Entries from February 2008

I think my brain is melting

February 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

So it’s been a pretty hectic, crazy week, chez NML and of course it is all of my own making because if only I could get a grip on my runaway time management, life would be so much easier. To be fair, it took a few days to recover from my food poisoning episode…and in […]

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Tags: Motherhood · Working Mums

Collapsing at the supermarket solidifies my crazy mother status

February 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I walked up the aisle in Waitrose with the bambino sitting on my hip when I felt an excruciating pain shoot through me. I felt winded by it but figured it would pass so I attempted to look for the spring onions again. Another pain shot through me making me feel like I wanted to […]

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Tags: Motherhood

See It, Do It. Think It, Do It. How this mother has finally had her time management epiphany

February 13th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Yesterday I finally booked my practical driving test. Interesting some may think, but I have been meaning to book it since the end of October….A couple of weeks ago, someone asked me to put together some figures for them. I got waylaid that day and then the weekend arrived, so I thought “Screw it, I’ll […]

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Tags: Motherhood · Working Mums

Oh my God I exercised! Glamourous Part Time Gran Flirts With Grandpa, and Tired Of Men…again

February 9th, 2008 · No Comments

This morning I went for my free power plates session at my gym that is all of about thirty metres across the street. For those that have never heard of power plates, it’s this vibrating machine that you do all sorts of exercises on. When I say I can barely walk, I can barely frigging […]

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Tags: Crazy Family · Losing Weight · Motherhood

Motherhood: given the choice of talking dirty or being in the ‘clique’, I’ll take the first…

February 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This past Sunday, the boyf, the bambino, and I braved it and met up with our National Childbirth Trust (NCT) group for the first time since the summer. For those that need the instant recap: Met a bunch of parents-to-be at antenatal class. The mums started meeting up weekly. At first it was fun but […]

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Tags: Mother and Baby Groups · Motherhood

Homeless for ninety minutes in another chaotic poorly time managed week

February 2nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

It was quarter to six on Tuesday evening and the bambino had woken up really late from a nap, totally scuppering my promise that day to manage my time more effectively. After weighing up the pros and cons of having to go to the supermarket in the morning, I decided to bite the bullet and […]

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Tags: Motherhood