Tee, the model…..

Posted on October 20, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

If you go to Lightsongs Photography and look under the section of CLIENTS, you will see Tee, in full splendour. Two and a half years old. You will also find her under the COLOUR section. Isn't she gorgeous??? I'd say that, wouldn't I?

My mind is a blank

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

*blank*

Bunion operation at fifteen

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

After almost suing an orthopaedic surgeon for leaving a foreign body in my wound, I didn't in the end because he was an old friend's father. But that oversight had cost me more than ten years of pain. I had had a bunion operation on.......click to learn what next.

Toddlers and their sense of smell

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My little monkey woke up at exactly 2.03am. I was out here in the study when I heard a wail. "WAHhhhhh......I want Mummy....!!!" Bugger. Wasted a good ten minutes putting her back to sleep and she HAD to sniff my hand. Other toddlers.......click to learn what next.

Network marketing – how do you feel about it?

Posted on October 19, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, a friend of my mother's invited us over for dinner to catch up. Off we trotted to a sumptiously delicious authentically cooked Indian meal. It was straight to the bog after (kidding). Did I tell you she makes a nasty moist chocolate.......click to learn what next.

Head-hunted for a mega stressful job

Posted on October 19, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

During the course of my flash short lived career, I'd received several calls from head-hunters shopping around and hanging bait in front of my blindness in order to tempt me with more err......job satisfaction? The earliest and first meeting with an executive search firm was.......click to learn what next.

My dress in October’s Tatler

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Before you get all excited, it's not one of those glamour ball gowns that you usually see in High Society magazines but a simple black boring dress that I got off the shelves in Australia. Cheap! Oh....and before I start blasphemising other people's.......click to learn what next.

Lizard post #2

Posted on October 19, 2007October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I got thirsty. The lizard is behind the fridge. I considered drinking off the tap in the guest bathroom but didn't have a glass. Who drinks water from cups? It is a pet peeve of mine. I cannot drink water off a cup.......click to learn what next.

We managed to sell our house this month

Posted on October 19, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

For those of you who know me, we've been trying to sell our old house since October last year. It's taken exactly one year to flog it off and we've had to drop the price by 100k. I'm not kidding. Since I stopped.......click to learn what next.

In the quiet with my shadow

Posted on October 19, 2007October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Right now, I am writing from the study of my home and all I have for company is my shadow and a lurking 'cicak' (lizard) that lives behind my fridge. I usually stay within the cosy confines of my bedroom whenever I'm on the.......click to learn what next.

The planning for my London trip next year resolved!

Posted on October 19, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Thanks to this Hotel Reservations vendor whose name really doesn't justify it's breath of services. If you have no clue what I'm talking about, my family and I are traveling to Europe next September and I've been asked to plan the one month long.......click to learn what next.

Book your Jersey Boys tickets early, folks!

Posted on October 18, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Have you heard of the Jersey Boys? They're a famous rock and roll band in the 1960's, way before we were born......but some of our modern day songs are taken from theirs, people. Walk like a man, Big girls don't cry...... Anyway, the.......click to learn what next.

Skiving school again tomorrow

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

After a killer day today, I'd be ready to send Tee back to school even if she had chicken pox, but tomorrow is Friday. And Friday is the day we go to my Mother's. So things will be slightly different. There is something.......click to learn what next.

Taking patience to a whole new level

Posted on October 18, 2007October 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Today, I allowed Tee to play truant because she faked had a runny nose and a wet cough. Relaxing day for me, I fantasised, since I didn't have to fight traffic or get off my butt to do the school run. We were.......click to learn what next.

Another tag about myself – Five Things

Posted on October 18, 2007October 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Thank you to this lovely lady for thinking of me. 5 things found in my bedroom: An extra large framed jigsaw puzzle of Van Gogh's Sunflowers done by my mother 20 selected Children's books - we rotate from Tee's book shelf outside A breakfast-in-bed table.......click to learn what next.