So the bro headed off to sunnier pastures new yesterday when he moved to Dubai. Right up until the last few minutes before he said goodbye to us, I thought it was all one big joke. He popped upstairs to take one last look at Miss Thang the bambino and when he returned we hugged […]
Entries Tagged as 'Motherhood'
Saying goodbye, not getting the ’surprise’, and saying ’so long sucker’ on Facebook
March 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Crazy Family · Motherhood
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 […]
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 […]
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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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 […]
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 […]
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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Motherhood: Why do people love to be insensitive and tactless to mothers?
January 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Recently I was at a party and whilst sitting down resting my weary feet from pulling a few too many MJ moves, the black version of Betty Suarez came over, knelt at my feet, leaned in and asked, “So…how long have you got left to go?” I stared at her in confusion. Until those nine […]
Tags: Losing Weight · Motherhood
Back on maternity leave compliments of Santa and an almighty botch up
January 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Until this last Christmas, I didn’t believe in Santa but there must be a fat, white guy with a long white beard and too tight suit that loves me because my prayers about work have been answered and I’m back on maternity leave until April. Admittedly he didn’t answer my pleas for my family to […]
Tags: Maternity Leave · Motherhood · Working Mums
Motherhood: back to work and back to my boobs
December 19th, 2007 · No Comments
Over the past few days, I’ve finally started to accept that in two weeks time, I shall be joining the great unwashed of London and returning to work. I’ll be bitching about people releasing bodily functions in my vicinity, spending a fortune in Pret a Manger once again, and having to listen to that […]
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