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• FFS!? Friday: Shit Mummy

  

  I am currently without FFS-worthy material. My new fridge arrived Wednesday afternoon and the world is a shiny, glossy, arctic white kinda place at the moment.... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Illness and Whitegoods

  

  This post comes to you from the edge. From the very brink. I am suffering, I am on my death in bed. Suffering from a chronic and life-sucking case of Man Flu,... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hello? Is Anybody There?

  

  You know you're an over-tired parent when.... The other day our home phone kept ringing.I would pick up, and all I could hear was my own voice... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING

• FFS!? Friday: Of Poorly Parenting and Goats

  

  On Wednesday I reminded another school Mum about the great annual Book Week dress up parade that was to take place at school the following day. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Suck It

  

  #1Nana is currently off on yet another overseas junket. In order to distract me from her reckless spending of my ever diminishing inheritance, she bought me... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• iWin the Household Goods War

  

  After #1Hubby’s recent investment in his newest love interest, I decided it was my turn to retaliate treat myself to some appliance loving. Not like that y’all. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• FFS!? Friday: No Longer #1 in Hubby's Heart

  

  Today I'm getting equal parts ranty and whiny about whitegoods. Whitegoods and #1Hubby. Whitegoods and #1Hubby and my place in his heart. During the week,... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Counting: 1, 2, 3, Moofteen

  

  I bet ye olde Peeps from around 30,000BC (or 35,000BC, depending on which Google or Wiki God I listen to) are a bit embarrassed right now. They put a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• FFS!? Friday: The Corporate Edition

  

  I've worked all week in the office of my Saturday job, so I've been blessed with hours of silence and nothing but the internet and flat white's to keep me... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• FFS!? Friday: Featuring Wine and Justin Bieber

  

  By 8:40am last Friday, I had already started this week's FFS!? Friday post. FFS. I spent last Thursday night harassing Miss6 to learn about mice, so she coul... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• I'm an Olympics Widow

  

  Olympics Widow def. A wife reduced to grunts and silence as sole form of communication during televised Olympic coverage. Husband or spouse is physically... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY, MARRIAGE, SELF EXPRESSION

• FFS!? Friday: Again with the Shit Talk and Other Random Whining

  

  So I had a Colonoscopy on Monday. FFS My family has a history of bowel cancer, and so we all have to start having them. This is just another way genetics has... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Ugly Public Side of Ugg Boots and Slippers

  

  In their more traditional / nana-ish form Ugg boots. Slippers. Fuzzy foot warming devices. Call them what you will. I love me some softly lined warming footwear... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Open Letter to #1Hubby Re: Football

  

  No. No you are not. Dear #1Hubby Your football addiction is getting in the way of our parenting. For reals. I put in a lot of hours Monday-Friday when the kids... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• FFS!? Friday : Of Human Waste Receptacles

  

  The Twin Tornado are largely toilet trained. They only use nappies overnight. Mostly because Mummy here doesn't get up at night for anyone or anything short of... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Of Shattered Dreams. Somewhat Literally.

  

  I can’t possibly blog today. I’m far too traumatised. I’m inconsolable. Things were idyllic for an all too brief period of time. Let me paint you a picture whil... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Living Next Door to Octomom

  

  I'm totally bummed out that I couldn't come up with a suitably acidic comment for this pic. FIGHT BREEDISM.... I like to call this pic an Octomoron - an... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• FFS!? Friday: Junkets, Apples and Drains

  

  I had a whole FFS!? post ready to go. I lost it. The internet ate it. I blame Justin Bieber. FFS I have solo-parented this week with very little to FFS!? about. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Competition Go Time, Apricot/Elicot Update, and Permed Fringes

  

  First up, a recap for those of you wondering how the great Apricot/Shit Elicot saga from last week finished up. Somewhat sadly, I can report there were no... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• FFS!? Friday : Apricots

  

  Dried apricots – staple snack food favoured by many a parent since the invention of whatever equipment is used to dry an apricot. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION