26th June, 2009 - Posted by mombie - No Comments
This is the first day of The Boy’s summer vacation, so by all rights things should be hectic – no schedule, two kids instead of one, and so on but this has been a lovely morning so far. Sure, the kids are entertaining themselves with a computer game, so that’s something, but my peaceful morning has » Read More
23rd June, 2009 - Posted by mombie - No Comments
When I started this blog I called myself the mombie because I was seriously sleep-deprived (as in less than two hours sleep at a time for YEARS). Obviously things have changed since then, and both of the kids sleep much better now (upwards of 10 hours most nights – I never thought the day » Read More
10th June, 2009 - Posted by mombie - No Comments
So I was going to a physiotherapist in late 2007 because my back was messed up and he was very research-y, had a lot of papers published and the like, so he had a much more extensive questionnaire than other providers of that sort seem to. Once he looked at my answers he mentioned something about me » Read More
3rd June, 2009 - Posted by mombie - No Comments
Have you ever heard of Muscle Man? What? You haven’t? Do you live under a rock? I kid, of course. Muscle Man* is TLG’s fictional superhero. We’ve been hearing about him for at least a year now. Not only is he huge, red and strong (he can lift TWO houses!) but he can do whatever he » Read More
8th May, 2009 - Posted by mombie - 7 Comments
I had this great plan for posting my second annual Mother’s Day Meme on Mother’s Day (which would be quite sensible), alas my cold had other plans and I spend the entire weekend lying in bed bemoaning my fate. Hopefully it is not too unfashionable to post this a day late (you know how I » Read More
6th May, 2009 - Posted by mombie - 1 Comment
Instead of placing it on the counter properly, I inexplicably laid it right on the edge and it dropped to the floor and the handle broke off. I’m proud to say that I didn’t curse or freak out, which I might do some days. Instead, I just said ‘Oh, no!’ and bent to pick it up. I’m » Read More
23rd April, 2009 - Posted by mombie - No Comments
This entry is part of a MotherTalk/MomCentral Book Tour for Suzy Welch’s 10-10-10, I received a free copy of the book for review purposes. Suzy Welch’s 10-10-10: 10 minutes, 10 months, 10 years: A Life-Transforming Idea , to paraphrase various descriptions, is about learning to choose the life we live, acting rather than reacting to changing » Read More
22nd April, 2009 - Posted by mombie - 1 Comment
I decided yesterday that today was going to be the day that I made decisive steps towards getting the boys more involved in the upkeep of the house, the day I would work alongside them instead of working around them, the day I would alternate writing with engaged activities for each of them. You can smell » Read More
18th April, 2009 - Posted by mombie - No Comments
I have always prided myself on my great memory. I can recall* or piece together events long past by dredging up just a scrap of information. My family always calls on me to figure out when things happened, or who was there (Well, it was summertime because I was wearing my jean shorts and I » Read More
31st March, 2009 - Posted by mombie - 2 Comments
This entry contains spoilers for the Firefly episode ‘War Stories.’ Read at your own risk. Even though the rest of the world has been singing its praises for lo these many years, I was unaware of the Firefly series until Mark gave it to me for my birthday back in November. I love it, of course. Cool, » Read More