Happy Friyay to you you! Last day of Term 3 for all the NSW public school kiddlets, so two weeks of freeeeedom awaits them. During the second week of hols (4 – 10 October), we’re off on a family holiday to the beach. I’ve got a delicious holiday planned for Maxabella loves… too. A week of outstanding writers blogging about “What my children have taught me about myself”, all culminating in a fab giveaway on Friday… so stay tuned, I’ll remind you throughout next week!!
I’ve learned a lot this week… but check out number one before you settle in.
1. So hard to find the time to read my massively long posts when there are so many other blogs to visit in the frenzy that is Friday. So in future I’m going to try not to learn so much.
2. Amazingly, it is possible to be funny and stylish at the same time. Who knew? Check out Woogy’s abode featured by Louise at Table Tonic. Love your style, Woogy. Love Louise’s blog too!
3. And then there were four reminded me that it makes no difference what your carb / protein / fat ratio is, just so long as you keep that kilojoules input less than your output, you’ll lose weight. I think the reason people think high-protein diets work is that you’re just cutting out an entire food group so you’re actually eating less.
4. A good way to help children deal with teasing is to let them know that they can’t choose what other people are going to say about them, but they can choose how they are going to let others’ make them feel. I actually think this is the sentiment behind the schoolyard chant “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me”. I’m not going to let your silly words hurt me, say them all you like.
5. Whether you work outside the home full-time, part-time or no-time, it’s important to remember that this is your life and no-one can tell you how to live it best for you. So if you’re stressed out and not coping, have a big think about what you can do to make things better. Ask for help, just say no, switch things up, live on less and make your life the best fit for you and your family it can possibly be.
PPS – Head on over to Lori’s for your weekly floggers with other fabulous bloggers.
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Little Ted Canvas says
Yay for holidays! We’re a week in & enjoying doing a whole lot of nothing! I agree with your playground learnings, very sound advice for kids, I try to tell mine the same, it really is a battlefield out there isn’t it. I love your posts Maxabella, thankyou for sharing & I’ll look forward to being grateful tomorrow…oh and this week I learned that I’m prety handy with a paint brush, that a house full of kids, friends & neighbours is a blessing even with the massive cleanup afterwards & that leaving kids to sort out their conflict is actually of great benefit to them, not so much child neglect on my part…x
Mira Narnie says
happy days for you to come having a holiday at the beach – yippppeee for you! I love what you learn in a week, but i’m wondering about point number 4 – i think this is great advice to one off hurtful comments kids say, but having been teased for 3 years of my high school life, words hurt no matter how much you tell yourself they dont! kids are so young and impressionable it really messes with their self-esteem. I think i would have preferred sticks and stones to hurtful words some days! I get your message, i really do and great if kids can be that confident to manage those nasty comments thrown their way! have a great day!!
x0xJ says
LOVED #4. It is so hard not to let those words affect you as an adult, but if there is one thing i can give my children it’s that i want them to love who they are, and accept who they are, and i’m starting them off on it young, because it’s so hard to re-train yourself as an adult.
Ohhh i hope you enjoy a wonderful week by the beach! Sounds…divine!
life in a pink fibro says
Eleanor Roosevelt was all over number 4. “No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Actually, I think I would have liked Mrs Roosevelt – she was also responsible for these corkers:
“It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”
“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”
“I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”
BabyMac says
I have learned SO much about organising, and packing and moving and ah, packing.
1. That the entire process is exhausting
2. That *somehow* in the very back of your cupboard tupperware containers and the like divide and breed and then don’t ever match up again
3. That I should have organised my cupboards 2 years ago and not now just before we move. I could have been happier, free-er all those years ago
4. We have SO MUCH JUNK and it feel REALLY good to throw some of that out. Really good. May I recommend?
5. That realising that you have to wash the platters and bowls from the very back of your cupboard as they are all grimy and dusty and yuck BEFORE they get put into a box is some fresh hell. Washing AND packing? I better enjoy the end result!
6. That bloggers are the most delightful, supportive, fabulous people in the world. A hard{ish} post I wrote this week proved that 100 folds!
7. That babies do NOT like the sound of masking tape. Especially in one of those dispenser thingys.
8. That checking blogs and twitter and FB is THE perfect distraction from the job at hand. What? WHAT?!
Anna Walker says
Wooooo! 🙂 I love love love this post. A lot, and that picture. “I am only Human.”
Perfect!
I have learned.
1. My english teacher is MEAN
2. I am getting excited again.
3. I really really don’t like other people talking loudly when I am trying to sleep.
4. I love blogging so much and the people that I have ‘met’ through blogging! 🙂
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cooperl788 says
I love the idea of naming some things learned over the week! This week I learned:
1. Spiders will live through a lot more than you think.
2. My husband is WAY more useful than I give him credit for. He’s been gone on a business trip and I’m struggling to manage his chores and mine.
3. Sometimes it’s best to just be direct and get to the point, even if it’s not an easy conversation.
I’m excited to stop by tomorrow!
Belinda says
I’m so excited for school holidays.
This week I learned that sometimes you have to listen more even when you don’t like what you here.
I learned that the best things in life are free.
I hope you have a lovely weekend M X
Suzie G says
This week I learned that my daughter was so much more excited than me, for the fact that it was my birthday – cake (for her), candles (so she could blow them out), singing ‘happy birthday’ (with such a great grin on her face), giving me a present (and working out that she doesn’t have her ears pierced and so she can’t wear my new earrings). Precious!
Kelly says
Learning to not take things personally (my version of not letting others dictate my feelings) has been a life-saver. I hope I can teach my children that skill.
Great list!
Wanderlust says
Isn’t Woog’s house funky and adorable? I loved it. I did a grateful post today. Can I link that up tomorrow?
So glad you’re going to have a chance to get away for a week. And aren’t you the commensurate organizer, with guest blogs already lined up!
Mrs Woog says
I learnt not to lie on a leather couch naked after a spraytan
MultipleMum says
I know it to be true, but wish I could live by it (No 3). Another thoughtful and fabulous weekly wrap up. I too checked out Woogsie’s abode. Total envy!
Lori @ RRSAHM says
Maxabella loves stuff, and I love Maxabella 😉
Bubby Makes Three says
I love your weekly ‘what I learnt’ posts!! This week? I learnt that I can.do.it. What, exactly? Why, anything I set my mind to. Like leaving the house with 2 kids. You know, that sort of world changing stuff….. have a great weekend!!
Ali {Mummahh} says
Ahh we are on school holidays already! This week i have learnt patience is the key! we have been indoors for 4 days whilst it has rained! (YAY FOR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND RAIN) ill pop by tomorrow.
x
Jodie at Mummy Mayhem says
Am especially LOVING No.s 4 & 5. Esp No. 4 actually. Great advice there, hon.
Have a wonderful couple of weeks! I’m looking fwd to no rushing out the door and some downtime with the kids.
At least, that’s how I feel right now. Ask me again after Day 5. 😉
Lou says
I feel very similarly to you.
One thing the blogging has taught me is that I need to slightly toughen up. My blog, although very innocently written, has elicited some rather extreme reactions!
It’s a revelation to me that ‘not everyone loves me’….. whoda thought!!! But actually that’s made me stronger.
Hope you have a great break and thanks for the marathon catch up on my blog… xx
fairchildstreet says
I have practiced #4 a fair bit in my life. Nobody makes me feel anything other than what I want to feel. Better to be in control of your own feelings. We are 1 week into the school hols and having fun and relaxing.
Lisa Griffin says
I just found your blog and quite love it! ohhh i remember going gradeschool in australia and those fabbbbulous breaks, sigh. #5 is perfect for me right now, thank you and have a fantastic weekend!
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Deer Baby says
I haven’t learned anything this week but I like the quotes by Al – Life in a Pink Fibro. I named my daughter after Eleanor Roosevelt. That would be Eleanor – not Roosevelt.
Gill@OurParklife says
Number 5 is the best point ever…Need to shout this one from the treetops to all the mums out there…actually to all the people out there…
You know, right now, I can’t think of a single thing that I learnt this week…Thankfully I have your Things I Learnt this week post to make sure I learnt something new!
Aubrey S. says
Great post. I’ll be linking up with you tomorrow; I’ve already scheduled the post. Have a great weekend
Kristy says
I have been trying to drive this point home with a kid I work with:
A good way to help children deal with teasing is to let them know that they can’t choose what other people are going to say about them, but they can choose how they are going to let others’ make them feel.
But I haven’t quite worded it that way. I like how you’ve worded it. Will try this angle!
Michelle Twin Mum says
What have I learn this week? That praising my kids and focusing on the positive has a far better effect than discipline and me getting cross. Patience works wonders….
Mich x
ChinkyGirLMeL says
That is a lot of learnings for the week. I guess everyday is another day to learn something new. I’m glad I found your blog. I love it. I already hit that follow button. Have a wonderful weekend sweetie.
Eastlyn and co. says
I need to keep a list as my mind draws a blank when put on the spot, but I know I learned something this week! I learned that I am out of practice dealing with wonderful, energetic, inquisitive 3-year-olds (I subbed in the 3-yr-old classroom at a church daycare this week. I needed a nap more than the kids when 12:30 rolled around). I also learned that buttercream frosting is probably not the best choice for ice cream cake. Finally, I learned that it’s going to take a lot more focus and dedication to get my kitchen looking the way I want it! *sigh* Miles to go before I sleep! Have a great weekend.