about what to write my 50 things list about for the Blog This challenge.....I have spent so much time procrastinating 9one of my many talents) that I am now cutting it a little fine with my entry.....but....here it is....my entry list for 50 things that is split in two...
Fifty things I either would like to do or wish I knew (or otherwise known as an indecisive persons way of making a list!)
1. Travel Australia with the Mr & Madam - hunt out all the wonderful places, people & history our stunning country has to offer.
2. Travel Italy, France, Croatia & Columbia with the madam (the Mr doesn't like overseas travel!)absorb the culture, people, food & wine (oh the wine!)
3. Start my own business that satisfies me creatively, mentally, physically, spiritually and financially.
4. Hold fantastic dinner parties.
5. Stop worrying if I am doing 'the right thing' and do what is 'right for me'.
6. Completely 'green' up our house - productive veggie garden, etc
7. Completely 'green' up our house - don't fall back on chemicals, etc just because it is easier.
8. Get my photography published in something!
9. Start a yoga ROUTINE (my least favourite word) with the madam.
10. Train the dog to do some weird trick.
11. Join & be a productive member of at least three of the organisations I keep talking about - stop the blah, blah, blah!
12. Start a savings plan (that sticks) via my incredibly well paying and creatively stimulating business.
13. Make a regular 'date night' with the Mr.
14. Make a regular 'date' with my friends!
15. Read all the books on my 'to do' list.
16. Have more adventures...alone & with my little family.
17. Cook a completely Thai meal.
18. Cook a completely Italian meal.
19. Make a rainbow cake.
20. learn to speak Italian & French.
21. Keep a photo journal.(other than my blog)
22. Take the madam camping.
23. Make a mini - movie (if only for my blog lovelies!)
24. Blog the good, bad & the ugly (not just the okay)
25. Never be beige
Now....things I wish I knew...
26. That the cost of living just keeps going up!
27. That parenting is THE best job in the world but the Christmas party blows.
28. That sometimes it is just down to you.
29. That sometimes you can ask for help.
30. That sometimes wine is wine - sometimes it does not pay to be fussy.
31. That saying ' Sure...you don't need to wake me up for it though!' is not a valid answer when your Mr wants a bit of action.
32. That sex after baby...especially when said baby is a bad sleeper....can take on many, ways, shape & forms.
33. All babies DON'T sleep....despite what everyone else tells you.
34. When someone says ' I don't want to offend you but...' - they do want to offend so just smack them now.
35. Change is good.
36. Don't be the last person at the party... it's not a good look.
37. Kick yourself for trying rather than kicking yourself for not having a go.
39. Men don't know everything...neither do women (but we are just better at pretending we do)
40. Knowledge is power... Oprah says it so it must be true.
41. Op shops will always have much cooler stuff when you least expect it or you have no money...one or the other.
42. Sometimes the person closet to you is the one with the knife in your back and the person you feel is furthest away... is the one that actually has your back.
43. Different is good.
44. Instilling confidence in a child can be hard.
45. When you would love your child to be lovely, well behaved and generally ' little house on the prairie' like - they will be demonic.
46. The soundtrack to The Big Chill is timeless - especially on a 'wine night'.
47. Stand by what you say......even if your the last one standing.
48. Have your own 'style' ...all styles are made up of a lot of other things from other people.
49. Chocolate is just another word for evil.
50. Money doesn't buy class.
Now pop on over and have a look at more 50 things entries on Blog This
Well I couldn't quite make up my mind about what to write my 50 things list about for the Blog This challenge.....I have spent so much time procrastinating 9one of my many talents) that I am now cutting it a little fine with my entry.....but....here it is....my entry list for 50 things that is split in two...
Fifty things I either would like to do or wish I knew (or otherwise known as an indecisive persons way of making a list!)
1. Travel Australia with the Mr & Madam - hunt out all the wonderful places, people & history our stunning country has to offer.
2. Travel Italy, France, Croatia & Columbia with the madam (the Mr doesn't like overseas travel!)absorb the culture, people, food & wine (oh the wine!)
3. Start my own business that satisfies me creatively, mentally, physically, spiritually and financially.
4. Hold fantastic dinner parties.
5. Stop worrying if I am doing 'the right thing' and do what is 'right for me'.
6. Completely 'green' up our house - productive veggie garden, etc
7. Completely 'green' up our house - don't fall back on chemicals, etc just because it is easier.
8. Get my photography published in something!
9. Start a yoga ROUTINE (my least favourite word) with the madam.
10. Train the dog to do some weird trick.
11. Join & be a productive member of at least three of the organisations I keep talking about - stop the blah, blah, blah!
12. Start a savings plan (that sticks) via my incredibly well paying and creatively stimulating business.
13. Make a regular 'date night' with the Mr.
14. Make a regular 'date' with my friends!
15. Read all the books on my 'to do' list.
16. Have more adventures...alone & with my little family.
17. Cook a completely Thai meal.
18. Cook a completely Italian meal.
19. Make a rainbow cake.
20. learn to speak Italian & French.
21. Keep a photo journal.(other than my blog)
22. Take the madam camping.
23. Make a mini - movie (if only for my blog lovelies!)
24. Blog the good, bad & the ugly (not just the okay)
25. Never be beige
Now....things I wish I knew...
26. That the cost of living just keeps going up!
27. That parenting is THE best job in the world but the Christmas party blows.
28. That sometimes it is just down to you.
29. That sometimes you can ask for help.
30. That sometimes wine is wine - sometimes it does not pay to be fussy.
31. That saying ' Sure...you don't need to wake me up for it though!' is not a valid answer when your Mr wants a bit of action.
32. That sex after baby...especially when said baby is a bad sleeper....can take on many, ways, shape & forms.
33. All babies DON'T sleep....despite what everyone else tells you.
34. When someone says ' I don't want to offend you but...' - they do want to offend so just smack them now.
35. Change is good.
36. Don't be the last person at the party... it's not a good look.
37. Kick yourself for trying rather than kicking yourself for not having a go.
39. Men don't know everything...neither do women (but we are just better at pretending we do)
40. Knowledge is power... Oprah says it so it must be true.
41. Op shops will always have much cooler stuff when you least expect it or you have no money...one or the other.
42. Sometimes the person closet to you is the one with the knife in your back and the person you feel is furthest away... is the one that actually has your back.
43. Different is good.
44. Instilling confidence in a child can be hard.
45. When you would love your child to be lovely, well behaved and generally ' little house on the prairie' like - they will be demonic.
46. The soundtrack to The Big Chill is timeless - especially on a 'wine night'.
47. Stand by what you say......even if your the last one standing.
48. Have your own 'style' ...all styles are made up of a lot of other things from other people.
49. Chocolate is just another word for evil.
50. Money doesn't buy class.
Now pop on over and have a look at more 50 things entries on Blog This
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Things I found whilst creeping around....
I found this and really need to remember to pay more attention to including it in every day!
When I was a feminist, save the world, no one understnads me teenager this lady was my idol.....at that stage she was on Triple J with Mikey Robbins.....I had her radio show on all the time.....she was the person who 'told me' that Kurt Cobain had died...now she writes here
Below makes me want to educate and continue to nurture confidence in my daughter so she never stops being the force of nature she is....and it makes me want to keep her in the house away from the outside world........don't worry I will let her out!
When I was a feminist, save the world, no one understnads me teenager this lady was my idol.....at that stage she was on Triple J with Mikey Robbins.....I had her radio show on all the time.....she was the person who 'told me' that Kurt Cobain had died...now she writes here
Below makes me want to educate and continue to nurture confidence in my daughter so she never stops being the force of nature she is....and it makes me want to keep her in the house away from the outside world........don't worry I will let her out!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Go team Julia!
Photo of new Prime Minister Julia Gillard courtesy of here
I don't think it had ever occurred to me that it would happen, which shows a little complacency on my part, but Australia now has a woman leading it. My country, my home, the place I will raise my daughter in is now run by a female. I am proud.
I know there is a question over how she was elected to power and I believe she addressed that in her maiden speech. Yes she was brought to power by male faction leaders but (as I have just found out) we never actually vote in our primeminister - the party chooses who will run and that candidate is elected in his/her seat - the Westminster system. Anyway....... she is in power. I hope and I so want to believe that she will do the right thing and if she is to believed she will endeavour to do her best by the Australian people.
I think Keven Rudd did the best he could , yes I voted for him, I hope he does stay in politics as he seems to be a compassionate, intelligent man. I also feel that we did need a change, we needed to progress and Prime Minister Gillard will do that.
I am proud to live in a country that through whatever means a woman can be in such a role of power. I am proud that I can raise my daughter in such a country.
I am really happy that I have political hope again.....
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