The Mother Load

A journey of parenthood, instinct, opinion, occasional wisdom and more than a little dysfunction.

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Voices Of 2013 - A Masterclass In Fulfilling A Goal

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 IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD | Voices Of 2013 You may or may not have gathered, but I am very much a routine kind of gal, who generally st...
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Friday, June 28, 2013

The Day With O.N.J..

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IMAGE : O.N.J FAN WEB | The Day With O.N.J When I was growing up, it wasn't particularly unusual for me to cross paths with reas...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Harrison Saves The World...

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IMAGE : MORGUEFILE.COM | Harrison Saves The World I watched The Voice Australia finale last night and I grinned like an idiot all ...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

To Hell In A Hand Basket : A Week In The Politics Of Being A Woman

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IMAGE : MORGUEFILE.COM | To Hell In A Hand Basket Let's just agree now that political commentary is not my thing. It's not...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Overthinkers Anonymous - Meeting In Progress

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IMAGE : PINTEREST | Overthinkers Anon. I have recently come to realise that I'm a chronic overthinker. I think, then I worry,...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Your Natural Calling (A Tale Of Career Confusion)..

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IMAGE : MORGUEFILE.COM | Your Natural Calling (Career Confusion) Do you ever feel as though you've missed your natural callin...
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Sunday, May 26, 2013

A Good Lesson Learned..

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IMAGE : ADELAIDE NOW | A Good Lesson Learned It's very easy being "white", isn't it? Seriously! Give it some though...
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Friday, May 24, 2013

Friday Thoughts From A Random Mind

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD Miss A this morning: "Mum....do you feel a lot like yourself today?" Me: "Well, yes actually I ...
Monday, May 20, 2013

The "Ugly" Baby Sealed It For Me.....

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OK. Over the years, I've managed to tolerate and largely ignore the stupid, childish, often misogynistic rubbish spewing from the vario...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

39.98....

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IMAGE : MORGUEFILE.COM | 39.98 As I enjoy my last few days of my thirties, I'm reflecting upon the many things that have chang...
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

My Private Freedom Of Choice - We Chose Private Schooling

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IMAGE : MORGUEFILE.COM | My Private Freedom Of Choice There is a debate raging in many online forums and TV panel programs currently...
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Sunday Thoughts From a Random Mind

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD Miss A slid into bed with me this morning and announced that she'd had a lovely dream about eating spaghet...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Tales Of Public Humiliation (Parenting 101)

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD | Tales Of Public Humiliation I was reading an article recently about the most embarrassing moments people ...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

And That's All I'll Say About That...

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD| And That's All I'll Say Today, I feel a strange sense of calm and reflective finality. It...
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Friday, March 8, 2013

The Lingering Lessons From Great Ormond Street

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IMAGE: MORGUEFILE.COM | Lingering Lessons Of Great Ormond Wow. Has anyone watched the BBC documentary, Great Ormond Street? It f...
Monday, March 4, 2013

The Legacy Of My Friend, The Warrior Woman

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IMAGE: THE MOTHER LOAD | The Legacy Of My Friend, The Warrior Woman Although I don't feel the usual upbeat sense of creati...
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Are We There Yet?!! My School Holiday Mantra

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IMAGE: THE MOTHER LOAD | Are We There Yet? Ok ay - need some serious, urgent school holiday therapy. STAT. Breathe in and out wi...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Back Away From The Mirror (And Other 2013 Resolutions)

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IMAGE: THE MOTHER LOAD | Back Away From The Mirror Happy 2013! Our little family has had such a Christmas break this year. It...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Employment, Child Care And The Ultimate In Mother Guilt

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IMAGE: THE MOTHER LOAD | Employment And Childcare  I was chatting to a girlfriend recently who is the Mum of an eighteen month old ...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Unmarried With Kids and the 2010 Judgement List

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IMAGE: MORGUEFILE.COM | Unmarried With Kids Recently I was contacted to be interviewed in a leading parenting mag about our choice...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

School Tomorrow! I survived!

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD Yep - I think I may have just come out the other end of the school holidays with all my faculties relatively i...
Monday, January 25, 2010

In The Beginning....

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD | In The Beginning I have a theory that the art of motherhood is a skill best shared between other...
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