Today I have hit a wall. I know what you’re thinking, it’s not Monkey #2, she’s a great baby and all is going as well as can be with a one week old – I’m in love. It’s apartment hunting. We are living in an apartment leased by Big Monkey’s work as part of our …
No one talks about the three month period after you have the baby. I know the first time I envisaged it would be effortless breasfeeding, a sweet smelling giggly baby and me being at the best weight of my life due to breastfeeding. Reality was that breastfeeding was a bitch in the beginning, though my …
Today is 11/11/11 and because this is considered to be an auspicious day that rolls around once a century the world has gone berserk with record numbers of people tying the knot, and making wishes at 11 minutes past 11. I am not a big believer in that sort of stuff, so instead I choose …
New York city is home to well over 8 million people (over 1.5 million in Manhattan alone). Add to this the millions of people that visit the city as tourists every year and that is a whole lotta people. In a city with this many people, a percentage of these people are bound to be a …
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If you’ve had a look around this blog, you’ll know that I am a big fan of bucket lists, goal setting, writing your ambitions down – whatever you want to call it, basically planning to achieve in Oprah’s words “your best life”. I have a list of 100 things that I would like to do …
If you have read any of my past couple of posts you will know that I have just recently had Monkey #2 – on November 4 at 10:45 PM to be precise. She weighed in at just 6lbs exact and is just beautiful. We are all in awe of her, including Monkey #1. In light …
The Onion story that brought tears to parents’ eyes Read More »