Bee Baaaaaaaa Beep Ba-a-a-aaaaa

Its raining, constantly and I am running out of ideas on how to entertain my rather busy and dramatically eccentric kids. My Boy is 4 and half and is limited in his ability to focus, hates TV, doesn't do cuddles and wants me to make car noises! He needs a dude and I need advice. How to entertain him when raining without making noises which sound like a constipated lamb rather than a fire engine- That is today's topic.  Ideas ideas ideas please!

Toxic Tuition

Yesterday I had a good ol' stroppy with my 10 yr old daughter. She went to a friend for the afternoon with strict instructions to be back before 5pm. BEFORRRRRE 5 , I said, but she casually walked in at 5:45pm with friend in tow. At first I had no idea how to handle it all, was trying to be the perfect parent, almost googled the situation. Do I listen first, then consider, then action a consequence? Remember to stay calm, no yelling, no humiliation. I WAS totally prepared at about 5:30pm, was even rehearsing my lines while sitting on the deck with my sundowner. "Hello Darling and Darling's precious friend". Hello you inconsiderate little brat who put mummy through crazy stress and her flick flacking hypocritical little catty partner in crime, is what I really wanted to say. I was determined not to humiliate or overreact as I knew that feeling too well and wasn't sure if she too would giggle in the future.

Utopia

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We HAVE a HOUSE! Big one, beautifulllll, moving soon, pics coming, so excited!

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We finally found our dream home, a beautiful one, stunning infact. As we walked in, it punched me in the stomach, yes, one of those, breath taking. Great thing is, its so much cheaper than we hoped to spend and so am able to move sooner than we thought. Today we sign the papers and once we have settled into the 8 acres of land , I shall take a few pics and post them. A country estate it is, did I mention stunning?? I am beyond excited, we all are and have even drawn a floor plan for the little furniture I have managed to gather since emigrating a few years ago. I shall keep you posted, did I say stunning, excited, breath-taking? Yay!

Boys and Girls and Bees and Parrots that talk incessantly!

This morning I needed to have the chat with my son about his penis and yes, I failed the assignment! I discovered that he (age 4) thought it ..........hmm.....funny, to play Doctor Doctor with his sister who thought the mechanics even funnier. Now when a Dad exists in a family, my task is an easy one: "Go speak to your father." Howeverrrrrr, not in this solo parenting world of mine and so I approached this rather sensitive situation with text book apprehension.

A dive in the deep end.

I am now officially jobless!  The business which I was general manager of was liquidated last week and my contract terminated without any severance/redundancy package. My fault? No, but rather a result of debt incurred prior to my employment with the company. This and my inability to turn the business around enough in a short amount of time. Thing is, the hole was huge and yes, I did make changes, great changes. All looked positive, we were climbing back up the starting block, but not enough to save it.

I am struggling with this a little. Not because I am now income-less, but more because of the type of person I am who, quite honestly, never ever ever gives up. I had a MUM. Not a mum, but a MUM. I giggle when I remember a day when MUM took some valuable time off work to show her support in the crowds of our school swimming meet.