R-E-S-P-E-C-T; find out what it means to me.
I can’t remember what site I read it on now, but it was a facebook status from someone who was driving, running late and her child asked why she wasn’t going faster to get where they needed to go? She replied that the Police could be hiding anywhere and it was best not to speed in case you got caught. Turns out no less than 5 minutes after this conversation the Police did turn up and stopped her for a random breath test; all clear and good to go. The kids were ecstatic; “that’s amazing Mum, and now I can...
Protected: The House that keeps on giving…
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#whatdoyoutrulystandfor
If I see another blogger hashtag #Istandformercy accompanied by a post about how much sleep they lost on Tuesday night and how heavy their heart is, I think I am going to explode. Post after post in my facebook newsfeed, status after status, meme after meme: #Istandformercy. So the fuck what?? What did you do about it besides whinge about it on facebook? Oh, you wrote a blog post about it too? Well done you! That should save them from death row as I am sure President Widodo and his advisors read those. You got your child involved? Wow, that...
Ranty Pants – Be Someone who saves a Life.
I have seen a lot of blog posts in light of Rosie Batty winning “Australian of the Year” for this year. One author in particular admitting to being in knowledge of a domestic silence situation involving a child and doing nothing about it; not even the simple act of picking up the phone. I felt sick reading that admission. That phone call could have turned someone’s life around; prevented years of further abuse. A PHONE CALL PEOPLE. It’s the absolute definition of cowardice to not do it. Whilst I certainly wouldn’t recommend going door knocking, it costs nothing to pick up...
Protected: Why I DON’T want my sons to see me naked….
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Ranty Pants – Double Standards on DWTS.
Hands up who else watches Dancing with the Stars? (the Aussie version I am going to refer to here) Did anyone else witness the utter embarrassment that was Kym Johnson fawning all over Matt Cooper last week? Here is an article if you missed it. I was squirming just watching her gush all over his physique rather than his dancing. And it wasn’t just her. Helen has been known to ogle and make the odd very sexual remarks about the male performers and Edwina backstage (God love her usually) doesn’t see anything wrong with gawking at the male bodies either...
Ranty Pants Post – and a little editing…..
This picture above has been doing the facebook rounds for months now. And it totally gives me the shits. I cannot STAND it and I feel like screaming every time someone waxes lyrical about its wisdom. Its BULLSHIT people!!!! As Mothers we are always making the right decisions, because they are right for you and your family; nobody elses. Motherhood is NOT about doing everything wrong, its not. And who has the right to say that to you anyway? And circulate it as truth in a cutesy picture to mask its condemnation and blame? We don’t need forgiveness; we should be proud...
Ranty Pants – Not ashamed to “try”
Im sure you have started seeing this video by Colbie Caillat floating around your news feed with many fangirls hailing her for her bravery and her very poignant message that we can all strip off our superficial makeup and that we dont need to “try” to be accepted by our friends and society. I’m calling bullshit. Colbie Caillat is stunning, with or without makeup. Strip her face bare and she is as refreshing as a no makeup selfie “bravely” posted by Jen Hawkins, Lady Gaga or Ricki-Lee. These are naturally blessed girls who I think you would struggle to...
Ranty Pants Alert – Breastfeeding at FIVE, damage control.
I think we all have our own opinions and ideas as Mothers on when we should stop breastfeeding, if we choose to breastfeed at all. Its a decision that we all make and it is ours alone to make. We also live in a country where it is not the social “norm” to breastfeed your child beyond the World Health Organisation recommended age of two. Whether you agree or not with the mothers below who practise extended breastfeeding is irrelevant really; they are doing it (assumedly) in the privacy of their own home and is of no concern to us. My...
Mega Bloks is NOT Lego
For the uninitiated MOB’s or Halo minded girls, a word from the wise. From the blistered fingered and jagged fingernailed wise mother who made a mistake out shopping last week. MEGA BLOKS is not LEGO. Now, it is cunningly disguised as LEGO and to cast an idle eye over it, it certainly pulls the deception off, but don’t let it fool you. Don’t be sucked in by its knobbly likeness. This fucker is NOT Lego and you will curse your decision to let it into your house. THIS is LEGO – see, where it says LEGO in the top left hand corner?...