Is being a “Housewife Superstar” all cupcakes and roses?
While doing my "Housewifey" thing today & cooking up a few meals for the coming week, I watched a great article on 60 minutes called "Housewife Superstars". (Don't be fooled, I don't usually cook on a Sunday for the week to come - it's something I'd like to get into the habit of doing more frequently though). For a while now I've been wondering where I fit in the whole hierarchy of womanhood/motherhood. I'm not your traditional "Stay at Home Mum" or "Housewife" like my mum was (dinner isn't on the table at 6pm and Daniel isn't bathed and ready for bed ...
Time to myself
I've made something miraculous happen this morning - I'm on my own, in a cafe just me and my macbook pro, writing (and I've got a coffee too - bliss). This is the first time since my baby Daniel was born (May 2008) that I have made the opportunity for myself to have some time on my own to come to a cafe and sit and write. You may notice the choice of words there - "made the opportunity". I have to admit, I've been a bit whiny about not having time for myself now that I have a baby and ...
What is your “Perfect Day”?
I came across this “Perfect Day” exercise last year - not sure who it originated with, but it was in an email newsletter I received & so I copied it into a notepad file on my mac with the intention of doing it myself someday. Well that was almost a year ago (as per the date when the file was created). It doesn’t seem like that long ago, which just goes to show how necessary the exercise really is. Here is what I extracted from the email: This is called the Perfect Day Exercise. It’s a preparation for living your life according ...
Weight Loss After a Baby – What is Best For You?
How many women do you know that have some issue with their bodies after having a baby? I haven't found any concrete statistics (and if you have, please share - I'd love to see them) but my intuition tells me that I'm not the only one struggling with getting my body (and my thoughts about my body) back into shape after having a baby. Well, I have a confession to make; I have been focussed on wanting to lose weight since I was in my mid twenties (so it wasn't just the pregnancies) and I have to admit it's all become ...
Winter has arrived in Melbourne – time to move North
Wow - the cold wintry weather has really hit Melbourne and there is still another month before winter officially starts. Another 6.30am training session this morning - all was ok when I got out of bed (apart from extreme tiredness after only 5 hours of sleep), but when I got outside (my personal training sessions are at my local park) it was only 7°C - very cold. It helps to keep visualising the amazing body I'm going to have in the coming months - my perfect beach body (what's perfect for me - not anyone else). With the cold weather starting already, ...
New Age Retro Mum is Nominated in “The Best Wordpress Design Contest”
Just a quick little announcement - a fellow Studiopress Premium Theme lover, Keller Hawthorne, has today (1st of August) launched a new contest - "The Best Wordpress Design Contest". This is an opportunity for new blogs launched in 2009 to get a little better known by the web surfing population. Being a new blog, I would really love it if you could vote for New-Age Retro Mum - the voting starts on the first of September - you can visit Kellers' site Fresh Eventure for more information. And of course if you have a blog that you have started this year ...
Making Changes
Have you ever wanted to make a change in your life but didn't know where to start? If you're feeling like this right now then join the club, because I am itching to make some big changes in my life and while ever I stay where I am, I feel frustrated, and sometimes even angry, that I'm not achieving the things I know I truly could. The not so good thing about feeling this way is that I'm venting this anger and frustration at people around me (e.g. my husband, my Mum), and after the frustration subsides, I know it's not ...
Scared to take the next step?
I've been talking (with my husband & family) for a while of doing something different with my life - something a bit daring (for me anyway) and now that the opportunity has finally presented itself, I'm a little scared to take that next step. The lead up to the "shakeup" The lease on our townhouse finishes at the end of June (2009). We received a letter from the real estate agent a few weeks ago asking if we were planning to renew for six or twelve months. Warren and I had a quick chat about it and decided we would go ahead ...
Vaccination Poll – Your Views
Unless you live in a cave (in which case you probably wouldn't be reading this), news of the "swine flu pandemic" seems to be the hot topic of the moment. We're being told by health authorities that a vaccine doesn't yet exist for the swine flu, only for the regular flu and the avian flu (remember that one from a few years back - not quite the epidemic the health authorities were predicting), so if it were to increase in Australia, the solution being promoted is anti viral drugs, until a specific vaccine can be created (not an overnight process). I'm ...
Male Midwife says Women should “Toughen Up”
[caption id="attachment_153" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Do women need to toughen up for birth?"][/caption] This was the comment from an article by a UK Male Midwife on the news recently. The headline was sufficiently intriguing that I watched almost the entire hour of news, waiting to see what angle this article would take and it actually turned out to be different than I thought it would. Any woman who has given birth and hears a man say that birthing women should “toughen up” would be tempted to give him a good knee to his private parts and then tell him to toughen up. Well, that ...
Are Vaccines “Dangerous” and “Ineffective”?
Vaccination seems to be a hot topic at the moment, so while the interest is there, I'll continue to share (that rhymes). Another article I saw tweeted recently shared some interesting snippets about vaccination. The article "Historical Facts Exposing the Dangers and Ineffectiveness of Vaccines" is from the website Vaccination Debate. (As with all of this information that I come across, I recommend reading it with an open mind.) In 1871-2, England, with 98% of the population aged between 2 and 50 vaccinated against smallpox, it experienced its worst ever smallpox outbreak with 45,000 deaths. During the same period in Germany, with a vaccination ...
Vaccination – The Right to Choose
Here in Australia we have a current affairs program on Sunday evening on the Seven network called "Sunday Night" - a little like 60 Minutes. This past Sunday their was an article on Vaccinations, sparked by the death of 4 week old baby Dana, who reportedly died of whooping cough. Channel 7 was inundated with calls and emails regarding this story and going by the results of their poll "Do you think immunisation should be compulsory?", as of this evening, out of 4414 respondants, 27% voted yes and 73% voted no. Because of the enormous response, there will be a follow up story ...
Should Both Parents be at Home?
[caption id="attachment_135" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Children need to spend lots of time with their Dad's too"][/caption] In my last post on "Housewife Superstars" I shared my beliefs about mums being at home with their children - I am aware that not all share this belief - each to his (or her) own - whatever works for you. This is simply my belief based on what I have experienced in my life. I also commented that I thought that dads should be at home too and today I came across an article called "What About Dad's?" that discussed the role that dads play in ...
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Is Having a Massage Weekly Too Much?
I’m about to indulge in my one hour massage and i’m wondering how I can make this a weekly occurrence? Read More →
Testing Wordpress on my iPhone
Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve shared any new on here – time really does get away when you’ve got a small child. I have installed Wordpress on my iPhone and this is a trial run to see how it works. If it looks ok, it might just be the thing that will allow me to post on a more frequent basis. The only drawback so far is typing on a little “soft” keyboard. I’ve... [Read more]
New Age Retro Mum is Nominated in “The Best Wordpress Design Contest”
Just a quick little announcement – a fellow Studiopress Premium Theme lover, Keller Hawthorne, has today (1st of August) launched a new contest – “The Best Wordpress Design Contest”. This is an opportunity for new blogs launched in 2009 to get a little better known by the web surfing population. Being a new blog, I would really love it if you could vote for New-Age Retro Mum... [Read more]
Weight Loss After a Baby – What is Best For You?
How many women do you know that have some issue with their bodies after having a baby? I haven’t found any concrete statistics (and if you have, please share – I’d love to see them) but my intuition tells me that I’m not the only one struggling with getting my body (and my thoughts about my body) back into shape after having a baby. Well, I have a confession to make; I have... [Read more]
Male Midwife says Women should “Toughen Up”
Do women need to toughen up for birth? This was the comment from an article by a UK Male Midwife on the news recently. The headline was sufficiently intriguing that I watched almost the entire hour of news, waiting to see what angle this article would take and it actually turned out to be different than I thought it would. Any woman who has given birth and hears a man say that birthing women should... [Read more]
What is your “Perfect Day”?
I came across this “Perfect Day” exercise last year – not sure who it originated with, but it was in an email newsletter I received & so I copied it into a notepad file on my mac with the intention of doing it myself someday. Well that was almost a year ago (as per the date when the file was created). It doesn’t seem like that long ago, which just goes to show how necessary the exercise... [Read more]
Should Both Parents be at Home?
Children need to spend lots of time with their Dad's too In my last post on “Housewife Superstars” I shared my beliefs about mums being at home with their children – I am aware that not all share this belief – each to his (or her) own – whatever works for you. This is simply my belief based on what I have experienced in my life. I also commented that I thought that... [Read more]
Is being a “Housewife Superstar” all cupcakes and roses?
While doing my “Housewifey” thing today & cooking up a few meals for the coming week, I watched a great article on 60 minutes called “Housewife Superstars”. (Don’t be fooled, I don’t usually cook on a Sunday for the week to come – it’s something I’d like to get into the habit of doing more frequently though). For a while now I’ve... [Read more]
Funerals or Birthdays – What matters more?
Life is a journey, appreciate each day of that journey Strange question I know – but something I’m asking myself today. My little boy Daniel is celebrating his first birthday this Friday – an exciting time for any parent, a particularly happy occasion for us, given our history. Let me explain – in a nutshell (I’ll save the full story for another day), my daughter Isabella... [Read more]
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