I’ve been quiet on here. It started about a month ago, the worry began to set in and the fear grow. Usually my son has an MRI every 6 months to a year. Our Neurosurgeon gave us a reprieve and it has been two years since his last MRI, but gosh that two years went fast! (If you are new here, you can catch up on a previous post here – https://www.countingstars.com.au/2018/06/the-day-i-became-a-carer/ ) Really, I have remained very positive and getting on with my days. However the effects of the last few weeks have become apparent because my subconscious brain has been on high alert and working overtime. Consciously I can make myself slip into a mindful mode, getting on with everything day to day, hour by hour, minute by minute, but subconsciously after a period of time its like my conscious brain catches up to what is going on in the back ground. I’m not sure if I’m making sense or if this is technically right but that is how I feel, and I feel exhausted. This time my amazing husband took my son into the MRI which gave me a mental break from the flash backs……… Flashbacks […]
The Sunshine Blogger Award I started my blog just over two months ago, and it is scary to put yourself out there creatively. However I have been overwhelmed by the support within the blogging community, and I feel very honoured to have been nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award. The Sunshine Blogger Award is an award given to a blogger by their peers for being creative, positive and inspiring. Thank you to Samantha from Some silver linings for the nomination. You can read her lovely blog here www.somesilverlinings@blogspot.co.uk The rules for the award are: Thank the blogger who nominated you in a blog post and link back to their blog Answer 11 questions the blogger has asked you Nominate 11 new blogs to receive the award and write them 11 new questions List the rules and display the sunshine blogger award logo in your post Here are the questions Samantha has asked me to answer: Who is my celebrity idol? My celebrity idol is Kate Winslet, I have always loved her. I think she is so talented and I have always loved her movie choices. She appears to be a strong, intelligent and beautiful person. Where would you love to […]
A visit to the Bribie Island Butterfly house is a must if you visit the Northside of Brisbane. Situated on Bribie Island, it is a lovely day out, and combining your visit with a walk along the beach and lunch will fill in your morning or afternoon beautifully. Butterfly house has now been in operation for just over a year and on a sunny day you can expect to see up to 100,000 butterfly’s taking flight. A community project aimed at increasing the butterfly population on Bribie Island, their goal is to bring people together with a love and interest of butterflies to this not for profit tourist destination, with all profits given to charity. We have had the privilege to visit the butterfly house at Coffs Harbour as well, and although the Bribie Island house is not as big, it is just as beautiful. An ideal place to learn all about the different species as well as see the lifecycle of butterflies in action. An hour to an hour and a half is all you need to visit the butterfly house, it is lovely just to sit and watch quietly. It is also an ideal spot to get magical […]
Living the Invisible After diagnosis, we spent a few years getting my sons medication right. He was having daily seizures and so he was on anti-seizure medication for a few years, some worked for a time and then they would stop so his neurologist team would increase the dose or add new medications. There was a time when he was on three anti-seizure meds twice a day, and these still did not work. When my son started preschool he was drugged out, he was unable to retain information or learn. We were at the hospital emergency department every other day, and it was at one of these visits that I suggested to the team what would happen if we took him off all medication and just carried an emergency medication? Luckily one of the neurologists agreed and decided to give it a go. He has not been on anti-seizure medication since. We carry emergency medication where ever he goes, in case, I know we are lucky, other children are not as lucky. He still has seizures however the most common type tends to be absent seizures which are hard to medicate. We are very lucky that the other types of […]
I will never be a minimalist I love all things pretty shiny and sentimental. We are in the process of renovating our home and my current project is the study and through this process I am sifting through a lot of stuff. I have been putting it off for a long time (my eldest is 14!) Now is the time to make a start. I, like so many other mums, have so many photos, art works and trinkets argh, it is crazy. It continues to be a big process.
Since making a start, I have come across a lot of things from my childhood. Items like my old girl guide uniforms, school uniforms and year books and stamp collections. It got me thinking why on earth would I hold onto my old uniforms? Do other people have their old uniforms?
With the winter chills well and truly here in Queensland, Australia I have decided to try some soups out on my family this year. When I went back to work full time after my first child was born, my husband ended up taking over a lot of the cooking in our house hold. Being a busy family and over time we have become a family of set meals most weeks, we have steak night, roast night, BBQ night, spag bowl night. Of course, during the colder months, we start having more curry’s and casseroles, but we really haven’t been a family for soups. So, this winter I decided to try out some soup recipes and what better soup to have in your favourites but a chicken noodle soup.