Posts by: MissyBoo

Which Direction?

By On April 17, 2012 · 1 Comment · In girls, mutterings

This time two days ago, Boo had no idea who One Direction were. Last week, thanks to the very informative Twitter, was the first time I was aware of the One Direction phenomenon.

Boo’s first introduction was Sunday night at the start of The Logies, where One Direction performed. This was backed up with a [...]

This time two days ago, Boo had no idea who One Direction were. Last week, thanks to the very informative Twitter, was the first time I was aware of the One Direction phenomenon.

Boo’s first introduction was Sunday night at the start of The Logies, where One Direction performed. This was backed up with a day at vacation care where a bunch of tweens spent the day indoctrinating her to believe One Direction is the best thing E.V.E.R.

It won’t be long before Boo herself is a tween. I honestly don’t think I’m ready for that!

It’s bad enough that, despite the fact that I buy her age appropriate clothing, my little fashionista can mix and match the clothing in her wardrobe to make herself look like a mini-teen. Add to that an interest in boys, boy bands and a fair shot of attitude. I’m quietly shitting myself of what lays ahead!

There really is only One Direction, and that direction is up… Growing up! Whilst it’s exciting to think about the sort of person Boo will grow into, she’s my baby and I want to keep her like that as long as possible.

I don’t like that there are tweens influencing my little chick, enticing her to grow up quickly. I’m not prepared for the next phase.

I want time to stand still. I want to savour this time in her life, our lives. I don’t want to lose my job as the major influence in her life. I’m not ready yet.

 

Carry on Luggage and a Swag Bag

By On April 9, 2012 · 6 Comments · In DPCON12, mutterings

As it was I missed my flight home from Melbourne last week. In the fuzziness of my head at 7am, post the night before (DPCon12 Dinner Dance), I did not think to book extra luggage to get my swag bag home.

Carry on luggage allowance is 10kg on Tiger. I had no idea how much [...]

As it was I missed my flight home from Melbourne last week. In the fuzziness of my head at 7am, post the night before (DPCon12 Dinner Dance), I did not think to book extra luggage to get my swag bag home.

Carry on luggage allowance is 10kg on Tiger. I had no idea how much I carried over. Perth Airport did not weigh my carry-on unlike the nazi check-in staff at Melbourne Airport. My guess is, about 8 or 9kg accompanied me to Melbourne.

5kg needed to be dispersed prior to boarding in Melbourne, or pay $70 to check one bag!

I could have argued that at 59kg, I was already carrying way less than the average person boarding the plane… If I was not so hungover and foggy, I may have attempted inciting this argument.

First stop, the bathroom, pull on every piece of clothing I possibly could, and swap ballet flats for knee high boots.
Next, share the pasta goodness and baby accessories with the pram pushing mother who is watching on completely bemused.

Reweigh luggage. Bugger 2kg or so still to discard!

Lightbulb moment…

Comfy,stretch jeans to the rescue. Hallmark cards, iPad, notebooks, and cleaning products shoved into top of jeans.

Reweigh luggage. Still another kilo to remove!

Goodbye Viva kitchen and bathroom wipes, you will not fit in my jeans.

10.5kg and they are letting me go.

I walk around the bend and there are two large CCTV cameras hanging from the roof, not to mention the X-ray machine and the frisking man!

Key lightbulb moment number 2.

Drop swag bag contents all over floor and let everything fall out of jeans at the same time, then repack all in swag bag, put on X-ray conveyor, and hope Funniest Home Videos never get hold of the CCTV footage.

Even managed to smuggle through this photo booth photo, too.

 

I Missed This Moment

By On April 4, 2012 · 4 Comments · In DPCON12, parenting

Whilst away, being a mum on the loose, I missed a couple of special moments.

Not only did I miss a plane and miss Boo’s ballet recital. I missed her being the emcee at her school assembly. Thankfully Grandma took some video footage (not the best as she is an iPad learner but better than [...]

Whilst away, being a mum on the loose, I missed a couple of special moments.

Not only did I miss a plane and miss Boo’s ballet recital. I missed her being the emcee at her school assembly. Thankfully Grandma took some video footage (not the best as she is an iPad learner but better than nothing)!

And I am thankful to the lovely mum, who sent me photos from her phone on Friday whilst I was at the conference.

 

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What did you miss when you were at the Digital Parents Conference?

 

The Awesomeness of Bloggers

By On April 1, 2012 · 9 Comments · In blogosphere, DPCON12

Thank you Digital Parents Australia for the extreme exhaustion I am currently experiencing. There is absolutely no doubt that I am not the only blogger in Australia feeling this way.

I had an absolute blast!

I caught up with some of the handful of bloggy buddies I already had met IRL, I met up with [...]

Thank you Digital Parents Australia for the extreme exhaustion I am currently experiencing. There is absolutely no doubt that I am not the only blogger in Australia feeling this way.

I had an absolute blast!

I caught up with some of the handful of bloggy buddies I already had met IRL, I met up with those I already called my Internet friends, and found many more bloggers to add to that list.

My story begins with the dinner dance where I probably should have left when the lights came on. With the absence of parenting responsibilities for at least another 18 hours, I consumed more than my fair share of bubbly, and red.

Glowless and I procured ourselves a bottle of red, and had it under the table. The hotel staff were not to be outsmarted and sneakily removed it as they cleared the table. Off we went to try and retrieve our half bottle of red. They were not giving it to us!

Bring on Benny. Benny sent us down to the bar and provided the stragglers with enough wine to continue for a couple more hours. If you were about on Saturday, the stragglers would have been easily identified as those wearing their sunglasses inside!

All well and good… Except that I had a 7am flight!

I planned to go to my room, pack up my stuff, have a shower, and drink lots of black coffee.

What happened however was that after packing up all my stuff, I thought I’d lie down for a few minutes. What harm could it do? I had a wake-up call scheduled for 5am.

Now I’m not saying that the hotel did, or did not make that call, but if they did I missed it!

I woke up at 7am and spent the next hour, in a possibly still inebriated state trying to arrange another flight home! In the fogginess of my brain, I didn’t think to pre-purchase extra baggage but that’s tomorrow’s post!

I wasn’t overly distressed by the fact I missed my flight though the $250 it cost would certainly have been useful for Boo’s winter uniforms. I was distressed that I had promised Boo I would be at her ballet recital later that morning!

I am thankful for the loving I received from the bloggers I saw on Saturday morning. And I am especially thankful to Leanne from Deep Fried Fruit who made sure I got safely to the airport for my later flight. I am so glad someone as lovely as her won the Disney trip :)

 
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