Turning Half a Century
The Backstory I was born on my father’s 50th birthday and we always celebrated the day together. He died unexpectedly when I was 20. That was probably the last year I was excited about my birthday. I couldn’t wait to …
Author: Lisa Bayne Walker
I am a work-from-home mom with 3 children. The title of my blog comes from the initial of each of their first names. The eldest is 11 years old, her name is Tomato, the second is 9 years and her name starts with a B so she is Bacon and the baby boy is 6 and he is Lettuce. Join me in the adventures of me and my family and any other issues that I feel that I need to get off my chest! Hopefully my blog will give you "food for thought" and a bit of a giggle :)
Why do we do it?
Stress Humans are strange creatures. We are the only species where many of us live in a state of heightened or perpetual stress. Surviving in a constant state of fight or flight, without imminent danger. Cortisol courses through our bodies …
Choosing Happiness
My Boring Life I’ve realised since writing every day, that my life is pretty boring LOL. When I started this writing quest, I thought I’d write about what I did every day. Until sitting down to write this post, I …
The Library
Hi I’m Lisa and I’m an addict. I Blame My Mom I have fond memories of my mom taking me and my siblings to the local library where we were allowed to take out two books each – one English, …
It’s Valentines Day
It was only 24 hours ago that I promised myself and anyone that read that blog, that I’d write a blog post every day and I’m already thinking that was a bad idea. All I want to do is go …
2020 New Decade New Goals
I haven’t written a blog post for what feels like a VERY long time. When I went into my drafts folder, I had over TWENTY draft blogs that I started and never completed. All regarding our move to New Zealand. …
5 YEARS LATER…. LIFE BEYOND ECZEMA
It’s difficult to believe that 5 years have passed since I found Dr Aron on the internet. I quickly joined the Dr Aron Eczema Treatment Facebook group and signed up the same night. I was just in time to get …
A Letter to my Dad from New Zealand
Hi Dad Today marks 27 years since I heard your laugh, saw your face or felt your arms around me. 27 years, that’s a long time. It means that I’ve lived more years without you than with you, a lot …
Twisted Sister
The chocolate-lemon cake In July I was sooo excited because my sister and her family were coming to visit for a whole three weeks! Well I blinked and the three weeks disappeared and before I knew it, I was waving …
One Decision
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while as it has been weighing on my mind, but life happens and there’s always something more important to do. To be honest, looking at my To-Do List is too daunting …