Tired

I love being busy. In fact, I thrive on having a full calendar and a never ending to-do list. But every now and again I hit a brick wall and I just feel soooooooooooo tired. Today is one of those days! I can't even say it's because of my little one, it's entirely my own fault. I think I need to start going to bed before 11.00pm more often and stop getting up at 5.00am every single day. I stay up late and get up early so I can craft and blog and journal. But maybe I need the sleep more?

All you busy mumma's out there, how do you fit your creative pursuits into your already tight schedules? I'd love to know your best tips and tricks.

I probably should go to bed now.

Sweet dreams!

Melinda x

Being kind to myself.....

I bought these flowers yesterday, I was being kind to myself and they were only $4.50!

I was talking to a lovely friend this morning who is considerably younger than myself. We were talking about stress, worry and nerves and for an instant it was like I was talking to my 22 year old self.  It's amazing how age and experience make you stronger and wiser and sometimes I wish that I knew the things that I know now back then. Over the years I've learnt.....

 

• to be kind to myself.
• to smile often.
• to enjoy the little things in life.
• to be grateful for all that I have.
• to not sweat the small stuff.
• to not let others dictate my happiness.
• to always be my own person.
• to think positively. The mind is a powerful thing.
• to give generously.

What do you know now that you wish you knew when you were younger?

I hope your weekend has been a lovely one so far.

Happy days to you!

Melinda x

Hello!

Hello! My name is Melinda. I like to make things, collect things, dream about things and sometimes bake things.

I'm married to a nice fellow (his name is Blake) and we have a baby girl (her name is Millie, but we call her a myriad of other names). She is super cute and super funny!

One day we dream of owning a house in the country complete with 3 black chickens. Blake doesn't know about the chicken part of our dream so we'll see about that when the time comes.

You can follow along with all of my online adventures by visiting me on.....

PINTEREST

 

MY ETSY SHOP

INSTAGRAM: mooseandbird

 

If you would like to get in touch via email you can contact me at mooseandbird@gmail.com

 

I hope you enjoy my ramblings.....

 

**If you are a longtime follower of this blog you might be wondering what happened to all of my posts and where I have been over the past 7 months. To cut a long story short, my blog went haywire in July last year and for the life of me I couldn't work out how to fix it. Then two weeks later our baby girl decided she would surprise us with an early arrival at 32 weeks. Hence my disappearing act. So, to all of my loyal friends and followers, thank-you for sticking around, I'm so excited to be back!