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Well I just feel SO lucky! I have attended two
Sunny Mummy events in the past week! If you are a mummy, please visit Stacey's website, check out her
blog and definitely the
facebook page (if facebook's your thing)! Plus there is a bunch of tool and info on the main site.
But what is it? It's all about 'enjoying' not 'enduring' motherhood! Realising that you can't be the perfect everything to everyone, and especially if you aren't taking care of yourself first! It's a very supportive and uplifting community that I am finding is not only online, but in person also! It's recently been dubbed the Sunny Mummy Sisterhood! I love it :)
So the first event was the Buffet of Life breakfast at Darling Harbour on Saturday morning. I decided to make the most of my 'child free time' and caught the train into the city. And what do I do on this train... I read a book! A
Sophie Kinsella book! Pure luxury... So what was the breakfast about? Well all the things I mentioned above. Stacey spoke of the beginning of Sunny Mummy (read her blog for more info... I hadn't planned on crying), and spoke of her experience, and said so many things that really hit home. There was also a guest speaker
Joanne Felder who spoke of her experiences which lead to her new book (soon to be released) 'When hungry, Eat'. She talked to the similarities between food/eating and life, and our tendency to over stuff our selves. Very funny lady! I was also very fortunate to have been sitting at the table that 'won everything'! I won a
Health & Well-Being Journal as well as getting one of the jam packed goodie bags! You can check out Steph's Blog over at
MooBear Designs who also attended, and got some WONDERFUL pics! Sadly I forgot my camera. A new friend, Leanne has also blogged about the event
here.
And this morning I attended the Mums, Dads and Bubs club at Castle Hill RSL. It was a wonderful morning out, hearing from Stacey about the stages of Motherhood, and getting to chat to other lovely Mums! (No dad's today) There were so many times that Stacey would say something, and I wished we could pause and break into groups to discuss. Although this would have made for a very long day :-)
Has my life changed in the past week? Yes! How can I tell? Well I have taken two bubble baths for the first time in a long time, and I have deleted my series recording of Home & Away :-)
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Do yourself a favour and put a ray of sunshine in your life today!
xo
* A dust buster! I know, this is really really sad for a 30 year old woman, but I would LOVE one! Lately I have been on this organisation kick which includes cleaning, and having a 19 month old daughter (and a 30 year old husband...) it would be great to get out a little dust buster to pick up those crumbs rather than dragging out the big ole vacuum for the in between cleans.
* Kitchen bowls: I am greedy; I want glass ones AND plastic ones. This stems from a) me liking to cook and always trying to find regular bowls that I can use for mixing yummy ingredients in, and b) from a recent experience when I attempted to melt chocolate over boiling water and my lovely bowl was not heat proof :-( 
Some of our bigger milestones were celebrated in style. For the 5 year mark, we both took a week off work and jumped in the car with no destination in mind. At each major turn, we flipped a coin to decide which direction to take! It was one of the best holidays we have ever had. We went to places we never even knew about! And then for 10 years we went to Montreal & Toronto (living in California at the time). This was also our 'babymoon' :-)
