Resolutions worth keeping
8/01/2010 2:10:17 p.m. | Comments (0)
I'm not very good at New Year's resolutions. In fact, I've only ever kept one in my entire life. When I was 16, I decided to stop biting my nails, and I did. I haven't bitten them since, and they're now lovely and long and strong. This is to the eternal annoyance of my mother, who doesn't bite he...
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Mother tongue
7/01/2010 3:56:50 p.m. | Comments (1)
My friend Jennifer, an American expat with two New Zealand-born sons, raised them to call her "Mommy" just like they would back in the US. Another of my friends, Laura, has a Kiwi father and an American mother whom she and her three brothers all call "Mum". One of the children who goes to the sam...
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i joined the gym and I am grateful :)
18/11/2009 6:23:54 p.m. | Comments (1)
Okay so I'm not too regular on this but I am not going to let not posting regularly enough in my blog be another thing that I think i need to do better at otherwise I think I may just go mad :) Today I am grateful for joining the gym last night I am grateful that I could afford t...
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today I am grateful for
4/11/2009 9:26:28 p.m. | Comments (0)
So today I am grateful for: my wonderful kids for having some great matt time with Jesse and chatting away in our Cooing language and giggling together :) That Ella fell asleep within minutes of going to bed :) That Royce recovered the images for Sheryl our a...
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My Gratitude Journal and the Start of my weight loss plan....eeek
3/11/2009 10:41:32 a.m. | Comments (0)
A few weeks ago now I bought myself an iphone...and I just love it...though my girls seem to love it more than i do. I have downloaded so many children's games that they are always fighting with me over using it and taking it off me so that they can play the educational games or read stories on ...
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Tuning out
22/09/2009 10:52:07 p.m. | Comments (1)
Four months ago, we bought our first home and moved in, all without noticing that it doesn't have an aerial. For the first few nights, it was a bit of a joke not having TV to watch, and we busied ourselves getting a membership to the local video store and stocking up on Disney movies. A week afte...
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Day 1 of the Chch Parent & Child Show
23/08/2009 8:29:08 a.m. | Comments (2)
Did you make it to the Parent & Child Show in Christchurch yesterday? I did (obviously), and by the end of the day, I was so tired from being busy that I couldn't be bothered posting to my blog about it! I went to bed pretty early last night, so I'm writing this entry before we leave to go to the...
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The fun is about to begin!
21/08/2009 10:10:06 p.m. | Comments (1)
Well, I'm finally here in Christchurch, and it's been a busy day. Paul and I arrived at 10am and went immediately to the venue, the Westpac Arena, to set up our stand for the Parent & Child Show. We're on stand 24 -- when you come in the main doors, turn right and go down the right-hand outside a...
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I get on a plane in 43 hours.
19/08/2009 1:23:18 p.m. | Comments (0)
The Christchurch Parent & Child Show is this Saturday and Sunday, and I am blessed with the task of flying down Friday morning to set up the stand, get everything ready, and represent OHbaby! for the weekend. Since I'm practically the only OHbaby! team member not currently pregnant or breastfeedi...
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Smacking of ambiguity
3/08/2009 8:39:26 p.m. | Comments (1)
Today in the post I received my Citizens Initiated Referendum Voting Paper, with the "Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?" question printed there, bold as bold. I guess it's time for me, and the rest of New Zealand parents (and non-parents), to...
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