I WOKE UP WITH TODAY!!! http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/today/today-takeaway/2015/september/get-fresh-groceries-for-less/ Karl…buddy…it was a POMEGRANATE, not an onion, that my daughter was holding at the end (thanks Mandy and Deb for telling me what it actually was…!!). See…? I did truly learn stuff!! Maybe not the names of exotic fruits, but my kids could pick out carrots! What an exciting morning!…
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Twenty bucks used to get me a great night out. A few moselles and orange, a smoky pub, dingy lighting, sticky carpet and it was fabulous. I was one classy girl! We stood around faking mild interest in the sweaty band belting out ‘original’ tracks wearing grubby Jim Beam singlets. We strutted back and forth hoping to be spotted…
BOOM! WHAT A DAY!
Today was my day. Today was super exciting. Today I had my 15 minutes of fame. Today, Mummy Muckups (AKA Anna & kids) was filmed in an upcoming segment for Channel 9’s, “The Today Show”. Yes….REALLY!!!! Will let you know when it goes to air… Here we are with a gorgeous lady, Melanie McGrice, a…
PLAYGROUND PERILS
Seems innocent enough. But look closely. Don’t be fooled. “Come and join us,” they said. “It will be fun,” they said. This apparent mummy Utopia had become my hell; my place of nightmares. Just thinking about it twisted my insides and my heart thundered. My mind would race ahead to images of blood, debris and…
DATE NIGHT, MAKEUP & FROZEN PIZZA
Youknow when you ride on Public Transport and you always seem to get stuck beside the weirdy? The one smiling a little too much, with the spaced out, slightly glassy eyes? Well that was me last Friday night. No…not that one; the other one. I was totally the weirdy. It took all my will power…
OH, FOR FUNKS SAKE!
I’m having a fat day. All my clothes are rubbish, my roots are looking greyer than normal, I have no energy and Husband is working late. My car rego is due, our son cried the whole way through his swimming lesson and I just discovered another hole in my comfy jeans. The weekend that I…
‘APPARENTLY’ THE B52’S “LOVESHACK” DOES NOT MAKE THE GRADE…
I am a teacher. I critique. I educate. I analyse. I encourage. I reprimand. I redirect. I care (and I did so much more! All hail the teachers!) I also wrote reports. Loads of them. Now it’s my turn. (Think I might be missing my ‘before kids’ job…) AUGUST REPORT In order for Anna to…
MY SECRET LOVE AFFAIR…..
Red leather. G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S I googled various outlets, kept a keen watch out for a sale (insanely overpriced) and then I pounced…well…waddled (I was heavily pregnant at this point)…but it smelt good and it felt good; firm, yet luxuriously soft on my shoulder. It also had cute compartments for my keys, purse and phone; all the…
THERE WERE THREE IN THE BED AND THE TIRED MUMMY SAID, “WHO EXACTLY IS THE BOSS HERE?”
Our (nearly) two year old sleeps in our bed. Every night. There. I’ve said it. Everyone to their own and I know that co-sleeping is certainly gaining momentum. But for the others, don’t tell me not to beat myself up about it, because I do. In my eyes, I know it’s not ideal and I…
“CHILDBIRTH IS EASY”, SAID NO ONE EVER!
I really think the story about the stork delivering babies is magnificent…Sure…that method worked for me. Heck…I would have even headed into the cabbage patch for one, because I soon discovered that having a baby really, bloody hurts. It hurts in a way you never dreamed about and you never imagined possible. Your loving partner,…