suritabotha commented on the post, Repair And Protect, on the site Helen_77
Ohh I feel your pain about the can’t eat certain things. Since I’ve cut out white bread even my stomach is flatter but obviously I crave anything and everything with white bread, toasted cheese, French...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Food and allergies, on the site Mom on the...
Ohhh I love that Honey and oats bread. Well I’ve celebrated reaching my ideal Comrades weight this morning with a can of Coke and Niknaks! So don’t feel bad about the KFC.
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I’ve been on a desperate quest to find something to help me get some relief from the constant sinus infection. OK, cutting out white bread made a dramatic difference but I’m still struggling. At the...
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Cortisone is great but not good just before Comrades. The no talking whilst oil pulling is now turning into a game with Zoe – almost like charades and she absolutely loves it, even Hubby joins in!
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It is really such a strange thing to do but it really works! Another bonus is that you sleep much better as well!
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, 2 or 3?, on the site doubly excited!
I’m with Helen on having just one. However I do sometimes think it was one of the most selfish decisions I’ve ever made. I think the chances of a having a different sex 3rd child if the first 2 were...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Comrades blues, on the site Mom on the run
Sorry I don’t!! But just google Knitting patterns for hats and you’ll find a whole treasure trove of hats. BTW I buy all my wool from that little place in Boksburg.
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Bonus Se Gat!, on the site Helen_77
I feel like you do. The most incompetent fools that is always crying about a shortage of money get the increase but the quiet ones just keeping their heads down and doing their work is kicked in the...
View Articlesuritabotha wrote a new post, Comrades 2013, on the site Mom on the run
I’ve been the best prepared in terms of training but I had my worst Comrades ever. At least I know it wasn’t just me but everybody. Normally about 20% of the starters at Comrades fall out, this year...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, How can I help?, on the site doubly excited!
Never underestimate that little voice at the back of your head – it can give you some very very powerful messages. Good luck with the quest to find your niche in the help against child abuse.
View Articlesuritabotha wrote a new post, Sandwich generation, on the site Mom on the run
I’ve read about the sandwich generation and I find it extremely apt for my situation at the moment. I have my mom that’s been quite sick on the one side and then Zoe with all her various activities...
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Thanks H! At least we had a very quiet long weekend so I’m starting to feel like a human being again! Why so quiet?
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Comrades 2013 has left a mark on my soul, it’s now 3 weeks after the race and I still don’t know if it is a positive or a negative mark. My previous 3 Comrades’ were all positive and I could take and...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, What would you do?, on the site Honey Kids
You have given me a mini heart attack just to think about a time that Zoe won’t be able to go to after school care or don’t want to come to the office with me. At this precise moment she is sitting...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Ho Hum, What To Say, on the site Helen_77
Glad to see you are still alive! I’m always soooo relieved when the birthday party is out of the way for a year.
View Articlesuritabotha wrote a new post, How to save a friend from an abusive...
So my blogging friends I need your wisdom today. A very very good friend of mine – I’ve always seen her as an extremely strong, independent woman and now she is in love with an abuser. He has hit...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Educations vs Parents, on the site Dads...
I find it heart breaking that our government feel so little for the people in this country that they try and keep them uneducated. Some of the first upraisings in this country was because of the...
View Articlesuritabotha wrote a new post, Get the other post of the front page, on the...
So I have to write something now to get my other post of the front page. It is cold and I’m really looking forward to summer. Trust your instincts people – talk is cheap but that little voice in the...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Home Made Bread, on the site Helen_77
No you have no need to feel guilty. Maybe baking is her escape from her hectic life? You have other ways of unwinding. I love baking, cooking, reading, knitting and all the other home body stuff and...
View Articlesuritabotha wrote a new post, Always silent, on the site Mom on the run
Ok so I have to ask why I always choose to stay quiet when people lash out at me, be it on Facebook, in an e-mail or even verbally. I always stay quiet because I have been brought up to show them I am...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Always silent, on the site Mom on the run
Thanks Helen. I give the same advise to Zoe, play with somebody else. I’m giving myself that advise now!
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Back to blogging, on the site The journey...
You are very very brave.
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, New Cars, Old Cars, More Money & One...
Goodness gracious – every time I read about the ex I want to go out, find her and give her a big fat smack, how can she always expect you to just cough up money. I’ve given up on having a clean car –...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Inflation ?, on the site Helen_77
I’m sorry but if you don’t have the money you don’t spend it. I’m sure a matric farewell does not have to cost in the excess of R10K. Maybe Deblet can shed more light on this subject. Good luck to your...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Dreaming of another….., on the site Notes...
Zoe will be 7 in January and I beyond broody – however I think it is a reaction to getting closer to 40 and knowing that my child bearing years are almost over. Our lifestyle is shellfish and I can’t...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Another step in our journey, on the site...
A very very good friend of mine went to Vitalab about a year ago and is now the proud mommy of a twins – born on the 30th of August. This was after numerous failed attempts with other doctors. You have...
View Articlesuritabotha wrote a new post, Kids getting hurt, on the site Mom on the run
OK firstly – the horror of the two toddler sisters murdered – what kind of society do we live in where things like that happens on a daily basis – we can’t keep on blaming the government and everybody...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Child murders: what’s wrong with our...
I can’t understand what goes on in the minds of people like this. Hi-jackings, house invasions and break ins – all have the motive of money so even though it’s not right I can in a way understand it....
View Articlesuritabotha wrote a new post, Meddlesome old woman, on the site Mom on the run
Yep I’ve turned into a meddlesome old woman. For the past year I’ve been sharing the road with a school boy on a yellow scrambler. He is beyond arrogant and reckless on this thing and I have now...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Meddlesome old woman, on the site Mom on...
Yes I must admit I don’t know if there will be any consequences for the boy but at least I tried.
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Meddlesome old woman, on the site Mom on...
I agree – I’m so paranoid about motorcycles anyway – I think Zoe will walk regardless!
View Articlesuritabotha wrote a new post, A lesson for us all, on the site Mom on the run
This is another story that is starting as a runner story but has evolved to teach me so many lessons. In our running club we have a coloured family – Dad and son both run and they have joined us on our...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, A lesson for us all, on the site Mom on...
It is great – I feel more positive and happier everytime I see something about him on FB or on BBM broadcast.
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Meddlesome old woman, on the site Mom on...
Thanks Mama-cat – as an update – I saw him again yesterday morning and he was actually driving carefully and mindfully. Let’s hope it stays like that.
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Security, on the site doubly excited!
It is such a horrible issue and difficult to have answers for every situation. After a scare with Zoe at a running race when she took off like a hare when she couldn’t see us we taught her to stand...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Wake me up…, on the site doubly excited!
Zoe is getting some Le Creuset Kiddies cooking stuff – they had a special in June where you get 3 for the price of 2. Her adoring Daddy is buying her an Ipad Mini – I think she is too young but hey it...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, What The Hell – Part 2, on the site Helen_77
What can be more exciting than to be a kid and have a tree and lights, and an advent calendar and the excitement of gifts and writing letters etc etc. We have lost so much of the magic with technology...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Smack or not?, on the site Notes to Honeybear
I’m so glad that Zoe is now at the age where I can sit her down and explain things to her. I just find that to give her reasons and explain consequences are so much better that shouting and smacking....
View Articlesuritabotha wrote a new post, A very very difficult and personal blog to...
I think we all make sacrifices for our kids, financial, emotional, physical and even relationships. When Zoe was born I didn’t have a job because we moved from Durban to Johannesburg so the choice was...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Here We Go Again. When Will It End?, on...
Goodness this makes me so angry that she can exploit you guys like this. Maybe Hubby should pay for one course and once he has received confirmation that she has actually passed the course can he pay...
View Articlesuritabotha wrote a new post, A long and rambling post , on the site Mom on...
We had a fantastic holiday in Knysna – there is just something that makes the whole province so amazing. Everything was just so much cleaner and neater and friendlier and safer than Kwazulu Natal. We...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, A long and rambling post, on the site Mom...
Imagine of you take that money that you spend in the shop everytime and put it in unit trust and give him the lump sum when he turns 21! I think it may actually be a significant sum of money – but oh...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Liam Is Four, on the site Helen_77
Aaahhhh melting heart moment.
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suritabotha commented on the post, A long and rambling post, on the site Mom...
Lucky Liam! Imagine a duck running and you’ll have my style down to a T!
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, A long and rambling post, on the site Mom...
@ Mama-cat – how great to have a job where you work shorter ours. You won’t believe it but in a short month I have cut my spending with about R500 and I can’t say that we feel cheated or neglected. OK...
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, A Mixed Bag, on the site Helen_77
Urgghhh – I would hate to come home to other people’s kids every afternoon and even more so when they have such negative energy! Goodness – maybe they should just move to an island where nothing is […]
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Long time no see…, on the site Parent24 Blogs
I find it extremely sad that the once vibrant parent 24 blogging community is dying a very slow and agonising death.
View Articlesuritabotha commented on the post, Schools, Bicycles And Nose Bleeds, on the...
That blood pressure is scarily high! Goodness – lets hope the docs can sort that out. Urggh that whole school thing – we had to apply in April last year for this year. Luckily Zoe is in now and I’ll...
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