It’s raining outside, it’s Saturday, there is a roast cooking in the oven, the kids are quiet and I’m sitting, fireside writing. I don’t get a lot of time like this. Just call me Larry because I really am that happy in this moment. Capturing this bliss on a ‘normal’ day is pretty impossible between the […]
While having the pleasure of traveling with my family for the past three weeks I had the opportunity to just notice some things. Most of the noticing made me very proud, some curious and some of it absolutely and utterly perplexed. Among this confusion is the notion of initiative. For the first four days husband
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If I’m going to go down fighting (and I plan to) the topic is most certainly not going to be housework. I don’t know if it’s a forty-something thing or if I’ve just simply had my fill. But the thing I do know for sure is that I couldn’t be bothered to have one more
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Since coming to terms with my 41 year old self and the drama that ensued I’m absolutely and utterly amazed in the breadth of other things I now take time to think about. Among them a list of practical things I’d have liked to know many, many years ago. What can you add to the
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This morning a most curious conversation started with tween around the breakfast bar. For a while she’s been stressing about being able to afford her medical degree (she is 12). Her new worry is that she won’t be paid the same as her male counterparts. That glass ceiling has never been my personal experience. Did
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2015 was one of those years. We all have them, I’m not feeling sorry for myself. It was a year where lots of shiz went down, and fortunately I’m wiser for it. Now that’s out of the way we can talk about focus. As I was walking Rella Brazella this morning I was thinking about
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Don’t know about you, but as I reach Christmas time thoughts of the year that was tap me on the shoulder and whisper sweet (and not so sweet) nothings in my ear. I think about what I did well, where I failed miserably, where I picked myself up again and what I’ll enhance next year. But
Any moment now, a flying saucer is going to park on your roof and a little green creature will plonk into your bed as you rest, drag you out and implant a whole new bunch of crazy thoughts into your mind. Not going to happen – right. You’d kick, scream, cry, fight to save your precious mind.
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Just this morning I spent yet another 25 minutes coaxing a daughter out from under the doona as the bus arrival time drew closer, and closer. Morning times are stressful enough, I had no idea what the problem was – the wrong uniform? The wrong sandwich? I just knew that if she didn’t move soon
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This post is also an appreciation of my amazing mum featured in the blog pic. I can’t say I’ve ever been a massive morning fan. The whole wake up, jump out of bed, get dressed, start the day has always been a bit like groundhog day for me. Add to that three additional little people
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