Good Enough Mum

Diner Disasters – It’s Not Just My Kids Who Misbehave in Cafes, Is It?

February 8, 2012
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Oh dear, the pictures tell a thousand words each. Not an eating out success. Linking to Wordless Wednesday over at My Little Drummer Boys, pop over!

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Good Enough Mum – How One Son Sees His Mum

October 19, 2011
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At last!  One of the children is interested in taking photos… I might finally make an appearance in some of the family photo albums. That’s all I’ll say as I’m linking to Wordless Wednesday, kindly hosted by My Little Drummer Boys, pop over!

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Holiday Mum – The Bairns Go To Bali

September 30, 2011
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Hooray!  Myself and the bairns and our recently-returned Intn’l Man of Mystery have skedaddled away for the school holidays. To Bali!  Triple hooray! I’m not updating the blog whilst away, having a break from electronics as well as everything else.  But here are just a few photos from our first days. Look forward to being [...]

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Good Enough Mum – Here’s Another Handy Hint!

September 9, 2011
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Today I’m grateful to have two hands, one to write and one to be written upon.  And grateful for the habit of list writing on all sorts of surfaces, I’d be lost without my lists. Linking today to Kymmie over at A Day In The Life Of Us, she’s hosting Weekend Grateful, pop over to [...]

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WAHMum – How To Be Productive 1 – in one minute!

September 9, 2011
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Here’s a little video I made – please forgive the bunches, not my usual look.  My daughter made me do it! I’ve just started this new Youtube channel and am aiming for videos of maximum one minute; video paints a million words so why go for longer!!

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Slapped Cheek Disease Looks Like This

August 24, 2011
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Poor wee Rusty Rocket, his face is a mess.

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100th Post!! The Things I Know About Blogging… Errr… Actually…

August 24, 2011
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Well, it’s been 100 posts, amazingly.  Here are some of my newbie thoughts: 1.  I don’t know any thing about blogging! It’s a bit like life, the more you know about it, the more you know you don’t know.  It’s like an unfolding paper puzzle, with pretty things flying out as you unfold more and [...]

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My Family Reviews… uDraw GameTablet

August 17, 2011
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I wasn’t sure whether this blog did reviews….. until somebody asked. As it turned out, it does. The uDraw GameTablet appealed because I have children who love to draw.  I thought they’d get a kick out of drawing on the TV screen via the Wii so jumped at the chance to  ’try before you buy.’ [...]

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The Death of My Dad – Grateful for Peace + Acceptance

August 5, 2011
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On my father’s gravestone, the inscription begins: ‘With love we remember David McDonald Smith Builder, musician and sailor.’ Dad passed away two years ago this week so I have been thinking about him a lot.  And about IT ALL. I’m so grateful that I can say today that he truly is remembered with love.  There [...]

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Good Enough Mum – The Plan Is… There Is No Plan!

July 26, 2011
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I’m all for using a weekly meal plan.  Great idea.  My mum always made one, both my sisters use them, and I do too, currently using the beautiful ones I get at Kikki K. But as with most of my plans, my meal plan has a fatal flaw.  It never works!

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Good Enough Mum – Crust Conundrums

July 19, 2011
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Is it only me?? Does anyone else make a moral dilemma out of the question of whether to cut the crusts off the kids’ sandwiches? I think I need help and advice! You see, my kids love the crusts off.  But I loathe wasting food.  So if I cut off the crusts I tend to [...]

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The Old Trolls – My Real Mothers’ Group

July 14, 2011
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Mothers’ Groups are an Australian institution, but one that can cause mixed feelings amongst those of us whose children turn out not to fit the ‘norm.’ I’m going out to see the Old Trolls tonight, and I can’t wait.  Our monthly get-togethers are the highlight of my scintillating* social life. You see, the Old Trolls** [...]

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Sydney School For Mums – Term Two Report Card

July 1, 2011
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Our family life is measured out in terms. Terms we can get our heads round.  They’ve got beginnings, middles and welcome ends.  And here we are again. Having said that, I’m swooning with pleasure yet stifling screams at the end of the preschool/school term.  My children are so diverse in age and temperament, wrangling four [...]

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Grateful My Husband is Here Not There

June 10, 2011
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Of course, when one’s husband is an International Man of Mystery, it goes with the territory that he travels. But travelling for work can get out of hand. Take 2010 and 2011 when he did a rotation in Yemen. In the oil industry, a rotation is a common thing in more dodgy locations. He did a [...]

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A Sister Sets Sail

June 3, 2011
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I have two very lovely sisters who both live in Scotland, Mairi and Morag.  No, you don’t get more Scottish names than theirs. Mairi is the eldest sister.  Morag and I agree it’s a marvellous thing to have a big sister; someone to copy and learn from your whole live through, someone to look after [...]

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Top 5 Podcasts For Mums On The Run

May 27, 2011
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Oh thank goodness for podcasts; nothing would get done round the house without them. Nor at the gym.  And the delightful drive down to the South Coast would be far less edifying. All we mums on the run need a few distractions as we go about our endless daily tasks. Here are my favourites. All of these [...]

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Good Enough Mum – It’s The Simple Things

May 26, 2011
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What makes you feel better fast?  What’s your instant uplift? We mums need on-the-spot pick-me-ups, something simple that we know can lift our spirits. For me, it’s a simple cup of tea.  Having a choice of tea bags to suit the mood  makes it even better.  Practising mindfulness and just drinking the tea, better again. [...]

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Recovery from PND – Use Humour!

May 21, 2011
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This really made me hoot with laughter when a friend sent it to me…. it’s certainly true in this house. When I was experiencing my worst depression, after the birth of my second son, I found it hard to smile, my face felt too stiff.

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Good Enough Mum – Weakly* News

May 13, 2011
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Ahhhh, the weekend and it’s been a rather long week.  I have so many people to feel grateful for having in my life this week; friends have really been very special.

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Good Enough Mum – Happy Real Mother’s Day

May 8, 2011
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Happy Mothers Day to all the Happy Mothers out there.  And now you Happy Mothers can stop reading as there’s nothing more here for you! I’m writing now only for the mothers who aren’t feeling entirely happy today.  Hello friends. Mothers Day can really get my goat… it’s always portrayed as Happy Mothers Day.  Harumph.

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Good Enough Mother – On Time…….. Some Thoughts

May 4, 2011
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Everybody in the whole wide world has 24 hours in their day.  Is that right?  Any time and motion people/physicists out there? It’s a little inner rule of mine never to say: ‘I haven’t got the time for that.’ Because it is me who chooses how I spend my time and it’s never the case [...]

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