Spring In Jozi. And Something Else, I Say.
It’s finally warm enough to do comfortable day outings around water. We went fishing a few weeks back – The Fiance, The Kid and Rebecca, Dave and Jackson. We went to Brookwood Trout Farm. No one...
View ArticleOn Quandaries And Having To Choose Between Houses
Seriously. When I found out that this house that we really really really wanted had been sold, I cried buckets. I was probably more heartbroken than I would have been if someone had died (touch wood)....
View ArticleAll I Need Is A Bullhorn, A Tazer & A Flame-Thrower
Generally, I’m quite a laid-back person. Despite my parents nick-naming me “Tantrum” as a child, it takes a lot to make me cross. Not lately, however. Despite the baby currently being no bigger than a...
View ArticleI’m Looking Forward To The Best Ultimate Spider-Monkey/Noah’s Ark Mash-Up, Ever
Every year The Kid’s school puts on a performance. Last year it was Christmas-themed and it was the story of Baby Cheeses. My Kid was a sheep. And the cutest, most adorable sheep EVER, I might add. The...
View ArticleOn Feet. Feet And Pregnancy
It's okay for him to have big feet. Me? I don't wanna.Feet. I’d never given them much thought. Tortured them with too-high stilettos (shoes that i could only balance in when drunk – go figure) or...
View ArticleIt Wasn’t Really Real Before
We still haven’t bought anything baby-related. I think this was because we were both secretly hoping that the gynae was wrong at our last appointment, and that suddenly, the boy-bits would turn into...
View ArticleOn Five Months Of Non-Smoking
It’s been 5 months and 1 day since I threw away a half-full box of cigarettes and made the decision to quit. It wasn’t “at the end of this box” or on a certain date or point in the lunar cycle. I just...
View ArticleOn How It Was Supposed To Be Easier Than This
Nothing can ever be easy. Nothing can ever just work the way it’s supposed to. You know – meet guy, fall in love, get married, buy a house and then have babies together. No. I met the guy, fell in...
View ArticleInventiveness. My Kid Gets Ten Points For It.
We’re all familiar with the concept of Show and Tell, right? Of course we are. It’s simple. It happens at school, and there’s a theme and the kids have to talk about the theme and show something...
View ArticleWe Went To Gold Reef City Today
And this picture pretty much sums up my entire experience. It also re-affirmed for me that I am, by no stretch of the imagination, a thrill-seeker. My Kid and husband are, however. I had a bit of a...
View ArticleOn Lessons I’ve Learned Since The Big Three Oh
I didn’t pay much attention to the fact that I turned 30 last December. I was too busy chasing deadlines and trying not to be a shitty mom to notice that I was no longer in my 20s. Since life has...
View ArticleOn Adulting With ADD
I wrote a while back, about our firstborn’s ADD and the decision to medicate. In this article, I made reference to the fact that I’d been diagnosed with ADD myself, but didn’t venture into what this...
View ArticleAll I Need Is A Bullhorn, A Tazer & A Flame-Thrower
Generally, I’m quite a laid-back person. Despite my parents nick-naming me “Tantrum” as a child, it takes a lot to make me cross. Not lately, however. Despite the baby currently being no bigger than a...
View ArticleI’m Looking Forward To The Best Ultimate Spider-Monkey/Noah’s Ark Mash-Up, Ever
Every year The Kid’s school puts on a performance. Last year it was Christmas-themed and it was the story of Baby Cheeses. My Kid was a sheep. And the cutest, most adorable sheep EVER, I might add. The...
View ArticleOn Feet. Feet And Pregnancy
It's okay for him to have big feet. Me? I don't wanna.Feet. I’d never given them much thought. Tortured them with too-high stilettos (shoes that i could only balance in when drunk – go figure) or...
View ArticleIt Wasn’t Really Real Before
We still haven’t bought anything baby-related. I think this was because we were both secretly hoping that the gynae was wrong at our last appointment, and that suddenly, the boy-bits would turn into...
View ArticleOn Five Months Of Non-Smoking
It’s been 5 months and 1 day since I threw away a half-full box of cigarettes and made the decision to quit. It wasn’t “at the end of this box” or on a certain date or point in the lunar cycle. I just...
View ArticleOn How It Was Supposed To Be Easier Than This
Nothing can ever be easy. Nothing can ever just work the way it’s supposed to. You know – meet guy, fall in love, get married, buy a house and then have babies together. No. I met the guy, fell in...
View ArticleInventiveness. My Kid Gets Ten Points For It.
We’re all familiar with the concept of Show and Tell, right? Of course we are. It’s simple. It happens at school, and there’s a theme and the kids have to talk about the theme and show something...
View ArticleWe Went To Gold Reef City Today
And this picture pretty much sums up my entire experience. It also re-affirmed for me that I am, by no stretch of the imagination, a thrill-seeker. My Kid and husband are, however. I had a bit of a...
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