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Ranty Pants
I am still suffering a blog slump. I thought we would have our week away, I would rest, play, go to the beach and on our return I would be ready to jump back into it. I have a list of posts waiting to...
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Finding 100 Little Lights
{Click image for Source} Sometimes, when there are lots of things piling on top of me I manage to lose my way and not realise I am being particularly grumpy. Other times, at the start, I realise things...
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Breakdown Over Brunch
On Friday I attended the most recent Kid’s Business Bloggers Brunch, which was held in Sydney for the first time. Leading up to the event I was ill and quite anxious. I spent all day Thursday trying...
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School Phobia: “I Don’t Want to go to School!”
Once upon a time I loved school. Then, I transitioned to high school and life changed. I might have, maybe, made it through one term before the walls began to close in on me. Suddenly, I was overcome...
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On success, trolls, anxiety and me
A lot of the time I live under a rock, but sometimes, I venture online and find myself witness to some of the not so pleasant interactions which happen in the online world. There have been a few...
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Me and PND: The Little Pill
Yesterday, I took my medication. You may not be about to cheer and give me a parade for that, but I can assure you that James probably is and if he’s not it’s probably because he’s gone into an...
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Life at Number 4
Recently I shared what life was like at Number 3. When we’re not at number 3, we are out west, in Number 4. This past week at Number 4 has not been pretty. It has not been fun. It started only hours...
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#bePNDaware
Postnatal Depression. It’s not always black and white Did you know that this past week has been Postnatal Depression Awareness Week? I have tried to write this post three times now, which is why I am...
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Smile File: January
We all know that, sometimes, life can be tough. It can be dark. It can be sad and the news is always geared toward the bad, the sensational. I have started ‘collecting smiles’ and filing them away. I...
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Disconnection and The Blogger
Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post. I have readily agreed to Switch Off for myself and my family and wanted to share with you in case you also would like to switch off. I was sent a digital detox...
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On Not Coping
Sometimes, when I’m not coping, things around here aren’t that great. If I am honest with myself, things haven’t been the same within our family since early last September, when James first left us...
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Do you help in your child’s class?
I help with reading in Ellie’s class on Tuesday’s (with Jasper in tow) and Thursdays. Last Thursday, on returning home to a sick James he asked me how it had gone to which I replied (possibly in a...
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In which I am completely, unapologetically selfish
On Thursday afternoon, I had James pick the girls up from school and left them to it while I went and put my feet up for a couple of hours. There was a bit of chatting here and there, some music,...
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Facing Birth
38 Weeks, or, as I’m thinking of it – 100 years pregnant I know I’ve written a few less-than-glowy posts about being pregnant over the past 38 weeks but, I am really truly excited about meeting this...
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When heavy feels light
Late the other night, after one of Felix’s numerous night feeds (he hasn’t gone back to good sleeping since his bronchiolitis), I sat in the dark kissing his chubby little cheeks, putting off when I...
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When you speak too soon
I love this photo. I took it quickly as my four Munchies had a swing together and put my phone back in my pocket without checking it or taking another. They all looked super cute swinging together and...
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Collecting Snippets
I’ve been finding things quite tough recently. To combat that, I am trying to see and capture the little snippets of good stuff that can be overlooked in my foggy and exhausted state. I am using a...
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Hello, my name is Becky
Hello, my name is Becky. You might remember from my most recent post. Or maybe not. I’ve been thinking about this blog a lot lately but not getting around to actually blogging, even though I promised...
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I have nothing to offer you
I won’t lie, I felt quite relieved with the recent spate of ‘useless blogger’ posts (which were ignited by this post by Veggie Mama). The pressure to be useful has been a real weight for me as I’ve...
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