August 2010

82/365 And We Nearly Escaped

We nearly made it. We came so very, very close. We nearly escaped from it. It’s the last day of Winter and we nearly got through all of Winter illness-free. Sure I had a couple of colds in there, but nothing that took hold, and Riley was thankfully well for the whole season. Until now. [...]

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81/365 The Working One

This week is the week that I’m working full days in the office for the first three days. All as part of my handover. And while I don’t mind the hours or the long days (hello 2 and a half hour commute each way), I do mind what I’m missing out on when I’m not [...]

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Jellybean Watch – Week 9

The body is weak. Very weak. This week I figured (in all of my wisdom) that as I wasn’t wracked with morning sickness I should get moving again and actually do something akin to exercise or possibly risk actually becoming part of the couch. Exercise involved step-ups (at home), yoga (at a new class) and [...]

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80/365 Separation Anxiety

I finally bit the bullet and sent off my MacBook to get repaired. It wasn’t a major issue – the keypad isn’t working properly – but I’d found a way around it with the settings. Still, it’s under warranty so I might as well get it fixed while I can. I already miss it. I’m [...]

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79/365 Princesses Don’t Die, They Just Go to Hell to Regroup

After three days of the princess/fairy costume I could see that this phase wasn’t going away anytime soon. If you can’t beat them, join them. So I went out and bought a second dress that Riley thought of as a ‘princess dress’, just for the sake of variety. And I’m beginning to wonder about the [...]

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10 Things I Won’t Discipline @ Super Parents

I’ll be regularly posting over at Super Parents on the Ministry of Discipline which is all about discipline which focuses on loving, nurturing and teaching as opposed to punishment. You can check it out here: 10 Things I Won’t Discipline.

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10 Things I Won't Discipline @ Super Parents

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78/365 The Cleaning Fairy

Finally, after months of wondering where in the world the cleaning fairy was, yesterday she arrived to assist with some of the vacuuming. Although she wasn’t the most efficient cleaning fairy I’ve come across, she was certainly pretty easy on the eye. And came with a set of her own tools, no less. Very impressive. [...]

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The Big Girl

Every now and again, little ones seem to take giant leaps forward in the space of a week. This has been one of those weeks. And she suddenly seems so grown up. She’s starting stringing more words together, ‘coming mum!’, ‘one more minute’. Yesterday, she started having a preference for what she wears. And she [...]

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77/365 The Fairy

Yesterday was the first day that Riley insisted on what she wanted to wear. And yesterday, she wanted to be a fairy. She also wanted to wear a hat that was too small for her and she hadn’t worn since she was a baby. Most of the day was spent twirling about, while she said [...]

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