It is July, we are over halfway through the year, and I figure it is as good a time as any to see how my word for the year is travelling. What have I learned? How has it developed? Where do I still need to grow? So in no particular order here are some thoughts … Continue reading capacity and how it looks half way there
As Mr travels overseas regularly, I am often left to manage house, children and daily life by myself. One of the stories of me 'managing' that has been retold ad nauseam is the day I flooded the bath. I was sitting outside eating dinner with the girls, and so I decided to run the bath for them for … Continue reading on chocolate, baths, and capacity
I had an interesting experience recently, where I started the week full of energy. This is such a rarity I celebrated the way I usually do in these situations. I wrote myself a to-do list. Now this list filled an A4 page, but in my head I saw it as a to-do list for Monday. Inevitably, … Continue reading how you measure it
There is a show that my girls watch that has a little song about trying new food "you gotta try new things 'cause they might taste good". It's a cute little song and a great teaching tool to get them to eat scary foreign food like potato or zucchini or even ... cheese! (Yes, I … Continue reading try new things
I have spent this week looking for clarity. I have had some very useful conversations with people and have been narrowing my focus in different areas to clearly define where I am going. Heck even the lesson from my poetry course this week is entitled "finding your niche". Maybe it's because I just had a … Continue reading clarity
I have had a number of conversations recently, where I have been asked my opinion on topics totally unrelated to me. In fact I have been asked to give my opinion on things that relate to some other person of my acquaintance. Such as what I think about the way someone dresses, or how they … Continue reading the irrelevant conversation