Good Enough Mum – Slack Sunday Mothering
Sometimes it’s very wise to do some slack parenting. A bit of benign neglect can be good for the kids. But who cares about being good for the kids, it can be good for the mum. And for the au pair too,...
View ArticleSelf Care Saturday 4: The Australia Day Edition
Mates, Aussies, Countrymen, put down your beers. Lets us concentrate for a moment on thinking how the week has been and how we have taken care of ourselves. Frankly, it’s been an up and down week here...
View ArticleSelf Care Saturday 5: The ‘Don’t Panic’ Edition
Because I did panic this week. Which wasn’t the way it was supposed to be. The children all went off to school joyfully, into Years 10, 8 and 1 respectively. The house was deadly quiet but the piles of...
View ArticleA Letter To My FIFO Husband About Homes, Kids and Messes
This post contains sage advice for all husbands! This is the last week of my husband’s time away. It’s almost 4 weeks since he left and he’ll be back Saturday night. It wasn’t all beer and skittles...
View ArticleSelf Care Saturday 6: I Can’t Believe I’ve Bloody Well Done It Again!!
Jeezus, I am laughing at myself. But so bloody knackered that I could shed a tear too. It’s so bloomin’ typical of me. Look after myself, do lovely things… but do TOO MANY OF THEM. Packing too much in,...
View ArticleSelf-Care on Saturday 7: Leaving The Laptop Behind
Well, it’s been a mixed up week of transitions and comings and goings. Bethany au pair flew off to New Zealand, then a few hours later our Intn’l Man of Mystery flew in from Kurdistan. It’s a sharp and...
View ArticleSelf Care Saturday 8: A Weepy Farewell To Cipramil
It’s been a bit of a weepy week here at Casa Catastrophe, but I’m not unhappy about it. Nor unhappy at all really. Some things are worth a wee weep, and a few of those things happened, as they will do...
View ArticleSelf Care Saturday 9: If You Need Me, Send A Pigeon
But written on Friday and scheduled because I am off for the weekend, and it’s going to be totally tech-free. Emails have been harassing me all week, I work hard to get them under control and then the...
View ArticleLiving Vicariously Through My Children + Cirque Du Soleil Worlds Away Review
Look, I know it’s very non-PC to try to live through your children. But frankly, they’ve got to come in handy for something. I’d like my kids to fulfill a few of my fantasies, is that too much to ask,...
View ArticleOur Giant Teen Turns 16 – And 16 Reasons You’d Love Him Like We Do
Explain it to me if you can, cos I just can’t get my head around it. From little baby to gigantic teenager… in only 16 years! Our oldest son turned 16 years old on Saturday, and he said it was his best...
View ArticleOur Sydney Multiple Birth Association Family Fun Day Photos
Any mum of twins will totally relate to that photo! And there’s a funny dad one down at the bottom of this post too. Multiple Birth Associations are for parents of twins, triplets and more, and...
View ArticleSelf Care on Sunday 10: Unsubscribe!
After last weekend’s e-switchoff, I got home on Monday night to the inbox from hell. OK, most of it is about the kids, that’s true. Teachers’ emails, class mums’ emails, sporting team emails, music...
View ArticleScottish Stories – On Friendships Old and New
I ran away from home when I was 16 years old. Well, actually, I got myself a scholarship to a school on the West Coast of Scotland where I boarded for the equivalent of Years 11 and 12. Luckily for me,...
View ArticleSelf-Care For Mums – Ten Ways to Self Soothe After Stress
Hahaha, rough translation from the Scots is: “Oh be quiet and get on with it.’Which is what I won’t be doing. I knew full well there would be an emotional hangover after the trip to Scotland. After all...
View ArticleJust Another Sunny Suburban Sydney Sunday
Here’s a post for my Scottish and English family and friends. The weather has been so sunny these past two weeks since we got home from Scotland. I think Sydney’s putting on her best face to make...
View ArticleOrange Marmalade Muffins – Easy, Tangy + Yummy – Plus Surgery Went Well
First of all, the news. Giant Teen16 had his surgery yesterday. He was very brave and said to the doctors: ‘I’m feeling confident.’ The surgeon called me after one hour and ran through the procedure...
View ArticlePigeon Post Only For The Next Week
This mamma is having a week off the interwebs. Our International Man of Mystery has just got home. Bethany au pair has just flown back to the USA. Ah, transitions and changes. Need to spend some time...
View ArticleRedBalloon’s Best Sydney Treats – A Sydney Harbour Lunch Cruise
Sydney Harbour can put on a magnificent show. A visit to the Harbour is always top of the list when we have visitors staying. Lunch or dinner at a cafe on the Harbour is a must. But when we’re left...
View ArticleGo Red For Women Australia – My Heart Health Check
Don’t let a heart attack be your first sign of heart disease. There’s a sentence that certainly grabbed my attention. I’ve got very personal reasons for wanting to avoid a heart attack…. Four of them,...
View ArticleKids In The Park – 50 School Holiday Activities in Sydney
This is a sponsored post for Kids in the Park and Digital Parents Collective. Sydney Olympic Park isn’t just one of the most geographically central suburbs in Sydney, it’s also THE central suburb for...
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