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unwordless wednesday – feeding the ogres
I had no idea what to do for Unwordless Wednesday today, and then it dawned on me when I started making dinner… I had my unwordless post! I’d share my beef stew recipe with you. Because I’m such a...
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unwordless wednesday – divine beauty
There are some things you experience when you live in the bush, that you don’t get to experience in their full potential in the city. The stars and the moon. No matter how many times we watch the moon...
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unwordless wednesday – non-domestic goddess
Sometimes a day starts with the best of intentions. My intentions today, were to clean up my bomb site house. A list as long as my arm was what my great achievement was going to be… That didn’t happen....
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pricetag
There comes a time in every Mother to teenagers life she has to put to put on her cranky boots to get shit done. This morning… Nuff said. Hooking up with the super gorgeous Trish @ My Little Drummer...
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ronny and woody
If you weren’t a reader of The Miss Cinders before the great blog malfunction of a month or so ago, you may not know that I have a habit of giving people and pets nicknames, and naming my household...
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accountability
The only way forward, is accountability. Back in January I wooped some moving butt by walking purposefully a total 400 minutes for the #walk400 challenge with Operation Move. Before then, late last...
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Recipe – Jam Drops
Due to the huge amount of search queries for my Jam Drops recipe, I’m reposting. You’re Welcome xo This recipe can be made Gluten Free and Lactose Free – Just substitute ingredients with gluten and/or...
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OperationMOVE – tougher than the rest
I was a day late in getting my move groove back on, but I did it. I did a 5 kilometre walk today with Gravel, and I have to say I feel awesome for it. So weird, again feeling all the sensations through...
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i was wrong, oh how i was wrong
You know how when you’ve been a Mum since forever you forget stuff? Yeah well I have been talking shit about one specific detail of parenting for the past nearly 12 years. It’s only this weekend that I...
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FODMAP. paleo. food.
So last week we received a diagnosis for the smallest Ogrekid. IBS – Irritable Bowel Syndrome. After seven years – which at times had me pretty much begging – looking for an answer, IBS is apparently...
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please excuse the absent blogger | this crazy life
Life is crazy at the moment, like really. freakin. crazy. My name is Cinders, and I must confess I haven’t blogged in about two months. Two. freakin. months! I have missed it, like I miss running. I...
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run away crazy mum | teenagers
I lost my shit a week or so ago, I needed a break. One Mum, eleven kids, no time to fart in peace… It was bound to happen. I ran away to my bro and sis-in-laws for the night. It was, quiet there....
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real life
The issue with real life, is that you never know what is going to happen next. You can have all these perfectly planned things in your head when you are a kid, of how life is going to be, only for...
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keeping it real | large family chaos
If you think it’s all roses and laughter around here with my rather large family, you’ve got another thing coming. I live amongst large family chaos. And in the true Ogre style of keeping it real, I’ll...
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the world didn’t end | another year gone
It’s strange how a date can be ingrained in your mind for the rest of your life. We all have at least one that is so special or memorable that stays with us until we pass over. I’ve collected more over...
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bleugh to the lurgies
Some foul disgusting lurgies have taken over OgreLand. I am unimpressed. It started with the snuffy nose of doom, and progressed pretty quickly to trying to turn my lungs inside out. My lungs have now...
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shit. just shit.
The insanity of life can go either way most days around here. The shit can hit the fan in one form or another – usually a tantrum or twenty – or we can make it through a day with nothing more than a...
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half an arse | lady shopping
I went shopping the other day over at Big Town for bras and undies. Bras and undies that are comfortable for the 30+ year old woman who has birthed a couple more than a few kids. Bras and undies that...
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and then there were nine | changes
“If you’re not going to leap, then why jump?” I’ve always tried to teach my kids to leap instead of jump. To have faith in their decisions, to make the right decisions… and to learn from whatever...
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there is no awesome | just me
Ever since the Tornadoes came to stay I hear the words “you’re awesome for taking on so many kids” all the time. I want to set something straight, there is no awesome, there is just me. I come from a...
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