One Armed Bandit!

It is 1915. A cowboy gallops at full tilt through a dusty spaghetti western town. A pistol is held tightly in his left hand, which also contains the horse’s reigns. Continue reading →

The Top 10 things you should know before you get pregnant!

I wish someone had told me this before I did . Maybe I should take heed before we go for number 2?! Maybe I could add some to the list!! Continue reading →

The Final Frontier

I took part in a fun run in Brisbane about a month ago,  during which we were hit by a violent thunder storm that felled a tree. The tree fell Continue reading →

10 minutes….what to do with 10 minutes?!

As the little man’s naps become shorter in duration, I no longer have that pretty much guaranteed time to potter around, do some cooking, eat my breakfast in peace, have Continue reading →

Beans beans, good for the heart….!

The little man is growing again. His appetite over the last few days has been ferocious. I did think that he’d been in the same sized clothes for a while. Continue reading →

The morning after the day before!

Well I feel like I’ve been lost in space for a good while. Sincere apologies for my lack of cyber presence but you see I’ve been a tad preoccupied and Continue reading →

The working mum – week 1 conundrum 1

So, I got a job! Two days a week, 5 hours a day – it seems like a great compromise of balancing looking after the little man and keeping my Continue reading →

Do you own your name or does it own you?!

When we were pregnant with the little man, we didn’t know whether ‘blueberry’ as we’d affectionately called the bump, was a boy or girl. As D-day approached, we trawled through Continue reading →

What to Expect After Baby Arrives (and How to Handle the Changes!)

I have been reminded recently about how I felt in the several weeks after the little man made his late appearance and then spent a week in special care with Continue reading →

Is the week over yet?

It’s been a long week. At least a week and a half by my reckonings. Maybe even stretching out to 2….. A combination of things has conspired to stretch the Continue reading →