The Mother Load

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

Monday, July 28, 2014

The Distant Hum Of My Childhood Fear

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IMAGE : MORGUEFILE.COM | The Distant Hum Of My Childhood Fear I remember when I was a little girl, I developed a crippling fear of ...
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Monday, July 21, 2014

MH17 - Bring Them Home.....

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It's Monday morning here in Melbourne; it's foggy and cold and people everywhere are shuffling off to work perhaps feeling a wei...
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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Winter Holidays 2014 - Done And Dusted!

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  IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD | Winter Holidays Okay, so maybe the above pictures aren't of us frolicking in some exotic location w...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Do It Like A Girl!

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WATCH 'LIKE A GIRL' VIA YOUTUBE - CLICK HERE Have you seen the latest advertising campaign by Procter and Gamble?! 'Lik...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

Me And My Jawbone...

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IMAGE : WWW.JAWBONE.COM * THIS IS NOT A SPONSORED POST. NO REALLY - I JUST LIKE IT.  Are you a fitness band wearer? I totally ...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

How It All Goes Down In My Head (A Blog Hop About The Writing Process)

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IMAGE : MORGUEFILE.COM | A Blog Hop I've been invited to participate in a 'blog hop' by my dear friend and fellow blog...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

To See Or Not To See? (I Really Don't Want to Talk About It, Thanks)

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IMAGE : WWW.EYECHARTMAKER.COM | To See Or Not To See? I witnessed the most Oscar-winning performance from Miss A at her first ro...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Judy Blume - Thirty Years On

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD | Judy Blume Thirty Years On If you're a child of the 1980's you'll probably remember these books (...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

That's A Wrap On Another Mother Of A Week!

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD | A Mother Of A Week It's Sunday - finally. I love a good Sunday. I'm parked firmly arse-down o...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Resilience, Rainbows And Other Ramblings

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IMAGE : PIXAR 'Boundin' | Resilience WARNING : MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.  I seem to spend a lot of time ta...
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Friday, May 9, 2014

Life And Its Lemons.....

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IMAGE : PINTEREST.COM | Life And Its Lemons You know the famous expression, "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade"..? ...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

I Do WHAT????

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD At the school Mother's Day breakfast this morning, a video was shown of the Preps discussing what they thin...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

The Five Minute Chat....

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD Every night at bedtime, my ten year old girl asks me the same question. "Mum, can we have a five minute ch...
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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Finding A Voice - A Year In The Making

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IMAGE : VOICESOF2014.COM.AU I've never been very good at reaching goals. I LOVE to set them; I love listing them in lovely neat ...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

The Happy Delusions Of A Holiday...

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IMAGES : THE MOTHER LOAD | The Happy Delusions Of A Holiday How good are school holidays when you actually get to go somewhere?! ...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Go the FLECK To Sleep ...(Please)

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KIDS PLEASE DO MORE OF THIS | Go The F@ck To Sleep IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD See this face? Looks like an angel doesn't she!? Bu...
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Friday, March 28, 2014

Gerdi And Her Friends...

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IMAGE : ALBERT BREDENHANN   | Gerdi And Her Friends I watched a beautiful video recently based upon the woman above, Gerdi McKenn...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Byte For A Bite - How's YOUR Week Been?

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IMAGE : PINTEREST.COM | Byte For A Bite Hello Melbourne, I see your weird and freaky weather is back for another season? I'd sa...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Tree Change, Sea Change or Me Change?

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IMAGE : MORGUEFILE.COM | Tree Change, Sea Change Or Me Change? You know what I would like to do right now? I would like to do a bi...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Para'Kito - Au Revoir, Moustique! (French for Later, Mozzie)

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PARA'KITO PRODUCTS FREE PRODUCT REVIEW : Does anyone else have kids who are so attractive to mosquitoes that they resemble victi...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Happy International Women's Day 2014

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD Just this, really. Acknowledging this day without judgement, and with solidarity. Onward and upward!
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Media Hypocrisy - Charlotte Vs. Grant

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IMAGE : NEWS.COM.AU I'm disappointed in the media hypocrisy this week. On one hand, the overwhelming media message after the dea...
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

For Charlotte - Engaging Our Social Responsibility

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IMAGE : PINTEREST.COM | For Charlotte Dawson Yesterday the news broke that a well known Australian TV personality had taken her ...
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Gripping Too Tight (And Other Nonsense)

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IMAGE : THE MOTHER LOAD | Gripping Too Tight And Other Nonsense Righto - I think I have a problem. Actually, I KNOW ...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

'Having It All' - A Society Standard Gone Wrong?

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IMAGE : MORGUEFILE.COM | Having It All New title for me - gym junkie. Look at me go! Actually, no not really - I'm lying. I...
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