Category Archives: Family

What I CAN be!

Posted on March 18, 2014 by

I’ve fallen quiet again as of late. Been caught up with some family stuff and also just….tired. Tired, that’s what you say. I know my 18 year old daughter has to say that at Tafe to her new friends on … Continue reading →

Posted in daughters, Diet, Doctors, Family, Hashimotos disease, hormones, Life, life experiences, Medicine | 14 Comments

The trauma of tea.

Posted on February 25, 2014 by

Yesterday my 18 year old (Shai) was driving me potty, about tea. Of all things for a girl of her age to be in such angst about it is TEA. Not just your regular twinings tea though, no. She likes … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, daughters, Family, Humour, Life, Parenting, teenagers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

A post about death and dying – and choice.

Posted on February 20, 2014 by

Someone very dear to me has very recently lost a partner to suicide. I wasn’t going to blog about this because there are some things that ought not to be plastered all over the internet, but it’s been on my … Continue reading →

Posted in Compassion, death, Family, health and well being, Life, life experiences, society | Tagged , , , , , | 16 Comments

“Unknown”

Posted on February 17, 2014 by

I didn’t like you, because I didn’t understand you. I didn’t know you because you chose to remain “unknown”. On the fringes of my life you lingered for almost a decade though, and I tolerated you because SHE saw something … Continue reading →

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The beauty of water. (Photography)

Posted on January 22, 2014 by

The more I get behind the camera the more I enjoy it, even though it does FREAK me out because my eyes are just not as reliable as they used to be. Such a bother at a time in your … Continue reading →

Posted in Arty farty, Australia, Creativity, Family, photography, teenagers | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

Of life, love and marriage…

Posted on January 19, 2014 by

Today, instead of talking about food (thank God they say!) I want to simply meander around through distant and sometimes murky puddles in my head. A little fill in…. My parents divorced when I was ten years old and my … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, being thankful, Christmas, Family, Getting older, happiness, Home, Life, life experiences, Love, Marriage, memories, Parenting, Parents | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

Getting to the bottom of things.

Posted on January 17, 2014 by

I’m feeling a lot better today. Whew, not quite as bloated and full of hot air. I think the problem is… I suspect, and have done for some time that my digestive health is not as it should be to … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, culture, Diet, Doctors, Family, Food, Getting older, health and well being, Life, Natural remedies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

UFO spotted over the central coast of NSW!

Posted on January 16, 2014 by

Latest breaking news… “Unidentified flying object spotted over the central coast of Sydney” “Witnesses report seeing a strange object in the sky, resembling a woman, with spinach trails following her ascent!” Oh my GOD! I am just one giant fart … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Diet, Family, Food, Getting older, health and well being, Humour, Life, life experiences, teenagers | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

Are you REALLY hungry?

Posted on January 15, 2014 by

So as you know, I’m on day two of this raw food/ green juice cleanse and somehow by some miracle I’ve convinced my husband to join us – us as in my 18 yr old daughter Shai is on it … Continue reading →

Posted in Diet, Family, Food, health and well being, Humour, husbands, Life, Marriage | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Eleven kids!

Posted on January 3, 2014 by

Recently, well last year sometime actually, I happened to make contact with an old friend from YEARS ago….when I was a different person. Young, and reckless, in a band….going off gigging to far away places, sleeping in the back of … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Children, Family, Humour, Life, Parenting, Parents | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments