Menu Planning Wednesday
August 27, 2014 Menu Planning Wednesdays
So, my first menu plan for our new family of three. Spaghetti Bolognaise Honey Soy Stir Fry Home made sausages Fish Cakes Meat Loaf Hamburgers Chow Mein Porcupine Meatballs
Author Archive: CaringMummy
Life turned upside down.
August 26, 2014 Mental Illness, Old Blog
My life has been turned upside down as I’ve had to admit that sometimes the best way to help someone who is mentally ill is to stop helping them. Today my Centrelink claim has been finalised and I have come…
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It’s life Jim, but not as we know it…
August 26, 2014 Mental Illness
Well, after 24 years of caring for my mentally ill husband I’m officially on a break. For the second time in 4 years I have had to separate the rest of us from my husband. This time, we get to…
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Budgeting and Stewardship
I’ve been thinking a lot about budgeting and stewardship lately. Now firstly a disclaimer, I am NOT claiming to be good at either of these, at least, not at the moment. I used to be really good at budgeting and living frugally,…
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Menu Plan Wednesday
July 23, 2014 Menu Planning Wednesdays
OK, so this isn’t actually the menu plan for this week because I won’t be cooking at home this week, it was last weeks though. Chicken stir fry using whatever I have and some honey and soy sauce. I stir…
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Why I Love My Husband
July 22, 2014 Caring, Mental Illness
I will be spending a lot of time away from my husband this week as I swap from caring for my husband to caring for my mother and her two older sisters. When we have to be focused on caring…
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Reasons
July 21, 2014 Caring, Mental Illness
I mainly started writing this blog because, although we have started to be better at discussing mental health issues, we seem to be less good at talking about the experience of caring for someone with a mental illness. I think…
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Baking Day
Today I’ve been baking, and my husband’s been stressing about our car. My car developed a water leak last week and today it went to our mechanic to be fixed. Unfortunately our mechanic is someone my husband knows through his…
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…..And I’m Back
Alright, since I have no followers and I’ve only made four posts anyway, I guess no one noticed. Oh, well. It’s felt like someone switched on the hyperdrive on my life there has been so much happening in such a…
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Don’t Want to Days
I am having a “I don’t want to” day. That is to say that I have a number of errands that need to be run but I simply don’t want to do them. I will because, after all, if Mummy…
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