Blurred vision

I'm sitting here watching the screen blur before my eyes.  That would probably be because I was up at 5am, at my desk by 5.20am, no coffee all day (because cafes aren't open at 5.15am and I had no time to stop!!!), left my desk by 6.20pm, home (via the drive through #motheroftheyear) by 6.45pm, …

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A day of little achievement

Woke at 5.45am (thanks Miss A) Out of bed at 6.15am First coffee downed pretty quickly Swimming at 9am Visited friend in hospital to meet her new bubba Came home and put Miss A down for a nap Second coffee Cleaned kitchen aka pushed shit around a million times but never seemed to find a …

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Fridays are the best days

I love Fridays.  Although it makes me miss being at home with the girls, it does make me appreciate Fridays all the more when they come around so I try to make the most of them.  With all the shenanigans going on at work, I had to give up my Fridays and put the girls into …

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Thankful Thursday – the Bachelorette edition

It's been a long while since I pulled a Thankful Thursday out of the hat.  But tonight I am thankful. Thankful that it's finally the season finale of The Bachelorette and we got to see who wins (like officially, and not just because a media outlet spoiled the fun by posting up pictures a couple …

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Mid-week fail

I feel like all I ever do lately is gripe about how busy I am or how overwhelmed I'm feeling.  But that's life at the moment! Today was manic and aside from a couple of meetings it was heads down and bums up to get some shit done! So it was close to six before …

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Starting the week right

Miss B in bed without complete meltdown drama - check Dinner made for tomorrow night so all I have to do is reheat - sure is Clothes in bathroom ready for morning - yes ma'am Meditation both AM and PM - completed Christmas lists started - yup 500 words contributed to current manuscript - that would be affirmative …

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Rainy day

Today we were supposed to go camping.  Notice how I said supposed to go. We headed off to swimming lessons first thing, in the rain. We spent the morning getting organised and packing up the camper trailer, in the rain.  We headed over to my sister & brother-in-law's place for a family lunch, in the rain. …

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Moral of the story

So, this happened today: A message from my Cousin-in-law - another Mrs Benno would you believe! So the moral of this story is that if you don't want people to know that you have a blog, then you shouldn't discuss said blog in public facebook comments because you never know who will see it. In all honesty, I …

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