cali💫

Purely by the grace of God

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His new thing.

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JUST STAY THE FUCK HOME

[calistarrr]

Hi!✌🏼Newly 28, new profile to match.

Mum of 2

Married

External age: 38

Internal age: 78

Level of sleep deprivation: Makeup neaarly doesn't cover it up

Level of boob sag: possibly enough to make my husband sad

Directions postbreastfeeding nipples point: East and west

Pelvic floor strength: can pee a bit with a sneeze

Level of care given to fashion: Kmart

Level of self care: celebrates a solitary undisturbed poop

Social activity: If truly necessary

Selfie skills: needs to be updated

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We spent our Lunar New Year with our lovely friends (which is fast becoming a yearly ritual 😆) had great food, great company surrounded by love.

The past year, I watched my son grow as did my garden and learnt that where there is balance in nature, everything will flourish. It applies to everything in life.

The sunflowers in my garden strip are in full bloom and they are the size of dinner plates! I hope to be a better mother, wife, daughter, friend and gardener in the coming year. Wishing everyone a prosperous, fruitful new year filled with love, happiness and strength to overcome any difficulties!

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“I choose you over everyone.”

— Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl (via books-n-quotes)

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My son is at a stage where he lets out loud sudden yells or screams. It's part of developing their speech and testing their volume yada yada. It's just developmental. Usually it's a little embarrassing and makes me rather self conscious so I shush him or bribe him with a snack to shut him up.

Generally people are really nice about it, might just look in the direction of the scream and smile at him and give me an empathetic, understanding smile. HOWEVER. The last couple of times I've been out, once in a cafe and another time today just getting a quick sushi lunch, BOTH times 2 miserable old women with the most miserable sour puss faces have decided to SHUSH MY SON and give me the most annoyed look like I've interrupted their much needed nanna nap.

So just a public service announcement, if you know any bitter old hags who would do something like this, better let them know that if they meet me, I will rip them a new asshole. 😊

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It's the simplest things in life that brings me the most satisfaction these days. Perhaps having two children has retrained my mind to slow down and enjoy the little bits and pieces before the previous moments fly away forever.

I never thought much for simplifying my life, I used to love to wear colour, even colour through my hair and crazy make up. Not that I don't love it anymore, but I find that when I pare back on these things that I find more time to focus and concentrate on what's more important, this stuff that's going on in my head.

I have bouts of anxiety and when it hits, it hits hard.

I struggle a lot with many unpleasant memories from my childhood up till when I first entered adulthood. Domestic violence, sexual harrasmemt and the list goes on. I'm sure there're plenty of us do.

Since becoming a mum it has really pushed me considering the kind of childhood I'd like my kids to experience. And I only want the simplest joys and happiness from them. But now I have to work hard, really really hard on myself in order to provide them that.

I find that when I have some form of simple control over my simple wardrobe colours now, or buying the right set of containers to organize my salt and seasonings, things that require you to be mindful of it's purpose but not overcomplicated with colour and design. That's just me though. I'm a very visual person and I need to create a satisfactory visual setting before I can go on about my life. And at the moment, the things that make me crawl out of my deep frustration and destabilizing anxiety is seeking small little projects that help me regain control over a small aspect of my life. That pleases me a lot, and then I see the light, and all is well again.

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知足的快樂叫我忍受心痛

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100% accurate.

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Cali's Chronicles from the couch:

Just randomly recalled this story from when I was living in Glasgow. A friend tried to set me up with this very wealthy older gentleman who drives a very nice 'horse' car etc. ANYWAY she set up this group dinner in a bid to introduce us to each other and I was to turn up to this fancy schmancy Japanese restaurant in trophy wife attire.

Unfortunately this was the same period of time I decided I was a 90s b-girl who went to hip hop gigs every weekend and so happened I was planning to go to one after dinner and had no intention of changing my attire after so I turned up in what essentially Left Eye Lopes from TLC would wear. Midriff top, bejewelled cap, baggy jeans. My friend saw me and the first thing she said was "Cali WTF are you wearing???" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I guess I never had rich man snagging abilities to begin with that's why I'm sitting on this couch reminiscing these tales and wondering why I didnt turn up in an Herve Leger bandage dress?? I could have be able to afford to hire a wet nurse now and perhaps say some boujee thing like 'yes yes I know, my nipples are for my husband only' 🤷🏻‍♀️ #elonmusksnaggingmomentislonggone

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