It’s easy to let the ‘should haves’ and the guilt overwhelm you. It’s easy to the let the things that go wrong seem so much bigger and more important than the things that go right. It’s easy to let all the times you’ve been grumpy, or busy, or stressed, or anything but perfect, define you […]
Things I Know About Perfection.
Can you believe that October is almost said and done? That scares me more than I care to admit! The fact that our veggie garden is still not weeded, the fact that my To Do list is still twenty miles long, the fact that we are already on that slippery slide towards Christmas and the […]
Wordless Wednesday – My Imperfect Home.
“The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.” – Thomas Moore. “You can do anything, but not everything.” – David Allen “Everything will be ok in the end. If it’s not ok, it’s not the end” – Unknown A late (almost) Wordless […]
Imperfect Mondays and a free Printable Postcard
Mondays are one of those insane days where I feel like I am constantly running round in circles and dropping all the balls in the process. It’s a day where I seem to do nothing more than drive back and forth between school and home and kinder and home and school and kinder and home […]
I am Imperfectly Perfect
My fingernails are never clean. My boobs are too big. I am boringly practical and I worry too much. I tuck the flap of my belly into my jeans and try to ignore it. I have no waist, no bum and shoulders broader than most men. Sometimes I can only see my flaws. I only […]
In a Perfect World…
“In a perfect world…” How often do I write those words here? How often do I think them? I am constantly measuring myself, my parenting, my home, my blog, my life, against this unattainable standard of perfection. I am constantly feeling bad because I don’t quite meet my lofty expectations. I am constantly wasting time […]
Crocodlie Eats Giant Grasshopper.
The house was finally quiet as I walked into the bathroom to deal with the aftermath of three children all vying to look in the tiny mirror while they brush their teeth. And as I wiped the toothpaste off the basin, the wall and finally the shower screen I saw something that made me laugh. […]
My Perfectly Imperfect Life – Day 5
Her hair is always full of knots. He cries, sometimes quite a lot. He hides in the corner and pretends the world doesn’t exist when something goes wrong. Sometimes he won’t settle anywhere but in the sling. They can only play together for five minutes before it descends into chaos. He has the best grumpy […]