Motherhood can be fun. And it can be tough. Motherhood can be filled with surprises. But it can also be overwhelming. Motherhood can be rewarding. Motherhood can be a million different things. All in one day sometimes!
But what we Mums all need and appreciate is LAUGHTER. And often. You know the saying, “if you don’t laugh you’ll cry”, don’t you?
There are days when being able to laugh out loud is the only thing that gets us through to bedtime, right?!?
Which is why I have put together a bunch of totally relatable, hilarious, laugh-out-loud memes for Mamas.
Read, smirk, laugh, nod knowingly, smile, share with your Mom friends, whatever!
I just want you to enjoy having your funny bone tickled 🤣.
Keep scrolling and enjoy giggling at the good, bad and ugly reality of being a Mom!
Valentine’s Day. All over social media there’s love in the air and chatter about what nice things we can should do (and buy!) for the people that we love. But behind all the lovey-dovey talk, there’s a very important person we keep forgetting about.
Ourself.
The mothers of the world work so hard to care for their families 24/7 yet all too often forget to plan in anything nice for themselves. Even just to take a breather.
Quite a while back I touched on why moms should take a time out. It’s definitely time for a recap and to fill you in a little more about practicing self care.
But wait! Isn’t self care really just being selfish?!?
In case you’re a little unsure, keep reading to find out about what self care means, why it is so important- yes, YOU TOO should be practicing self care- and a list of simple, yet beneficial, ways you too can take a time out to care for yourself.
In this week’s post I am going for something completely different. Not sewing-related, although I am working on a post with simple instructions to sew your own mouth & nose mask. Not how best to learn a new hobby in 5 days (who needs that pressure ?!?). Not even keeping the kids entertained if they’re home from school. (If you want some suggestions for that, you’ll need to read here.)
This is just for you. This one is for the grown-ups. 😊
No, not because it is X-rated! It’s because it’s time for sharing some simple, guilty pleasures for parents who may be struggling with the chance to win a little “me time” lately. Let’s see a raise of hands: Who couldn’t use a little more time to laugh and chill out these days?
Given the circumstances worldwide at the moment, all things online are getting a real workout! I know that sometimes within my own house my laptop’s internet connection drops out and I need to wander around the house to see just how many other family members are sucking the connection dry 😉. For so many of us, it is our only connection to the wider world: to friends and family, to entertainment and learning options, to culture and sport and much more.
So, in the name of “me time” and/or zoning-out-time-wasting I have searched the internet and found you a sample of some fun, free quizzes to give you a laugh. Some of these quizzes will even give those grey cells a workout in these unusual times.
Are you curious? Are you ready for a little fun? Count me in!
Today I am
sharing some private details of my “Mum Life” with 3 kids.
To be clearer: My life. This week. With 3 children. One of whom was sick. Oh,
and Hubby was on the road for work for a couple of days.
Let’s just let go of our inhibitions and
get crystal clear here what I have been up to: This week I had my- gloved! Hey!
I still have some dignity 😉- hands in some gigantic puddles of
vomit.
There. I
said it.
Are you
still with me? Or are you running for the bathroom already?!?
Why did I
have my hands in the re-runs of someone else’s lunch? Because I’m a mum. And that’s what we do. Not because it’s fun. But because there is a child
who needs you and there’s a job to be
done and you just do it.
So between
the tears and vomit and frustration and breaking heart and a scared little face,
is there anything positive to be found in looking after your sick child?
Well, yes
and no. One of those “Is the glass
half empty or half full” paradoxical
type of situations, you know? It depends how you look at it…
Hellooooo!
Here we meet again, on the other side of New Year’s Eve! Happy New Year! Welcome to 2020
and your new decade 😊.
Last week I was so pumped up, so excited to think about the past year and write down some concrete plans for how I wanted my 2020 to look. I wrote all about how I’ll be having a great year here, do you remember? Now my questions for YOU: did you do that activity I recommended, about writing down 10 proud achievements from last year and 10 new goals for this year? If you did, well then *big hug* for you. What’s on your list? Are you excited about it too? If you didn’t, well don’t fret. There’s 51 weeks of the year left for you to work on your goals 😉.
I am absolutely
serious about my intentions to have a brilliant 2020. But there is also a flip
side to all celebrations and festivities at this time of year, despite me
throwing around words like “brilliant” and “great” and “pumped up”.
I am
Australian but have been living in Germany with my German Hubby for 14 years
now. And Germany is a looooong way from Australia, right?…
That means
every Christmas and New Year we can spend with only one half of our families
and friends; either the Aussie ones or the German ones here. And of course, a
hot, summery Australian Christmas spent outdoors is an entirely different thing
to a cold German winter one!
I have written quite a few posts before about the internal conflicts experienced by most expats (including myself!), such as this one here, but this time of year can definitely be a bit tougher for us expats so far from “home”. Living in a foreign country may sounds glamorous and fascinating, but not every real life day is like that 😉. (Don’t let social media fool you 😉.) Even more than the usual fluctuating, mildy homesick, funk over Christmas and New Year has been affecting me these last weeks though.
Why?
Because my “home” is burning. And I can’t be there.
You’ve probably seen this photo in every newspaper article and on all your social media the last days. Photo Credit: Matthew Abbott for The New York Times.
Sounds odd, maybe? Why would I want to be where those fires are and not a million miles away?!?
Christmas
is over and New Year’s Day is upon
us. People the world over are reflecting on the past year, preparing celebrations
for New Year’s Eve and dreaming
up New Year’s resolutions
and goals for the coming 12 months.
Not only will
this be the start of a new year, 2020. But it is also the start of a new decade!
Wowsers! Can you remember what you were doing 10 years ago? A helluva lot can
happen in 10 years!!! Can you remember even 20 years ago, when it was a new
year, a new decade and a new millennium all wrapped up in one fateful night?
(Remember the much-feared Y2K bug that was surely going to bring the world to
it’s knees… but then didn’t?!?).
New Year’s resolutions are always seen as
being this big thing. Another 12 months full of endless possibilities! New
year, new beginnings, new habits…
I find the idea
of New Year’s resolutions
to be a little bit wishy-washy. Sort of, “I am sure I want to go to the
gym more this year” or “I really want to stress less
this year”. Admirable
ideas? Absolutely! But with no plan behind those vague statements to support your
resolutions, it’s no shock when
you can’t actually say with
clarity at the end of the year that you succeeded. Perhaps making an entire
year dependent on some well-meaning resolutions made whilst tipsy on the last
day of the year is not the best way to go about reaching your goals in the next
one…
