Gillian

The MUM Initiative

gagga — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:45:46 +0000

Well after lots of work over the last few weeks getting everything ready Busy Mothers The MUM Initiative - Making U matter was launched yesterday. It has been rellay good so far. Lots of people have signed up for their eBook - Making U Matter 101 Tips on how to look after yourself.

Catherine and I are really excited about The MUM Initiative. We really want mums to start looking after themselves.

Sick Children and Working Parents

gagga — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:27:25 +0000

My DD was sick last night. Puked all through her bed in the middle of the night. So now I am facing the dilemma of many working parents. When she wakes up do I send her to daycare? As we know kids can easily be up and down when they are sick. She woke at about 6:30am to go to the toilet and has since gone back to bed and fallen asleep. When she wakes up again if she is bright and cheery do I send her? or keep her home just in case? Do I risk making everyone at Daycare sick so I can get some work done?

I am fortunate I work for myself (more than once :)) so I can leave anytime or take her into the office if necessary (which today it will be). I guess like everything in life we will just have to play it by ear.

Mothers Group

gagga — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:21:13 +0000

I am very fortunate. I met a great group of people at my Mothers Group. Including my business partner Catherine Lockhart.

Now that are eldest are at school we still try to meet once a month on the first Tuesday of the month. That makes it today. We sit around a chat and catch up. It is a great couple of hours, everybody brings a plate. the kids all know one another and play well and it has a definate finish time as we have to all pick up from school (finish time is handy to have as we could talk all day :))

Lots of people have bad experiences with their Mothers Group and that is such a shame as I met some really good friends. Sometimes you have to shop around to find one that fits you. We had a couple of ladies that joined us because the one they originally went to didn’t quite ‘fit’ them. So if you cntemplating joining a Mothers Group or Playgroup, remember they are like houses, they wont all feel like home.

Busy Busy Day

gagga — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:34:20 +0000

WOW. Thursday is my official day off work yet all I seem to do is run around for work. Luckily I own the business (or two of them :))

We are having car issues with work number 1 (Minerva) and I am frantically trying to get everything organised for The MUM Initiatve for business number 2 (Busy Mothers). Why is it that just when think you have things sorted something else happens to throw you all out of wack again.

Well maybe tomorrow when I actually have a dedicated work day it might be quiet (fat chance :O)

Catch you all soon.

My first post

gagga — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:56:50 +0000

I have never done a blog before so I hope I do this correctly

I thought I would try and get a blog going, sort of an online diary. So much happens every week if I don’t schedule in a time to record what has happened I am likely to forget everything important that has happened.