Mama Mayhem

by Ivy Jensen

Mama Mayhem

I can see clearly now the wine is gone

CHALLENGE completed. For an entire month, I did not touch a drop of alcohol. You heard right. I said no to my long-time friend Shiraz for four weeks. No celebratory G&Ts for 31 days. So, to all those naysayers and skeptics who thought I...

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Mama Mayhem

Pretend poo prank prompts payback

IF IT’S not a snake in the hallway, or a bug on the toilet seat that scares the living daylights out of me, it’s a pile of poo on my bed. That is what I was faced with last Wednesday. Carefully positioned on top of my pyjamas; a soft...

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Mama Mayhem

My boots were meant for walking, but not my children

I WOULD walk 500 miles. And I would walk 500 more. Just to be the woman who walks a thousand miles, while her children complain of sore feet. I took the girls on a bushwalking holiday recently, for a bit of R&R and exercise after a long seven...

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Mama Mayhem

Going dry for July? I’ll cheers to that!

WHAT was I thinking? This is a question I ask myself a lot. Indeed, increasingly since last week, when I decided to take part in Dry July. Meaning I have been stone cold sober for six days. That’s right; dry as a Mount Isa summer, straight as...

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Mama Mayhem

So, you think you can dance?

One of my favourites was our tap dance duet to the Motown classic Baby Love

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Mama Mayhem

Time to talk toys

IT’S that time of the year when – if you’re organised and budget savvy enough – you’ll start buying Christmas presents for the kids. Last week, Big W launched its famed Toy Mania sale where hundreds of toys are slashed...

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Mama Mayhem

My boots were meant for walking, but not my children

I WOULD walk 500 miles. And I would walk 500 more. Just to be the woman who walks a thousand miles, while her children complain of sore feet. I took the girls on a bushwalking holiday recently, for a bit of R&R and exercise after a long seven...

Ivy Jensen
Mama Mayhem

I can see clearly now the wine is gone

CHALLENGE completed. For an entire month, I did not touch a drop of alcohol. You heard right. I said no to my long-time friend Shiraz for four weeks. No celebratory G&Ts for 31 days. So, to all those naysayers and skeptics who thought I...

Ivy Jensen
Mama Mayhem

Pretend poo prank prompts payback

IF IT’S not a snake in the hallway, or a bug on the toilet seat that scares the living daylights out of me, it’s a pile of poo on my bed. That is what I was faced with last Wednesday. Carefully positioned on top of my pyjamas; a soft...

Ivy Jensen
Mama Mayhem

Going dry for July? I’ll cheers to that!

WHAT was I thinking? This is a question I ask myself a lot. Indeed, increasingly since last week, when I decided to take part in Dry July. Meaning I have been stone cold sober for six days. That’s right; dry as a Mount Isa summer, straight as...

Ivy Jensen
Mama Mayhem

So, you think you can dance?

One of my favourites was our tap dance duet to the Motown classic Baby Love

Ivy Jensen
Mama Mayhem

Riding high on a wave of sleep comfort

THERE aren’t many things in life that beat a new mattress. Many, many purchases in life make us feel good, but very few are actually good for you. And the mattress is one of them. Considering we spend a third of our lives sleeping, it pays to...

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Mama Mayhem

It’s a hard knock life when the show doesn’t go on ...

As was the case for Echuca-Moama Theatre Company’s production of Little Shop of Horrors

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“Mummy, I don’t want to be 10.“ Maya, I don’t want to be 50.

MY LITTLE baby turns double digits this week. Which probably means I can’t call her my little baby anymore. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since Maya rushed into the world after a short and sharp three-hour labour. And while...

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The day my boss left and killed my soul

FRIDAY was a day I had been dreading for almost six years. Ever since a loud, imposing, charismatic and slightly balding man stepped into the Riv office in 2014. Because May 22, 2020, will forever be etched in my memory as the day Andrew Mole...

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All aboard for fun and games

TO BORED or not to board, that is the question. The answer is actually hilarious as you watch your nine-year-old try to function on a five-second deadline. It only took her that long to turn meat into a vegetable. Let me explain further. After...

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Coronavirus is killing me, session by session

THE coronavirus crisis has turned our world upside-down. We went from living our lives with unlimited freedom, to almost overnight not being allowed to leave the house apart from essential activities.

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Mama’s place is not in the kitchen

IF I LOST my job due to the coronavirus pandemic, there wouldn’t be too many other career options I could turn to. Chef and baker being two of them. I blame my mother. Not because she was a terrible cook. Quite the opposite really. But she...

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Anzac dawn tribute worth the early rise

IF I EVER wake up before 7 in the morning, it’s for a very good reason. As much as I have wanted to be, I have never been a morning person.

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Mama Mayhem

The course of remote learning never did run smooth

IT has been an eye-opening week to say the least for students, parents and teachers.

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Back and the bike and geared up for round two

I HAVE been meaning to buy a bicycle for years. For me. No, truly; for me. After my disaster with my last bike, I’m ready to get back in the saddle (or seat in this case). Years ago, I stupidly thought I wouldn’t need a bike with gears...

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The pros to self-isolation: Mama style

WORKING from home this past week has been challenging to say the least. I jumped (okay sauntered) out of bed on the Monday morning, pumped and ready to tackle the working week. Sitting down at my new desk I bought months ago (I knew it would come in...

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United we stand. United. Need I say more?

WE’RE all in this together. Well, that’s the message going around since the coronavirus became a pandemic. I just wish it was true.

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