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Eat, Pray, Love

I have recently come to relish a particular time of day. It's a time when both of my little boys have their midday nap and I can stop everything and take a little time out. Laundry can wait. Washing up can wait. Tidying the toys can wait.

Silence has become a precious commodity and I have started to fall back in love with peace and quiet. I have boycotted the TV so Ellen and Oprah, I'm sorry, no more. A new book has taken precedence over eye candy and my latest choice is a timely read. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert is a wonderful personal journey of female self discovery and has re-ignited my love of reading.

Tourist in my own town

I had a spontaneously independent afternoon yesterday, where after a rather uninspiring trip to the dentist, I went to meet my sister in law and her husband (visiting from New Zealand) for lunch. My good husband looked after the boys while I supped on a very satisfying Japanese beer and enjoyed a glistening view of Sydney harbour.

Realising this experience was all too foreign to me, I threw out all guilty mother feelings and memories of that dentist's chair, and transformed myself into a would-be tourist. I then started to see the city in a different light...

So while meandering through the city foreshore we came across a couple of interesting sites. Had that beer gone completely to me head or did we really see a giant spider hiding under an overpass? Could we really have seen a boulder with a slightly unbecoming stare plonked on a very sorry looking sportscar right in the middle of a roundabout?

And when we told of our afternoon discoveries thankfully I had some evidence to prove our tall stories. Being a tourist in your own town opens up a wonderful window of treats and you see things you normally completely miss when rushing around. I highly recommend it!

Where The Wild Things Are

Ok so my friend Tami has just informed me of a terribly exciting event... Spike Jonze has made what looks like an unbelievable movie version of the children's classic story, Where The Wild Things Are. Is this going to be the Labyrinth for our kids generation? Let's hope so...here's the trailer

Twit a Whooo

So week one in blogdom has passed and I am already all the richer in my blog knowledge. While exercising my mouse I finally succumbed to the Twitter sign up page; so come on, can someone please explain why we need to know the tiniest details of everyone? Does this mean that we are making nosy-parkers socially acceptable now?

I am completely guilty I will admit it, I did sign up. Now I can keep in touch with everyone from my sister to Al Gore. I am still a little bewildered by it though... Do I share whether I washed my hair, if Jack ate all his dinner or which side I woke up on? Isn't there a section of Facebook that 'Twitters' already? Is this all just the biggest waste of time or a social phenomenon for people who are far too busy to even write emails now?

A couple of weeks ago I received a lovely thank you card, yes, through the post and hand written. It made me think about how seldom this mode of communication is used now. Texts or emails have taken over and the personal touch is all but fading. Is it time that we reconsidered this more intimate form of communication or are we all just too fast and furious to stop and take the time to write?

Bandana Bibs

OK so how many of you have a collection of bandanas still lerking in the bottom drawer, saved from the days of wearing them bandito-style when it was oh so super-cool? Now that the trend is (thankfully) passed, and you have a little person in your life (who loves to vom on your shoulder JUST when you are about to head out the door for that well earned monthly date night), here's an idea that is both friendly to the environment and your pocket. Why fork out $20 for a fancy bib when you can dig out your old scarves and turn them into super-cool bibs!

(Blue bandana modelled by a very handsome Charlie)

Max the Graff

I walk past this little guy almost every day on my way to the playground. He is Max from "Where the Wild Things Are"and has made it onto a few walls around our area. If you don't already know this story it is a must for your little one's library. My two girlfriend's, Yolanda and Bel helped me identify him as I would look at him and think, oooooooooooh who is this little one again and it would drive me nuts!