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Things I know...

  • Agencies asking for professionals who are leaders in their field, will have no such applicants because THOSE people already have jobs!
  • When you feed your children delicious, nutritious food, they'll whine about what's for dinner, but when you tell them it'll only be 2 minute noodles and packet soup this week, they'll whoop and cheer they way you would over the previous week's menu...
  • Finishing a stressful course is anticlimatic.
  • If you tell your 4 year old he can only have a dog when and if his dad DIES, said 4 year old will LOUDLY make plans for AFTER DAD DIES while on public transport...
  • Inspiration never comes to those who wait...
  • If you buy 39kg of bananas in preparation to go on a banana feast in your first fortnight of being raw vegan, you'll be giving away loads of bananas and bake a lot of muffins and make milk based smoothies that first week.
  • Winter is cold, into the marrow of you bone cold, can't get warm except under the shower cold, difficult to motivated yourself off the couch in front of the fire, COLD!

Comments

katef said…
AH my girls are big on asking various relatives..."when you're dead can I have...??"
Not everyone finds it as endearing as I do! LOL
12:50 pm
shae said…
I totally hear you about the healthy food thing. My kids literally dance and sing at the shopping centre if I buy white bread
9:08 pm
Harish said…
Pearls of wisdom.
11:22 pm
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