Finding it hard to take time out for yourself to exercise since having bub?
Let's face it, as Mums, we are never our top priority =(
I've found a way to have an exercise program and include bubby, and the older kids!Pram=resistance=good for exercise!
If you want to get in shape, get fitter and socialise at the same time, why not start (or join) a pram-fit group!
In some areas there are group classes sometimes called "pram jam" or similar where you have to pay and the class is instructed by a qualified trainer. But if this is not available in your area or you don't want to pay, you can get a few friends together as a casual group and do your own circuit training.
If you go to a sports oval or walking track, you can work out a circuit you can walk between low impact activities.
eg. My Pram-Fit Circuit
A full sized sporting oval, you have to walk close to the outside-no cutting corners!
Have 4 activity stations evenly spaced on the circuit and you have to walk for about 2 minutes between stations. Each station should take about 1-2minutes.
Station 1-lunges, squats and/or stepups
walk 2 minutes to next station. When walking always concentrate on posture (get the most out of the session as you can!) shoulders back, hips forward, standing straight and tall and flex your bum! Your elbows should be close to your side with handle bar around the same height.
Station 2- Dips, using the fence around the oval
walk 2 minutes to next station
Station 3- Crunches and or pelvic raises
walk 2 minutes to next station
Station 4- Standing push ups, again using the fence for support
walk 3 minutes to next station
start again!
I do 3 circuits in one session and I am trying to do 3 sessions a week!
Pushing the pram (especially on grass!) is great resistance. Your baby will love the walk outdoors!
This is a great exercise routine because you can share the experience with you baby and friends, make exercise fun! And if anyone has older children (mine are 8 and 9) they can come along and join in too or play with and occupy the little kids who are too big for the pram and can't keep up with Mum. And everyone can work at their own pace, adjust the activity stations to suit you own individual abilities.
Finish the session off with group stretching and maybe a group soccer game with the kids.
What a great way to spend some fun time with the kids and your baby and getting fit at the same time. So send out an "expression of interest" email out to all your mates or even your playgroups Mums and start a new craze in your area!
Happy Exercising!
Thursday 21 July 2011
Swaddle Bags?
Has anyone used a swaddling bag with their infants? I saw these in the shopping magazine that came in my Bounty Bag. I have never seen them before but they look awesome! They are like a really tight little sleeping bag that swaddles the baby with their arms close to their body so you don't have to wrap them. Seeing as my next baby will be born in summer and my wrapping skills are not that great (they always come lose) I thought the swaddle bag would be good because the baby won't get too hot. I bought some fabric and zippers today to have a go at making my own design.
I was just wondering if anyone has seen or used one of these, your feedback might help me to better design my own!
Thanks!
I was just wondering if anyone has seen or used one of these, your feedback might help me to better design my own!
Thanks!
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Awesome bag bag! Or rag bag!
You can make a really cute and practical bag for all your plastic shopping bags using your old onesies! And yes I know that "plastic bags" are a bit outdated but I still use them for garbage bags, saves you money on bin liners! If are 100% Green, this is also a great idea for a rag bag!
I only recently found out what "onesies" means, if you are not up with the lingo, onesies are those little jump suits that you put on your baby, you know the shirts that do up with studs at your babies crutch, well you can get your toddler who has grown out of them to decorate it with markers and or paint (so cute with little hand prints!), sequins and ribbons or anything can be stuck on. Hang it upside down from a hook, cupboard door handle or anything, they are easy to hang because you just do the studs up around something! Simple, fill it with your plastic bags and they can easily be dispensed out the neck hole!
Great gifts for Grandmas and Aunties too!
I only recently found out what "onesies" means, if you are not up with the lingo, onesies are those little jump suits that you put on your baby, you know the shirts that do up with studs at your babies crutch, well you can get your toddler who has grown out of them to decorate it with markers and or paint (so cute with little hand prints!), sequins and ribbons or anything can be stuck on. Hang it upside down from a hook, cupboard door handle or anything, they are easy to hang because you just do the studs up around something! Simple, fill it with your plastic bags and they can easily be dispensed out the neck hole!
Great gifts for Grandmas and Aunties too!
Kids say the funniest things!
Today I gave my 7 year old daughter a brochure of the Whitsundays and told her to look at where we are going for our next holidays. She yelled out to our neighbour
"Hey, we are going to the Wet Wednesdays!!!!!"
"Hey, we are going to the Wet Wednesdays!!!!!"
Sunday 29 May 2011
$ave Money- Maintain your washing machine
Instead of using fabric softenner which can build up in your washing machine over time and is not really good for it, use vinegar! Vinegar in your fabric softenner dispenser is cheaper than fabric softenner, it softens clothes and helps clean and kill germs, it acts as a cleaner in your machine helping to break down and remove residue that builds up in you machine over time. You just use like a third to half a cup for a load, same amount as you would softenner. I live in an area with really bad water quality, high concentration of lime and calcium and chlorine and I have a new machine so I definately don't want it building up scum and ceasing up on me! So I just use vinegar in my wash once a week with the towel load. Makes the towels nice and soft and does a service on my new machine at the same time.
And don't worry about the smell, you can't small it at all!
And don't worry about the smell, you can't small it at all!
Wednesday 4 May 2011
She who has watched over me
You've watched me laugh
And watched me cry,
You've given me
The wings to fly,
Put me back together
When I've fallen apart,
I love you Mother
With all my heart
Happy Mothers Day to all of you!
And watched me cry,
You've given me
The wings to fly,
Put me back together
When I've fallen apart,
I love you Mother
With all my heart
Happy Mothers Day to all of you!
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Toddler in the toilet! Oh No!
My 17 month old son, let's call him "Mr Toddler", cannot be left alone for a minute! Today he sneaked into my bathroom and came out rubbing his little hands together as though washing them. I smelt a distinctive and very strong "cleaning" smell as he strolled past grinning his cheeky and most evil grin. Toilet bowl gel!
You know those new gel plungers that you squirt the gel onto the side of the bowl and it sticks there and cleans the toilet when you flush it? Well apparently they are pretty good and safer than the blue cubes in the toilet bowl baskets because they can't get them out. My cheeky little man couldn't get it out, so he poked it and scratched it and then used it for hand soap! When cleaning him up, I noticed a big blob of it on the top of his head, so I am assuming he has put his whole head in the bowl for it to rub off on there!
At least the gel would have killed any germs he got from the toilet I suppose, and well, he smells pretty fresh!
You know those new gel plungers that you squirt the gel onto the side of the bowl and it sticks there and cleans the toilet when you flush it? Well apparently they are pretty good and safer than the blue cubes in the toilet bowl baskets because they can't get them out. My cheeky little man couldn't get it out, so he poked it and scratched it and then used it for hand soap! When cleaning him up, I noticed a big blob of it on the top of his head, so I am assuming he has put his whole head in the bowl for it to rub off on there!
Monday 25 April 2011
Kitchen tip
Ya know when you cook a gorgeous juicy chunk of roast meat and you get it out of the pan to carve it and all the beautiful juices drizzle out all over the bench and because of the fat content it is a real pain to clean! Don't ya just hate that!
Soluition! Put your cutting board in a shallow baking pan/tray, then when you carve up your meat the juices will be caught and won't go everywhere, you can even use the caught juices to add into the gravy. Less waste, BEAUTIFUL gravy!
Soluition! Put your cutting board in a shallow baking pan/tray, then when you carve up your meat the juices will be caught and won't go everywhere, you can even use the caught juices to add into the gravy. Less waste, BEAUTIFUL gravy!
Monday 11 April 2011
Saturday 9 April 2011
Mums, I salute you!
Being a miner's wife, every now and then I get a taste of the lonely life of single parenting. It is soooo hard! The afternoon tasks are near impossible, the kids homework, the sports training, the bathing, the tantrums, the home readers, the dinner, getting the lunch boxes ready for tomorrow. And then there's making ends meet when you are the only bread winner! Then at about 2am when you are finally getting into your lonely bed you have noone to lend a sympathetic ear, or share adult conversation or give any words of support or encouragement, not so much as "dinner was really yummy tonight".
So if you are a single Mum I salute you! You are doing an awesome job and you should be proud of all you do!
If you are a working Mum, hats off to you, you are doing the hardest job in the world and some! It takes incredible discipline and organisation skills to hold down a job aswell as keep your family functionable.
If you are a single, working Mum, you are the bomb! Maybe you should be giving Julia G advice, we could use some more Mums in parliament, if we ever got time to play that game!
Well done and keep up the good work, on behalf of Australia, thank you for doing what you are doing! Just remember that we don't have to be perfect parents, just good enough parents, don't beat yourself up over your mistakes, learn from them and pass your wisdom onto your children, when people ask what you do, remember that you are raising the next generation of Australia, hold your head high and wear your title with pride "I am a Mum!"
So if you are a single Mum I salute you! You are doing an awesome job and you should be proud of all you do!
If you are a working Mum, hats off to you, you are doing the hardest job in the world and some! It takes incredible discipline and organisation skills to hold down a job aswell as keep your family functionable.
If you are a single, working Mum, you are the bomb! Maybe you should be giving Julia G advice, we could use some more Mums in parliament, if we ever got time to play that game!
Well done and keep up the good work, on behalf of Australia, thank you for doing what you are doing! Just remember that we don't have to be perfect parents, just good enough parents, don't beat yourself up over your mistakes, learn from them and pass your wisdom onto your children, when people ask what you do, remember that you are raising the next generation of Australia, hold your head high and wear your title with pride "I am a Mum!"
Thursday 7 April 2011
From my 9 year old son....
My son was swimming in the pool one day and he said
"Mum listen to this I will go under the water and say something and when all the bubbles get to the top they will pop and all the talkness will come out and you will hear what I said!"
"Mum listen to this I will go under the water and say something and when all the bubbles get to the top they will pop and all the talkness will come out and you will hear what I said!"
$aving money, looking good and feeling great!
Love going to the day spa, getting facials and make overs? As Mums we don't get much "me" time any more, and the household budget doesn't really have room for facials. Save money and contact your nearest Mary Kay lady for a FREE appointment! They will do a skin analysis on you, show you some beautiful skin care products, colour match your foundation for a flawless finish and give you a colour make over all with no obligations! They even have microdermabrasion that you can do yourself at home with the same grade aluminium sulfide crystals as the expensive clinics! And they have a set for your hands called "Satin Hands" where you do an awesome scrub followed by this yummy peach hand cream. Save even more money by sharing a class with some friends and you will get freebies! I LOVE freebies! Oh and if you have a wedding coming up you can save HEAPS of money on professional make up by having a make up colour class with the wedding party girls (and boys actually) and learn how to do it yourself! I love Mary Kay. Their products are top of the range and girls get togethers are so much fun!
Wednesday 6 April 2011
The Sain Mummy Shop Game
Do your children send you absolutely batty at the grocery store? Mine do! Don't worry, it's not just us, according to the PPP parenting course I did, apparently the shops is a common place of, shall we call it, "challenging behaviour"! How many times have you witnessed a shocking display of "NOOOOOOOOO I WANT IIIIIIIIIT AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!" at the checkout, often combined with a routine of throwing self onto the ground and headbutting the ground and kicking and more screaming. How many times have you thought "gasp, you poor, poor mother!" and an even deeper thought of "I'm glad it's you not me!" Are these your children? If they are then firstly, my deepest sympathies and secondly here is an idea that might help you. Kids get stroppy at the shops because of 2 reasons, 1, you are occupied with something other than them, your guard is down and kids come with their own built in "guard down" radar, and 2, because they don't have reasonable expectations.
Mum's head at the shops-"milk, bread, nappies, wipes,what els do I need, ooh is that Huggies on sale?"
Kid's head at the shops- "shops yay shops means lollies!"
For kids to act appropriately at the shops they need to know exactly what to expect, eg
Mum's shop prep talk-" Now Tommy, we are going to the shops to get all the things on my list and ONLY the things on my list. We are not going to get lollies or chocolates or comic books. You need to be on your best behavour at the shops or the man with the pricing gun will switch it to laser spontaneous combustion mode and incinerate you!" Well, maybe not that last part but you get my point. That takes care of the reasonable expectations factor. To help you with the getting borred and not getting your attention factor, why not make a game out of it, then you are turning a boring trip of torturous temptation into a fun positive experience.
When you do your shopping list (and remember we are shopping fortnightly now to save money) give them a copy of it and a marker. Tell them that they are your big helper today and if they tick off everything on their list they will be rewarded with..........? I usually say $2 to spend at the checkout. Kids love to help! I find this works a treat! If the kids are too young to read, make a list of pictures for them, really basic, they don't have to be detailed, they don't even have to be what you need, the point is to occupy the child while you concentrate on your task. If the kids are old enough to write, get them to copy the list themselves, it's good writing/spelling practice, and introduces basic budgetting skill. My kids are 9 and 7 and they still love this game!
Try it and see how it works for you! If all else fails, buy them that chocolate they want and then stand out the front of the shop and eat it in front of them! Very slowly and with lots of delicious facial expression and groans of satisfaction! They may cry a lot and scream but it reinforces the lesson for next time, they wont call you bluff again!
Mum's head at the shops-"milk, bread, nappies, wipes,what els do I need, ooh is that Huggies on sale?"
Kid's head at the shops- "shops yay shops means lollies!"
For kids to act appropriately at the shops they need to know exactly what to expect, eg
Mum's shop prep talk-" Now Tommy, we are going to the shops to get all the things on my list and ONLY the things on my list. We are not going to get lollies or chocolates or comic books. You need to be on your best behavour at the shops or the man with the pricing gun will switch it to laser spontaneous combustion mode and incinerate you!" Well, maybe not that last part but you get my point. That takes care of the reasonable expectations factor. To help you with the getting borred and not getting your attention factor, why not make a game out of it, then you are turning a boring trip of torturous temptation into a fun positive experience.
When you do your shopping list (and remember we are shopping fortnightly now to save money) give them a copy of it and a marker. Tell them that they are your big helper today and if they tick off everything on their list they will be rewarded with..........? I usually say $2 to spend at the checkout. Kids love to help! I find this works a treat! If the kids are too young to read, make a list of pictures for them, really basic, they don't have to be detailed, they don't even have to be what you need, the point is to occupy the child while you concentrate on your task. If the kids are old enough to write, get them to copy the list themselves, it's good writing/spelling practice, and introduces basic budgetting skill. My kids are 9 and 7 and they still love this game!
Try it and see how it works for you! If all else fails, buy them that chocolate they want and then stand out the front of the shop and eat it in front of them! Very slowly and with lots of delicious facial expression and groans of satisfaction! They may cry a lot and scream but it reinforces the lesson for next time, they wont call you bluff again!
Tuesday 5 April 2011
$aving money! Personalised stationary so cheap!
Ever heard of Vistaprint? You know the ads that pop up on pages that say 250 FREE business cards! They are Vistaprint and I am their biggest fan! And they didn't even pay me to say that! You can get so much free stuff off these guys and only pay for P&H. It's not just for business either, although if you run your own business they are AWESOME! They have home and family stuff too like baseball caps that they will print your designs on, you can design your own little characatures for all the members of your family including pets and add a slogan like "Team Jackson", TShirts, Address and phone number cards, personalised sticky notes, letterheads that look great for printing your resume on! Calendars, banners, mugs, pens! So much and so much for free!
Here's how they work, you create an account with them, straight away you can design and order all sorts of stuff for allready cheap prices, or, wait until they send you an email (probably the next day) offering you all this weeks deals! They send you emails every week with free items! Most of the items will be free for standard which are pretty good, if you upgrade to premium designs they charge a bit extra. You can get up to 10 free items per order and only pay for postage, but when you see what they can create you will probably get hooked like me! It is sooo easy to operate the site, I have never had any problems with payment for them and postage is always quick and arrives before the ETA! I vouch for them!
My last order was a car magnet, 250 business/appointment cards, 140?return address label stickers, 25 small fridge magnets (business card size), 50 post cards, 50 survey cards, 25 brochures, 25special offer cards, an address stamp and a T-Shirt, and all I paid was P&H which was about $50 for express post.
Here is a link for vistaprint http://www.vistaprint.com.au/frfau?frf=619196213097
Here's how they work, you create an account with them, straight away you can design and order all sorts of stuff for allready cheap prices, or, wait until they send you an email (probably the next day) offering you all this weeks deals! They send you emails every week with free items! Most of the items will be free for standard which are pretty good, if you upgrade to premium designs they charge a bit extra. You can get up to 10 free items per order and only pay for postage, but when you see what they can create you will probably get hooked like me! It is sooo easy to operate the site, I have never had any problems with payment for them and postage is always quick and arrives before the ETA! I vouch for them!
My last order was a car magnet, 250 business/appointment cards, 140?return address label stickers, 25 small fridge magnets (business card size), 50 post cards, 50 survey cards, 25 brochures, 25special offer cards, an address stamp and a T-Shirt, and all I paid was P&H which was about $50 for express post.
Here is a link for vistaprint http://www.vistaprint.com.au/frfau?frf=619196213097
Monday 4 April 2011
Yummy, quick and easy! Some of my kids favourite recipes!
I will never be famous for my cooking abilities, perhaps more so for my lack there of! The "Today's specials" board in my kitchen usually comprises of microwaved frozen veggies served with either "chop biscuits" as my husband calls my overdone chops, or stir fry on wraps which my children tell me is like eating carpet!
But here are a few quick and easy recipe ideas that even I can't mess up, they are not the most healthy but nice for a treat!
Slow cooker- any cut of cheap lamb + 1 cup of coke + 1 cup of tomato sauce + 1 table spoon of brown sugar. Chuck it all in in the morning, high for 2 hrs then low for 5 or 6 and you have the yummiest tender stewed lamb and the kids love it!
Home made warm caramel topping- put 2 spoons of brown sugar and half a cup of cream in the microwave for a minute, stir it until thick (might need to zap it again) and pour it over ice cream! mmmmmm! So good on french toast ot pancakes or toasted waffles!
Simple dessert- Make your own cold-rock icecream! Crush up chock chip coockies and have them with ice cream, OR let the ice cream soften a little and mix a heap of coco-pops through it! YUMMO!
Try some of these for an unhealthy treat, you kids will love them! Let me know what you think!
But here are a few quick and easy recipe ideas that even I can't mess up, they are not the most healthy but nice for a treat!
Slow cooker- any cut of cheap lamb + 1 cup of coke + 1 cup of tomato sauce + 1 table spoon of brown sugar. Chuck it all in in the morning, high for 2 hrs then low for 5 or 6 and you have the yummiest tender stewed lamb and the kids love it!
Home made warm caramel topping- put 2 spoons of brown sugar and half a cup of cream in the microwave for a minute, stir it until thick (might need to zap it again) and pour it over ice cream! mmmmmm! So good on french toast ot pancakes or toasted waffles!
Simple dessert- Make your own cold-rock icecream! Crush up chock chip coockies and have them with ice cream, OR let the ice cream soften a little and mix a heap of coco-pops through it! YUMMO!
Try some of these for an unhealthy treat, you kids will love them! Let me know what you think!
Saturday 2 April 2011
$aving Money-Clothes Dryer
Clothes dryers are a necessary evil when you've got kids, especially if you live in the tropics and when you're coming into winter. But with clothes dryers you not only have the initial cost of the machine but the running costs are HUGE! They will send your power bill through the roof!
Solution,
Almost every house has at least 1 ceiling fan,a rack like this only costs about $30 from KMart, you can hang the clothes straight onto the hangers and space them out with the socks that need drying. Open a window in the room if possible, it only takes about 1/2 hour on high for the kids' school polo shirts to dry. It also makes packing the clothes away so easy, just hang them in room order on your rack and they can be put straight into the cupboards. For towels I have one of those railed racks that fit about 10 towels at once, they take longer to dry so leave the fan on them overnight. The cost of running a fan is only about 0.25c per hour, a fraction of the cost of a dryer!
Solution,
Tuesday 29 March 2011
16 Month old's version of online shopping
Children are sponges! From a very early age they watch us like hawks, learning from us, mirroring us, and storing it all in their memories. This morning I caught my 16 MONTH old son trying to jam my credit card into my computer!
Online shopping!
Online shopping!
Monday 28 March 2011
Nits! Arrrrrrrgh!
Are you scratching after just reading the title of this one? Nits! Those ferral little crettins that make your skin crawl (literally!). No matter how many times you treat your kids hair they just keep coming back and we all know that it's because of those few families at school who neglect to treat their kid's hair when the break outs happen, wether they are just too lazy or they just assume that their children are too good to have nits and don't bother checking, I don't know, but I have the solution!
Solution! Nit treatments are expensive! My daughter had a huge breakout once and over the course of about 4 weeks I spent over $80 on different treatments to try to get rid of the little buggers and they just didn't work! And some of them would smell so strong my daughter was walking around on cloud nine! My sister in law told me to use conditioner and a nit comb and comb them all out. This worked better than all the expensive treatments I tried, and was cheap as chips. You might have to do this a few days in a row in bad brekouts, but prevention is way better and easier than cure, and guess what, I found the prevention!
Prevention! Quite by accident, I stumbled upon what I have found to be a full proof prevention to nits! When ever I brush my daughter's hair in the morning I always spray it with a spray bottle with water and a little conditioner in it, originally I started this to make brushing easier as my daughter is a screamer when it comes to knots! One day I lost the spray bottle, I lost it for over a month, and that is when the big outbreak I spoke of before occured. When I had the outbreak under control I checked with the nit comb every day after school and would find the odd 1 or 2, I realised that after finding my tangle spray bottle and using it daily again that I was not finding any nits at all! Even when other parents in her class were still complaining about the problem. I am 100% convinced that this prevention works, we spent a year in Darwin where the schools have huge problems with the creepy little pests, our school had a nits blitz every month and rewarded kids who have been checked and treated with icey cups! And through the whole year, not one nit! And my daughter's hair is always shiny and silky. Try it, and let me know if it works for you. You only need about a table spoon of conditioner in about 250mL of water.
ps, while writing this post I think I have scratched my scalp right through to my brain!
Solution! Nit treatments are expensive! My daughter had a huge breakout once and over the course of about 4 weeks I spent over $80 on different treatments to try to get rid of the little buggers and they just didn't work! And some of them would smell so strong my daughter was walking around on cloud nine! My sister in law told me to use conditioner and a nit comb and comb them all out. This worked better than all the expensive treatments I tried, and was cheap as chips. You might have to do this a few days in a row in bad brekouts, but prevention is way better and easier than cure, and guess what, I found the prevention!
Prevention! Quite by accident, I stumbled upon what I have found to be a full proof prevention to nits! When ever I brush my daughter's hair in the morning I always spray it with a spray bottle with water and a little conditioner in it, originally I started this to make brushing easier as my daughter is a screamer when it comes to knots! One day I lost the spray bottle, I lost it for over a month, and that is when the big outbreak I spoke of before occured. When I had the outbreak under control I checked with the nit comb every day after school and would find the odd 1 or 2, I realised that after finding my tangle spray bottle and using it daily again that I was not finding any nits at all! Even when other parents in her class were still complaining about the problem. I am 100% convinced that this prevention works, we spent a year in Darwin where the schools have huge problems with the creepy little pests, our school had a nits blitz every month and rewarded kids who have been checked and treated with icey cups! And through the whole year, not one nit! And my daughter's hair is always shiny and silky. Try it, and let me know if it works for you. You only need about a table spoon of conditioner in about 250mL of water.
ps, while writing this post I think I have scratched my scalp right through to my brain!
Saving money- shop fortnightly and PLAN
We have just done a new household budget and I have come up with a really simple way of saving money. Shop fortnightly! Try this, log onto your internet banking and scroll down your transactions, (scary I know, if you are anything like me you avoid this like reverse parallel parking!) look at how much money you spend when you do your groceries! I spend $ grocery store, $ other shops near the grocery store, $on lunch at the shops, $ take away coffee, $ fueling up the car, $ drink at the servo, it all adds up! Have you heard the expression "poor men count their money in dollars, rich men count it in cents" I'll expand on this in another post, but basicly it means every cent counts and it all adds up, if you are diregarding the small amounts of money you are spending here and there, over a long period of time you are throwing away heaps! I figure if I do a big grocery shop once a fortnight I will be saving in 2 ways, I will be saving on all the extras you buy when you do the shopping, and I will save money by buying in bulk. This will be particularly relevent to the more costly items I use every day like nappies and wipes (have you ever added up how much money you literally spend on shit!) meat, fruit and veg.
It takes more planning, but in the end, the savings speak for themselves!
PLAN do a meal plan for the fortnight, plan exactly what you are going to have each night and make a shopping list. Be specific, 12 chops, 6 chicken legs, 6 chicken wings etc. Start your shopping list at the start of the fortnight so you don't forget anything, stick to your list when you do the shop and don't forget to take the list with you! Buy a cheap packet of freezer bags, buy your meat in bulk and divvy it up into meals when you get home before you freeze it. (how often do you eat an extra chop or chicken leg just because it's there and you don't want to throw it out, yes even though you eat it, it is a form of wastage, there goes another dollar! And an extra cm to your butt!)
Same with fruit, 6 bananas (allthough I you won't see them on my list at the moment $11.98kg!pheff!), 7 apples etc and also buy some canned fruit so you get just enough of the fresh stuff to last until it's getting "unfresh" then have canned fruit until the next shop, it's still full of nutrients, some even more so than so called "fresh" fruit, and you won't be throwing away rotton fruit.
Plan thoroughly and stick to your list and shop fortnightly = saving $$$$$$$
It takes more planning, but in the end, the savings speak for themselves!
PLAN do a meal plan for the fortnight, plan exactly what you are going to have each night and make a shopping list. Be specific, 12 chops, 6 chicken legs, 6 chicken wings etc. Start your shopping list at the start of the fortnight so you don't forget anything, stick to your list when you do the shop and don't forget to take the list with you! Buy a cheap packet of freezer bags, buy your meat in bulk and divvy it up into meals when you get home before you freeze it. (how often do you eat an extra chop or chicken leg just because it's there and you don't want to throw it out, yes even though you eat it, it is a form of wastage, there goes another dollar! And an extra cm to your butt!)
Same with fruit, 6 bananas (allthough I you won't see them on my list at the moment $11.98kg!pheff!), 7 apples etc and also buy some canned fruit so you get just enough of the fresh stuff to last until it's getting "unfresh" then have canned fruit until the next shop, it's still full of nutrients, some even more so than so called "fresh" fruit, and you won't be throwing away rotton fruit.
Plan thoroughly and stick to your list and shop fortnightly = saving $$$$$$$
Again with the "normal"!
Same 9 year old son: "it's good we are normal now"
Mum: "What do you mean?"
9 year old son: "Well before christmas we weren't normal, but now we have DS's and Austar we are normal"
Mum: "What do mean normal?"
9 year old son: "Like everyone els!"
Where does he come up with this rot! When did my kids become so... materialistic? What do I reply to this? "What ever takes the attention off your ADD and freckles son!"
Mum: "What do you mean?"
9 year old son: "Well before christmas we weren't normal, but now we have DS's and Austar we are normal"
Mum: "What do mean normal?"
9 year old son: "Like everyone els!"
Where does he come up with this rot! When did my kids become so... materialistic? What do I reply to this? "What ever takes the attention off your ADD and freckles son!"
From my 9 year old son
Son "Mum, why don't you come out and play like normal kids?"
Mum "Because I'm not a kid, I'm an adult"
Son "Well why are adults so....boring!"
hmmmmmm he has a point!
Mum "Because I'm not a kid, I'm an adult"
Son "Well why are adults so....boring!"
hmmmmmm he has a point!
Welcome
Welcome to my blog for Mums! I am assuming that by reading this you are probably a Mum yourself, so I'd like to start by saying congratulaions and well done! You have the most demanding job in the world! After all, we are raising the next generation of Australia! I recently posted on FaceBook asking for Mums to add to the following quote "I'm not JUST a Mum, I'm a....." and I realised that we are selling ourselves really short! I blinged up the replies a little and here's what I came up with...
I'm not JUST a Mum, I'm a
cook-gourmet chef, cleaner-domesticus spotlessicus, child carer-early years educator, hair dresser-follicle engineer, laundress-clothing alterations specialist, tutor, Doctor-Dr Mum MD, psychiatrist, party planner-events coordinator, taxi driver-chauffer, law enforcement officer-police, judge and jury, sex slave? bread winner, account keeper,driving instructor,swimming coach,lawn mower,cuddler, snot, spew and poo wiper-persona getsshitupona! And my favourite; LEGEND!
We do it 24/7, 365 days a week, hail, rain or shine, we don't get sick days, or superannuation or penalty rates, we do it all for the hugs and snotty kisses of those little angels we call our own! So there you go, time to update the resume! You are pretty darn Awesome if you ask me! Can you imagine how much you would get paid in a career with this job description?
As awesome as you are, sometimes the whole Motherhood thing can become a little overwhelming, and we could all do with laugh now and then, and if you are open to ideas to save you a dollar or a minute of your precious time then welcome, I wrote this for you!
I'm not JUST a Mum, I'm a
cook-gourmet chef, cleaner-domesticus spotlessicus, child carer-early years educator, hair dresser-follicle engineer, laundress-clothing alterations specialist, tutor, Doctor-Dr Mum MD, psychiatrist, party planner-events coordinator, taxi driver-chauffer, law enforcement officer-police, judge and jury, sex slave? bread winner, account keeper,driving instructor,swimming coach,lawn mower,cuddler, snot, spew and poo wiper-persona getsshitupona! And my favourite; LEGEND!
We do it 24/7, 365 days a week, hail, rain or shine, we don't get sick days, or superannuation or penalty rates, we do it all for the hugs and snotty kisses of those little angels we call our own! So there you go, time to update the resume! You are pretty darn Awesome if you ask me! Can you imagine how much you would get paid in a career with this job description?
As awesome as you are, sometimes the whole Motherhood thing can become a little overwhelming, and we could all do with laugh now and then, and if you are open to ideas to save you a dollar or a minute of your precious time then welcome, I wrote this for you!
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