I’ve been in hibernation the last couple of months on the blog front. After a lovely time off with my darling children, reality hit and I had to return to the rat race. Life has been consumed with treading water in stormy seas, the perfect analogy for a working mum, but things are starting to settle down now.
My challenge of trying to be sustainable, chosing organic and lightening my environmental footprint has somewhat relegated to “must do tomorrow” but the elephant in the room has had enough of being ignored!
Thankfully to coincide two things have renewed my enthusiasm.
- The first is the book What’s Mine is Yours – The Rise of Collaborative Consumption by Rachel Botsman. I’m a quarter of the way through and completely inspired. I’ll share in another post the gist of the book.
- The second is visiting again the fabulous Reverse Garbage centre in Marrickville (see my previous blog post about this great resource). This time, my daughter and I went crazy digging in great vats of bins filled with scraps of fabric with a mission to find dusty pinks, shocking purples, muted yellows and all the hues that little girls love. We ended up with a bag full to the brim all for $5. So both landfills and my wallet were happy. And the end result…. A very happy little girl and a renewed enthusiasm from my part..
When pregnant, I bemoaned my increasing girth apart from one DD aspect. Yes my breasts went from an average B/C measurement to a jaw dropping DD! Of course, this necessitated the purchase of new bras (HotMilk & Cake make gorgeously sexy pregnancy/nursing ones for those interested ) to celebrate them in all their glory. But now I have wrapped up read more
I swear it was only yesterday that my little one was wearing 00 clothing but today she’s graduated to size 1. From the generosity of friends & relatives with their “gently worn” donations, her sibling’s hand me downs and a wonderful array of new outfits gifted, Ellie has not been wanting in the clothing department. But now have an overflowing read more
It is Summer in Australia. The mercury is soaring, cicadas are singing, BBQs are cranking and icecream stands are making a brisk trade. Summer is also the season of festivals with promoters capitalising on clear skys to host large scale outdoor events. Next week, it is the massive Big Day Out touring festival’s turn as it makes a 2 day read more
A couple of days ago I received a comment that was critical of a couple of my “slip ups” . When I created this blog and essentially opened up some aspects of my life for public viewing I was cognisant of the potential for negativity or non-constructive comments. After all, everyone has their view from sitting on a different read more
Have you ever seen an obese eco-warrier? A gargantuan person living off the grid, who grows their own vegetables, rides their bike for commuting and makes decisions on food to eat based on carbon miles or organic principles? Thought not. Obesity tends to be associated with excess consumption, a sedentary lifestyle and lots of meat. Not many vegetarians I would read more
As the year staggered to an end, the media flooded their outlets with stories and advertisements regarding weight loss and quitting smoking Either weight loss or quitting smoking invariably end up on most people’s New Year’s resolution list as a new year is such a great catalyst to think about transformation. And yes I’m one of the many in hoping read more
Two days ago, I posted on Facebook my 2011 resolution - … more belly laughs, less sobbing, more savouring, less negativity, more dark chocolate, less fat and more cherishing. 2010 has been tumultuous, emotionally fraught year with wonderful highs and painful lows and along the road some wake up moments about seizing the day and also being less selfish (which read more
It’s New Year’s Eve! And along with a few million or so of my fellow Sydneysiders I will be watching the Sydney Harbour fireworks spectacular from one of the many vantage points dotted along the foreshore. Currently the sky is a perfect blue, the temperature is sitting at 27degrees and the wine is chilling. Earlier, up the street for my read more
