Category: Adulting & Motherhood
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Lessons in laundry
This weekend I got a lesson in laundry, not once but twice. The kids concocted this game where they turn on the hosepipe which happens to be conveniently situated next to the trampoline, which has been setup on a very sandy area. You can put two and two together here. As you can imagine I […]
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Bath time blip
Today is the day after the night before I threw an epic wobbly. I’m ashamed, embarrassed and cross with myself for loosing it in front of the kids. Chalk it up to yet another “not my finest hour” in the parenting department. It had been building up. The frustrations of the day, the broken appliances, […]
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Monday marks the start
Today I am grateful once again for Monday. The weekend ended in the usual way. Mom cleaned up. Children messed up. Mom packed dishwasher. Children brought through 500 plates and cups. Dishwasher said eeeeeeeee! F u and stopped mid cycle. Mom cleaned up kitchen and packed away the buffet deli counter. Children feigned starvation and […]
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Today was supposed to be so many things
Today we were supposed to be paroled, the last day of Lockdown.But season 2 starts tomorrow. Another 2 weeks. Today the kids would have been back at school, 2 days. Aiden having hockey practise. Today I was supposed to be in Durban for 2 nights for a work awards event, socialising, congratulating, and dancing the […]
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10 Lockdown Lessons
Okay so the last two weeks were just a trial run? Now the 21 days lockdown starts for real. I suspect President Ramaphosa is using the same tactics I use with the kids. Incremental steps. “Just have 3 more bites of dinner, then you can have ice cream. No, I meant 3 big spoons. Well […]
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Say it. Don’t charade it.
I am grateful for my sassy, opinionated headstrong, confident caring bold and self assured 5 year old daughter. As much as I am teaching her and raising her, she is teaching me, and helping me grow through a different perspective.
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