Daily Archives: August 25, 2010

Sometimes Mothering is harder than hard

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I have a neighbour, yes we all have them, but I have one who manages to make me feel terrible with just a single glance and a turn of phrase.  She is always beautifully turned out, drives a brand new sports car, runs her own successful business,  has a hot tub in the garden and one perfectly dressed nine year old boy who in her eyes can do no wrong. So this morning when I am screaming at the boys like a fishwife to get in the car or we will be late, hollering my lungs out to leave the drink at home and just get in the car, who would […]

The Gallery – A photo I am Proud Off

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Oh my I can not get that “What have you done today to make you feel proud” out of my head.  This week I am supposed to show you an image I have taken that makes me feel proud.  I am not a professional photographer or even an amateur really.  I am a snapper.  I capture moments of our everyday lives to trigger wonderful memories. This image was snapped with my now defunct original Olympus digital camera, the first digital I owned, which was the size of a house brick and I love it. It captures a wonderful day, the first time we went out of the house as a family […]