My Big Baby
Posted: May 23, 2012 Filed under: Birthdays, LOVE, Parenting, Self improvement, Theme Songs, Thought For the Day | Tags: 23rd May birthdays, Absolutely Fabulous, Edina, Minnie Riperton, Saffy Leave a commentMy biggest baby turns 15 today. Now we are the same age. Well, the same mental age. Those of you who know me well will say she is more mature than me. And the shrink I go to said that there’s a touch of Edina and Saffy about our relationship. My big baby changed my life, I love her more than words. I would run in front of a speeding train for her. I can’t live without her. I used to sing her this song when she was little (minus the making love reference of course).
Happy Birthday Luscious girl. Thank God you are my daughter. I won the mothering lottery when I had you.
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I hope you’re dancing
Posted: May 21, 2012 Filed under: LOVE, Self improvement, SONGS, Theme Songs, Thought For the Day, WRITERS | Tags: 70s music, Bee Gees, disco, Robin Gibb, Stayin Alive, Thank you for the music, Vale Robin Gibb, Whether You're a Mother or whether you're a brother, You Should Be Dancing Leave a commentRobin Gibb died today. The boogie of the Bee Gees was a big part of my childhood. I loved their tight, white pants, their blow dried hair and their harmonies. So many musicians who were a shining part of my youth have died in the last few weeks and I want to say thank you for the music that kept me dancing and kept me sane. Thank you Robin Gibb for your beautiful voice, it will live on.
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm.
I’ve been kicked around since I was born.
And now it’s all right, it’s OK.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The New York Times’ effect on man.
Whether you’re a brother
Or whether you’re a mother,
You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
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Dating and waiting is excruciating
Posted: May 16, 2012 Filed under: LOVE, Self improvement, Single, Theme Songs, Thought For the Day | Tags: chasing men, dating, Kelis, life motto, Milkshake, single ladies, speed dating Leave a commentSpeed dating, slow dating or chasing your old high school boyfriend on Facebook? I’m too busy to waste time drinking rancid wine in a dodgy restaurant with a man with bad breath, so at the ripe old age of 40 something, my only thought about dating is now, “I don’t chase ’em, I replace ’em.” Single ladies, this is a lovely motto to live by.
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Yes Mum, everything’s fine
Posted: May 13, 2012 Filed under: LOVE, Parenting, Parents, Raising Hell, Theme Songs, Thought For the Day | Tags: Barbara Pollard, Barbie, mama, Mother Earth, mother lode, Mother Mother, mother of all days, Mother's Day Australia, mother's love, she built me in her belly, Tracey Bonham, World's best pavlova maker Leave a commentHappy, Happy Mother’s Day. Today is the day we say thank you to the woman who created us in her belly. Mothers love us more than anyone can and at the same time drive us completely mental. Even though I was the world’s most revolting teenager my mother would run in front of a train to save me. I’d do the same for my daughters, even though they think I’m bonkers and I make them crazy some days. I love you Mama. Thank you for having me and loving me. And for making your pavlova, no one has ever whipped up a pav better than you Barbara Pollard.
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Single Mother’s Day
Posted: May 13, 2012 Filed under: LOVE, Parenting, Parents, Self improvement, Thought For the Day | Tags: beautiful children, gratitude, Homage to single mothers, Hymn To Her, joy, love, mamapalooza, Single motherhood, The Pretenders, wisdom 2 CommentsJust when I think single motherhood is too crazy and I want to take them back to the pet shop to get a refund, I get this card from my 7 year old:
My mummy is so nice unique and pretty
Mummy I love you
Mummy I never want you to go away
You are the best mummy in the world
Love S
I did not pay her to do this. In the stressed out, overworked world of single motherhood we sometimes forget about the joy of mothering and that all the little tedious tasks of being a mother on your own add up to a lifetime of love and care for your children. So I’d like to pay tribute to all the solo mothers I’ve met, you inspire me with your hard work, dedication and devoted love. You are all yummy mummies.
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The night Max wore his wolf suit
Posted: May 9, 2012 Filed under: ART, LOVE, Parenting, Self improvement, Thought For the Day, WRITERS | Tags: 1928 births, A life well lived, Art Garfunkel, best selling authors, Bright Eyes, brilliant artists, Maurice Sendak, RIP Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonez films, Vale Maurice Sendak, Where The Wild Things Are Leave a comment‘And made mischief of one kind and another. His mother called him WILD THING!” And Max said “I’LL EAT YOU UP!” so he was sent to bed without eating anything.’
The brilliant artist and author Maurice Sendak died today. His books were a part of my childhood and I read them to my children.
Growing up in New York, the son of Polish Jews, he said,
“My childhood was about thinking about the kids over there (in Europe). My burden is living for those who didn’t.”
When director Spike Jonez made the movie version of “Where the Wild Things Are,” Sendak urged the director to remember his view that childhood isn’t all sweetness and light. And he was happy with the result.
“In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy” Sendak said in 2009. “There’s a cruelty to childhood, there’s an anger. And I did not want to reduce Max to the trite image of the good little boy that you find in too many books.”
“Kids don’t know about best sellers,” he said. “They go for what they enjoy. They aren’t star chasers and they don’t suck up. It’s why I like them.”
Vale Maurice Sendak, thank you for sharing your gift.
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Missing Sweet Angels
Posted: May 7, 2012 Filed under: LOVE, Theme Songs, Thought For the Day | Tags: bring them home, Lee Safar songs, missing children, Project Missing Sweet Angels, recording artist Lee Safar, Sweet Angels Leave a commentMissing Sweet Angels is a project targeted at using the power of social media to find six missing children from around the world who have been abducted by strangers. These children’s cases have now gone cold and any hope of finding them rests in the hands of the global population online. For more information go to:
http://missingsweetangels.com/
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You Are So Beautiful
Posted: April 24, 2012 Filed under: Birthdays, LOVE, Theme Songs, Thought For the Day | Tags: April 24 birthdays, Barbra Streisand, Divas, Happy Birthday, Jean Paul Gaultier, Joe Cocker, Paula Yates, Shirley Maclaine 2 CommentsToday is the day of the diva. Jean Paul Gaultier, Shirley Maclaine, Paula Yates and Barbra Streisand were born today. And my gorgeous middle child.
Happy 10th Birthday Mrs Moo, I love being your mother.
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Love song dedications
Posted: April 16, 2012 Filed under: FOOD, LOVE, Self improvement, SONGS, Theme Songs, Thought For the Day | Tags: Big Love, Lenny Henry, peanut butter, Theophilus P. Wildebeeste Leave a commentI’ve got a big love….
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Do those Hairy Bears?
Posted: March 13, 2012 Filed under: LOVE, SONGS, Thought For the Day | Tags: Do Bears? Is Luxembourg Small?, Is The Pope A Catholic, Kate Bush, Rowan Atkinson Leave a commentWould I cut off all my toenails and put them into an envelope with my feet? Oh, ho, ho.
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