Misc Ramblings of an Almost Grown-Up Mum
Please bear with me as I find my blogging groove again. Things are a happening in the background. I will be launching my grown up personal site soon-ish. Isn’t it right, MummyK? Hehe.
In the meantime here’s my happy for today. You gotta agree, it’s all shades of Happy-ness. And OMG. I have some *major* boobage!
A cheesy Monday = #iHappyMonday
A while back, I’ve started a meme called iHappyMonday. The idea is to find the Happy in the Everyday Life. Capture it using the trusty iPhone and share it with everyone every Monday. Genius right? It went on for a few months. We had linkies and such. Then, like everything else. Life got so busy and I had to give it up. I’ve asked Ashleigh from MM is for me to mind it for me. She did for a bit then just like everything else. Life got so busy.
BUT. Now it’s back! I’ve decided to resurrect it. Because God knows, we need them happys. Life’s too short to be grumpy. (Oh yeah, Oprah’s in the house yo!)
You can join in too if you like. There’s still time. And if your timezone is behind Oz, then yayness. All you need to do is snap a pic of something that’s making you happy this mighty fine Monday. Upload it on Instagram and tag it with #iHappyMonday. How easy is that? Or, you can always put it on your blog. Tweet it or Facebook it. Doesn’t matter which SM platform, just show me your happys. Oh, make sure to tag it with #iHappyMonday, okay?
Mucho love,
Brenda
I am slowly slowly recovering from my #DPCON12 high. I may or may not have been napping like a 150 year old nanna and watching lots of trashy movies and oh, inhaling lots of chocolates. Good times.
I was hoping to do my wrap-up post but there’s lots of them already. Check them out here. I love reading them. Thank you all for such kind words. I am humbled and forever grateful.
Putting together DPCON12 was a massive undertaking. It’s about 6 months of my life. Give or take. But it’s all worth it. All worth it. But, I could not have done it without these people…
I am sure I may be missing some people here. But you know who you are. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Much much love.
Brenda
xxxxx
In about 72 hours (give or take), I will be opening the 2012 Digital Parents Conference. I have my speech planned out (mostly). It’s just a 5 minute welcome speech and I simply cannot wait.
This passage from one of my favourite bloggers pretty much sums up the reason why I do what I do.
This moment in history, the one that so many sneer at – the age of the ‘mommy blogger,’ the age of the ‘ladyblogger,’ the age of relentless storytelling about our children and our homes and our private lives and our private parts and our handbags and our diaper bags and all of that stuff that we previously only talked about over kitchen tables and backyard fences – is a radical moment because it is a cultural first. It is pushing a cultural transition. Women – and mothers especially – have never had a broad-based, widely-accessible, public platform for our stories. Now we have that platform. And we are using it. We are lifting the veil on the private sphere and we are telling our stories, our own stories, in our own voices.
And it is epic. We are epic.
Rock on mum bloggers. And I’ll see you all very very soon! Big love.xxx
I’m sure by now, you would all have heard of Joseph Kony and the atrocities that he’s done to the people of Uganda. I’m ashamed to say that up until yesterday, I know nothing of Kony.
But today, I have a chance to change that. And I’m going to do something about it. Because I can and because I want to.
There’s criticism about the way the campaign is being done. Words like over-simplification and how this issue is so much more complicated that we can ever comprehend. And how the organisation behind the movement is not transparent enough.
And I’m just gonna stop right here.
I have a voice and I’m gonna use it. Watch the vid and sign the pledge.
Edit: Joseph Kony is now hiding in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic (CAR). He’s been out of Uganda since 2006. What happened in Gulu is still happening in DRC and CAR. Read what Jacob Acaye, the Ugandan former child abductee at the heart of the Kony2012 film has to say at this Guardian interview. You can also find the official blog of the Invisible Children here.
The good folks over at Cancer Council NSW recently launched Fat Free TV. And no, the initiative is not a campaign to ban all those weight loss shows. Seriously, it’s not! Rather it’s an easy peasy way to help parents like you and moi understand just how much junk food advertising TV stations feed our kids.
And you can *rate* those TV shows spruiking a not so healthy amount of junk food ads directed to the kidlets. Genius right?
Here let me give you a visual:
Click on the image and you will be taken to the FFTV site. Then go crazy typing in your kidlet’s fave shows. You will be shocked just how much junk food ads are being shown.
Exhibit A.
Told you!
But why is Cancer Council doing this initiative? I can’t seem to connect the dots. (I hear you ask.) Well, let me give me you the lowdown then. According to Clare Hughes, Nutrition Manager at CCNSW…
One in 4 Aussie kids are overweight or obese. And most of these kids will grow up to become overweight adults with a higher risk of developing obesity related cancers such as bowel, oesophageal, endometrial, kidney, pancreatic and some breast cancers.
I dunno about you but that statement up there is enough to make me eat green leafy vegetables for the next 20 years. Hmmm. Green leafy vegetables.
Geez Brenda, stop blaming the TV ads. Parents are responsible for their children’s viewing habits. Just don’t let them watch any TV.
Well, we could probably do that but seeing that I sometimes need a virtual babysitter so you know, I can go to the toilet in PEACE. The TV is my ally. So banning the TV is not really a viable option at this stage. Ahem.
In all seriousness though. Advertising has got the pester power down pat. So if we can somehow *pester* those giant networks to stop or at least limit the amount of junk food ads being shown on TV then that’s got to be a good thing, right?
And if you don’t believe me when I say those ads are master influencers. Here, watch this clip.
Told you!
Go to their website and add your voice. C’mon do it. Consider it your good deed for today.
This post is not sponsored. The opinions are my own. I did however have been hired by CCNSW to put together the blogger event for them. And it was an awesome event, if I do say so myself. Check out the photos here!
So, a few weeks ago. The awesome peeps at my most fave toothpaste company in the world (MACLEANSMACLEANSMACLEANS) asked me if I would like to ask Le Frenchie Chef Manu Feildel a question and have him film a personal response.
Of course, I said yes! I can now cross off item #3764 on my life list. Ha!
Behold the finished product. Love tip #3. Thanks Manu. Hehe.
And the winner is….
MUM-ME. Congrats! Please email me at mummytime(@)gmail.com your postal details.
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You guys know that from time to time I organise and coordinate bloggy events on behalf of brands and PRs. Last Wednesday was my first one for 2012. And it was all shades of delightful!
Mainly because the venue was in The Wine Room. The. Wine. Room.
That up there is Flying Fish’s wine cellar. And it’s like six freaking metre wall of wine. 750 bottles of red wine suspended onto a rich gold coloured Thai silk wall covering. Could you imagine having one of those walls at home? Me want one!
So anyway, I invited a few mum bloggers to the event. Because I am all about sharing the bloggy event love. I wish I could invite everyone. But there’s this little thing called budget that I have to be mindful of. Buggers.
The event is the exclusive launch of Nature’s Own brand-spanking-new-super-yummy,-you-won’t-believe-it’s-fish-oil-can-totally-make-a-mango-daiquiri-out-of-it product. Or Omega Delight for short.
Seriously, no fish taste! I especially love the mango/peach flavour. My Mr10 loves it too. He keeps it in the fridge and glugs glugs about 1 tsp of it first thing in the morning. Nice.
What does fish oil do anyway? Well according to Miss Milena, the dietitian who was there on the day.
Our bodies do not produce Omega-3 fatty acids. But, oily fish like salmon and mackerel are mega-loaded with them. These fatty acids are good for us. They make our hearts, brain and joints in tip top condition. Ask Dr Google if you don’t believe me.
Melina said we should be eating fish at least 3 times a week. And no, fish and chips don’t really count. Well maybe it does. I’m confused now.
I gotta tell you though. Our family love fish and we love eating them. But sometimes, I am too lazy to cook ‘em. So, being a super responsible mother and all, I give my kidlets vitamin supplements including le-fish oil. I hate hate the fishy aftertaste though. You know, when you burp and you can totally smell it. Yuck.
Omega Delight does not have that yucky fishy aftertaste. WIN!
If you’d like to give them a go. You can buy them at Coles/Woolies for about $21.95.
Today though, I am giving away 3 bottles (Citrus, Pineapple and Mango/Peach flavours). Just because I am nice and all. First to comment wins it. How freaking easy is that?
And go!
PS. Giveaway open to Aussie residents only.
PPS. The giveaway will run for 1 week from today 23rd January 2012 to 29th January 2012.
PPPS. Make sure to leave your email address on your comment. Okay?
GOOD LUCK!
I wanted to post something profound-ish for my maiden post in 2012. I tried going all philosophical and shit but I am way too sleep deprived to string together a Zen post.
So I thought I’ll share with you this Youtube clip of Will.i.am and the Sesame Street gang instead. Because who doesn’t love Elmo???
One question though. Doesn’t Will look a bit stoned? No? Really? Well it’s just me and my sleepy brain cells then. Henjoy!
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