Happy Holidays.
This year to celebrate my girls 2nd Birthday we had our photos taken for a Christmas card and as I love supporting local businesses I would like to do a Big Shout Out Thanks to:
- Rachel from the Atomicbutterfly Photography. It was a challenge to get the girls to look and try to smile at the same time at the camera but we got there in the end.
- Jess from Belle Bazaar Boutique. Belle Bazaar Boutique is a beautiful boutique located in the leafy suburb of Upper Mt Gravatt. Jess sources the world trying to find the best unique gifts around. While at her store I bought my lovely blue dress (can’t stop wearing it).
- We also bought the red Christmas headbands the girls wore from Lila Designs.
- My ear-rings are crochet little masterpieces from Eumundi markets and lastly
- The girls Christmas dresses were hand made from Born Gorgeous.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours!
xoxo
Yesterday I watched that Sarah Jessica Parker movie, I Don’t know How She Does it. I know in my last post I was a little frustrated with the tag line but it has been a few weeks and time does start to heal wounds and well today I decided that yes, I can do it. Today is Halloween and with the daycare notices notifying it was “Pirates and Fairies” day, I decided that my little girls were not to miss out. So I trawled the local craft market yesterday to find my Gold Coast retro creation filled with tie-dye, lace and glitter. Another stall made $5 wands and I dug up head bands that matched. Ta-Da
This morning as I awoke and reached for my phone for the time it read 7:58AM. 7:58AM!!! Never in the past two years have I been able to sleep past 6:30am and I am supposed to on the freeway on the commute to work by now. But just a hint of my mornings with the added pressure of lateness and getting out the door here I go:
- Bowl of cereal for the girls. Not that healthy but at least they eat it.
- Race to my bedroom to throw on a skirt and not so matching top.
- Necklace and a ring – forget the ear-rings today.
- Cheap foundation (can really tell the difference from the nice stuff) and spitting on my fingers to rub in the jaw line. Slap on some lipstick and too bright pink eye-shadow.
- Moana has been coughing and sick. Decision made to go ahead with daycare taking risk that may be called later today to take her home. Give panodol and a kiss.
- Daycare bag packed yesterday. Bonus.
- Work bag pulled together. Lunch a $2.50 Lean Cuisine that was on sale.
- Try to dress girls as they run away and pull off shoes.
- Write letter to babysitter with list for dinner.
- Pick up one child and one bag – out in car
- Return to house, pick up second child, second bag and huge bag of garbage as trying to turn off lights, and lock doors and carry it all out to car.
- Drive to daycare.
- Take one child in, sign in.
- Rush back to car, collect second child. Speak to carer. Take Photo. Click.
- Speak to Director who confirms girls have been accepted in for a third day next year.
- Back to car. Turn on Blackberry. Lights flash. 20 messages and 2 missed calls. Crap.
- Notice ladder in stocking.
- Notice pale white stain on skirt – toothpaste?
- Notice hair a mess and need new shoes.
- Blackberry beeps – first meeting 9:30am.
Oh well. It is now 7:54pm. The house is Silent.
Lisa xox
Don’t say to me “I don’t know how you do it?” because I am not really interested. It pisses me off actually. It does not feel like a complement. More like, “I am glad it’s not me” kind of comment. It is about six weeks since the girls dad moved out and “I don’t know how you do it” is agonizing. The fact is I don’t want to be doing it on my own but I have too. For the past few weeks dinner has been a massive stress. I enjoy my job and love my home but there is an hour and half distance between them both. So when I collect the girls from daycare, dinner seems an impoosible feat when I am tired, the girls are cranky, dirty and there is never anything prepared in the fridge. So after weeks of take out and crap for dinner I put action and made three little change that start this week.
1. Did my grocery shopping online. The relief was quite sad when it was packed and delivered to my kitchen yesterday.
2. Spent a few minutes looking at recipes and prepared a weeking Dinner Planner and printed it out and placed it on the fridge.
3. Hired a Babysitter to pick up the girls from daycare two days a week to help me out for a few hours with bath and dinner.
Simple changes but hopefully a start while I build some organisation and routine back into my life.
L
Recently I asked on Twitter where I can receive daily affirmation emails and I was pleasantly surprised by an instant reply to a link to “Notes from the Universe.”
These Notes are brief passages written by “The Universe,” personalized with your name (and occasionally your personal goals and dreams), designed to remind you that you have, indeed, been given dominion over all things.
I have the emails sent to work and they usually arrive around 6pm at night. Red light flashing on my Blackberry and I open the email that is from the sender The Universe, and a little note addressed to me to make me stop, ponder and remind myself daily of my dreams and goals. These little notes are slightly different from daily affirmations of positive self talk: I am strong, I love and approve myself, I am healthy. These little notes are directional and remind you to ask, believe and the Universe will provide.
I recommend trying it and tell me your story.
L
xox
