Happy Friday beautiful people!!!! I have about twelve ideas rattling through my head right now but I can't seem to nab one of them to write about today! So I will preface this blog post with a warning that it will likely be full of a whole lot of rambling nonsense...
To start off with, you know how I mentioned that I am going to cut sugar out of my diet? Well it turns out this is going to be more of a challenge than I first anticipated. My most favourite things in the World are based on that sweet poison. Wine, cheesecake, pavlova, hot chocolate, wine, breakfast cereal and did I mention wine? So I am having to go through a bit of a grieving process knowing that in the future, these delicious items will not be making any sort of regular appearance on my menu plan. I will have them occasionally of course because I don't plan on living a life of deprivation, but they will be consumed on a far less frequent basis than they are now. So, in an entirely appropriate send off, I shall be consuming plenty of these delicious treats over the weekend. Yum!!
Speaking of the weekend, this is the last weekend before my Short Story is due. It is coming along very nicely but I am struggle to keep it to the word limit of 3000 words. As you may have picked up, I can talk under water with a mouthful of marbles so writing a short story is somewhat of a challenge. I do plan to commit this weekend to polishing it and getting it ready for submission on Monday. Can't wait! It is the first writing competition I have ever entered so I know that I wont win it, but I hope I get some sort of feedback on my story...it would be nice to know what other's think of my writing style and if they think it is something I could turn into a career. Wishful thinking!!
Hmm, what else is rattling through my mind? Oh, my gorgeous Mum's Group! We all headed into the city yesterday to visit the Library, the Gallery of Modern Art and the Museum. It was a fabulous day out!! With nine kids in tow, ranging from 3 months old to 4 years old, it was such an adventure. I really am blessed to be part of such a supportive and loving group of people. I hear a lot of bad stories about Mum's Groups but I think what makes ours work is that we are all brutally honest about how tough this Motherhood gig really is. There is no competitiveness on which child is the best academically or behaviourally...the only competition is for who will get that elusive Mother of the Year award for all our ongoing parental mistakes lol. We really are a great support for each other and love one another's children like they are family. So blessed to have found each other!
I'm not really sure what else is going on in my mind right now. I have been interrupted countless times by the kids to mediate fights, wipe bottoms, administer loving cuddles and to play with them...just a typical morning really. I am looking forward to spending today with them with no rushed schedule of places to be or things to do. We are just going to go with the flow and have a day filled with fun. Loving being a Mum today, even with the total lack of sleep they have caused this week. Par for the course!
I will leave it there because everything else racing through my mind is a bit of a blur...crafty ideas, money matters, health and exercise plans, grocery lists, activities to do with the kids on a rainy day like today etc etc. It just never turns off in there! Anyway, I hope you all have a fabulous Friday and remember, just one more sleep until the weekend!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!! xox
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