Making peace with my pandemic brain

 I think I'm suffering from a pandemic brain, but it's going to be okay...I hope.  

Hello, remember me?

I unintentionally took a month off blogging. It’s not like I didn’t try - I started blog posts here and there, but I couldn’t finish them. As I explained to my husband, it’s like I wanted to say things and then I didn’t want to say anything.

I haven’t been making much art either – just a drawing here and there. Could this be a creative block? 

Mom break - Realistic self-care ideas for stay-at-home moms

If you’re whizzing through your days in a blur of exhaustion, you need a break. Here are 30 self-care ideas for stay-at-home moms to help put the joy back into motherhood... 

To the mom who lost her job

Losing a job you enjoyed is hard enough without the pressure of having to try to find a replacement as a mom during a pandemic.  

Whether you were retrenched (made redundant) or felt a push to resign, job loss is an emotional, financial and career hit that takes time and effort to recover from. And you are not alone...

How can we stop climate change & what will we tell our kids?

We recently celebrated Earth Day, but what did we achieve by posting cute 'Happy Earth Day' messages online? 

In 2019, the UN scientists* warned that we have 11 years left to prevent irreversible climate change damage. So now we only have 9 years and, as a parent, this terrifies me. 

DIY haircut with hair clippers

I did it - I gave myself a DIY haircut with hair clippers. 

My split ends had split ends. It’s the only explanation for how fluffy my wild mane looked. I guess that’s what happens when your last haircut was in November 2019. A good haircut was long overdue.