Bed. Sleep. Last night I hit the pillow at 7pm. Ever have those days when your body screams FLU APPROACHING? Bunker down. RETREAT! RETREAT! I handed the baton to my husband the minute he walked in the door, and snuggled under the covers. Then it sideswiped me. It was the classic hot water bottle that…
The Other Bits
HOW A PAIR OF SLIPPERS CHANGED ME
Last Sunday was Mother’s Day. This year I was away from my little family until the evening, so my lovely husband arranged a special gift in advance. And he nailed it. It’s just that…well…you see…he bought me slippers. Genuine ‘Mum’ slippers. Woolly and warm and cosy and practical and I love them. But…I did have a…
GOING LAH-LAH FOR LAH-LAH
Looking for a tune that will stay in your head all day long? Feeling a little blah and looking for some Lah (Lah)? Staring down the barrel of some looooonggg April holidays (and then the dreaded winter break) and wildly googling for activities for the kids? Sick of concerts where you are trying to keep…
LOOK FOR THE GOOD
Terrorism. Death. Violence. Fear. Enough! Enough already. I will not allow myself or the lives of my children to be defeated by crazy, needless, heartbreaking violence. I choose to…no…I NEED to find me some happy. So, without wishing to be shallow or insensitive, here is my list. I love Friday evenings. Yes, I am…
Laters, Scrooge
Was feeling a little ‘bah humbug’ about Christmas and trying to pull it all together. I was stressing about gifts, packing, travelling and all the other ‘stuff’. And then a few fabulous things happened. A friend flew in for the weekend to visit me; an incredible effort and so appreciated when feeling a long way…
NOT too good to be true!!
Me again. Two days in a row! I just wanted to make sure that those of you lovelies who don’t have a Facebook page, can still access the incredible gift card I mentioned yesterday. Please note : This is NOT a competition. Studio 504 are giving away vouchers to my followers to the value of $800….
DUST AND DONUTS : THE NOORAT SHOW
I totally would have sacrificed my Pretty In Pink barbie doll to win the title of “Miss Noorat Show Girl” circa ANYTIME in the early ‘80’s. To this day, I am uncertain whether it was a bold, feminist stance made by my mother, or more likely due to the fact that I was one of…
TICK IT OFF THE LIST
I am a Mummy. I speak for the kids. Sound familiar to you at all? Any of the kids in your life go wild for Dr Seuss’ The Lorax? Did they spend some time speaking “Banana” like the Minions from Despicable Me? Well, the Illumination team has reunited again to put together Sing, a movie which brings…
MY BOGUS BUCKET LIST
Before kids, I worked hard and played hard. I traveled far, furthered my education, read fiction books for fun and treated myself occasionally on a whim. I had time, money and energy. I cannot begin to fathom a time when I had space in my brain to ponder my very own BUCKET LIST. A “bucket…
CRUISING WITH KIDS; HOW ‘NOT’ TO DO IT.
So right now my fingers are twitching to post more cocktail, sunset and beach holiday photos to social media, along with quirky ‘best holiday ever’ comments to match. I want to confirm to you all that my hours (bloody HOURS!) of research and our final decision to embark on a cruise ship was the best…
