A Mother's Monologue

TAG – Blogging Tips

Posted on October 23, 2007October 23, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Yahoo! I've been tagged by the nomad of bloggers just when I needed it. I'm tired, I've had a long day, my eyes are hot and watery. My brain is not functioning, although that's not uncommon. But I still have some work to do. AND in order to.......click to learn what next.

Future contemplation of online sales

Posted on October 23, 2007December 2, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I've always wanted to have an online business knowing full well that it will be the best option for me since I have been forced made the decision to bring suffering upon myself stay at home with my children. Blogging is the beginning of my online pursuits but.......click to learn what next.

Gambling in our blood

Posted on October 23, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Oh my goodness, I just discovered an online casino. My mother has been a gambler for twenty years so it runs in the blood for us, that blasted gambling streak. Anyone who plays the stock market is a gambler. My brother in Australia is also a gambler. We're.......click to learn what next.

Help for increasing your credit standings

Posted on October 23, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

If your whole world is crumbling in on you and you think there isn't a way out, fret not as there is always a solution to every problem. I have been down and out before and have gotten out of serious bad credit twice over. It just takes.......click to learn what next.

Toddlers sharing their belongings

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee had a friend over today but because she's a snob, for some reason, she did. not. want. to share any of her toys. That is not usually the case, but today, lightning had struck, and everything that her friend played with, she charged over to terrorise. To.......click to learn what next.

Cancer cells spreading

Posted on October 22, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Today, my mother came over to take Tee and I out for tea. Bless her heart. The woman has been suffering a long time from her cancer and what more, now she is suffering from her whole mouth of teeth rotting one by one. She cannot eat!!! And.......click to learn what next.

Visiting friends in Dubai

Posted on October 22, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Yesterday, we met up with some lucky friends who were taking a holiday away from their two less than three year old toddler boys to Dubai. I've never been to Dubai myself but it is definitely on my to do list because one of my best friend's lives.......click to learn what next.

Symbolism of your wedding ring

Posted on October 22, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Don't tell me you got married without knowing what your wedding band means?! OK, I' didn't. It's just what everyone did and to be very honest, the Hubs and I don't even wear our wedding bands. Me, because it won't fit anymore and the Hubs, because he thinks.......click to learn what next.

I’m gonna hunt the &#%*#$@ down!

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

The one that's making this blog slow. There are still lovely people out there who are taking the time to inform me that this blog is still a problem for them and I want to thank them whole-heartedly for that. I have no idea why the blog is.......click to learn what next.

MIL and where to go for holiday

Posted on October 22, 2007October 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

For the past few years, my mother has been taking us on many holidays. Suddenly this year, my mother in law (MIL) has been asking us to go for holiday too with them. She has been bugging the Hubs to take leave so she can take us to.......click to learn what next.

How to find a partner at 40

Posted on October 21, 2007October 21, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This is what people over 40 do when they are not yet married. I know quite a few actually and one of them shared with me that they spend their time going to free live chat sites every night. What's that? I asked. He told me that it.......click to learn what next.

Snippets from the Lee household

Posted on October 21, 2007October 21, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee and I in bed, just about to have an afternoon nap. "Mummy, do you remember that Aunty Lynn who gave me that pwesent?" "No? Who is Aunty Lynn? Do you mean Aunty Linda?" [I know no Aunty Lynn] "No......Aunty Lynn, remember? She gave me that pwesent....?" [Mummy.......click to learn what next.

Unique wedding accessories and jewellery for the happiest day of your life

Posted on October 21, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Why are we going to Europe next year? My God sister is getting married in Holland and she is marrying a very tall Dutch hunk double her height so I'm sure that he will give her double the happiness too. It will be a blast as we've never.......click to learn what next.

The benefits of organising a baby shower

Posted on October 20, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My Baby Shower Cake We had Tee at a time when we could only afford rice and potatoes and were totally unprepared. So having a baby shower for us, was not only a big celebration of her impending arrival, but to maximise the cost savings on baby purchases........click to learn what next.

The choice of a lifetime partner

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee thinks you can make babies through hugging in private. Then she wonders why there is no baby after she leaves you behind closed doors for twenty eight seconds. She is taught that you can only marry someone of the opposite sex outside your family and that you.......click to learn what next.

Tee, the model…..

Posted on October 20, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

If you go to Lightsongs Photography and look under the section of CLIENTS, you will see Tee, in full splendour. Two and a half years old. You will also find her under the COLOUR section. Isn't she gorgeous??? I'd say that, wouldn't I?

My mind is a blank

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

*blank*

Bunion operation at fifteen

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

After almost suing an orthopaedic surgeon for leaving a foreign body in my wound, I didn't in the end because he was an old friend's father. But that oversight had cost me more than ten years of pain. I had had a bunion operation on both feet involving.......click to learn what next.

Toddlers and their sense of smell

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My little monkey woke up at exactly 2.03am. I was out here in the study when I heard a wail. "WAHhhhhh......I want Mummy....!!!" Bugger. Wasted a good ten minutes putting her back to sleep and she HAD to sniff my hand. Other toddlers have a binky, a smelly.......click to learn what next.

Network marketing – how do you feel about it?

Posted on October 19, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, a friend of my mother's invited us over for dinner to catch up. Off we trotted to a sumptiously delicious authentically cooked Indian meal. It was straight to the bog after (kidding). Did I tell you she makes a nasty moist chocolate cake? It was almost enough.......click to learn what next.

Head-hunted for a mega stressful job

Posted on October 19, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

During the course of my flash short lived career, I'd received several calls from head-hunters shopping around and hanging bait in front of my blindness in order to tempt me with more err......job satisfaction? The earliest and first meeting with an executive search firm was when I'd been.......click to learn what next.

My dress in October’s Tatler

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Before you get all excited, it's not one of those glamour ball gowns that you usually see in High Society magazines but a simple black boring dress that I got off the shelves in Australia. Cheap! Oh....and before I start blasphemising other people's fashion pursuits, perhaps I should.......click to learn what next.

Lizard post #2

Posted on October 19, 2007October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I got thirsty. The lizard is behind the fridge. I considered drinking off the tap in the guest bathroom but didn't have a glass. Who drinks water from cups? It is a pet peeve of mine. I cannot drink water off a cup or a mug. It HAS.......click to learn what next.

We managed to sell our house this month

Posted on October 19, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

For those of you who know me, we've been trying to sell our old house since October last year. It's taken exactly one year to flog it off and we've had to drop the price by 100k. I'm not kidding. Since I stopped being in employment five years.......click to learn what next.

In the quiet with my shadow

Posted on October 19, 2007October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Right now, I am writing from the study of my home and all I have for company is my shadow and a lurking 'cicak' (lizard) that lives behind my fridge. I usually stay within the cosy confines of my bedroom whenever I'm on the computer but today, my.......click to learn what next.

The planning for my London trip next year resolved!

Posted on October 19, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Thanks to this Hotel Reservations vendor whose name really doesn't justify it's breath of services. If you have no clue what I'm talking about, my family and I are traveling to Europe next September and I've been asked to plan the one month long excursion (which you can.......click to learn what next.

Book your Jersey Boys tickets early, folks!

Posted on October 18, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Have you heard of the Jersey Boys? They're a famous rock and roll band in the 1960's, way before we were born......but some of our modern day songs are taken from theirs, people. Walk like a man, Big girls don't cry...... Anyway, the Jersey Boys today is a.......click to learn what next.

Skiving school again tomorrow

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

After a killer day today, I'd be ready to send Tee back to school even if she had chicken pox, but tomorrow is Friday. And Friday is the day we go to my Mother's. So things will be slightly different. There is something we're looking forward to tomorrow.......click to learn what next.

Taking patience to a whole new level

Posted on October 18, 2007October 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Today, I allowed Tee to play truant because she faked had a runny nose and a wet cough. Relaxing day for me, I fantasised, since I didn't have to fight traffic or get off my butt to do the school run. We were invited to go out to.......click to learn what next.

Another tag about myself – Five Things

Posted on October 18, 2007October 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Thank you to this lovely lady for thinking of me. 5 things found in my bedroom: An extra large framed jigsaw puzzle of Van Gogh's Sunflowers done by my mother 20 selected Children's books - we rotate from Tee's book shelf outside A breakfast-in-bed table An oakwood antique.......click to learn what next.