FYBF – The Confessions of an Instagram Addict

by mamagrace71 on May 18, 2012

“Hi, I’m Grace…and I’m an Instagram Addict. It’s been 30 seconds since I refreshed my feed and 5 since I posted my last photo…”

After an interesting conversation with fellow Instagramers: Veronica (Mixed Gems), Yeran (Stranger Than Fiction) and Ai (SakuraHaruka), it came to light that…yup…I need serious help.

 

Here’s why:

1.   FaceBook crashed ? Meh.  Twitter lost forever ? Too bad.  I probably wouldn’t care if this blog vanished into cyberspace either.  Just don’t ever take my IG away…EVER!

2.   Instead of saying grace before a meal, I take a photo and post it…tagging it with #noms, #foodporn and #sobadbutohsogood.

 

3.  A mundane grocery shopping trip turns bearable when tagged for a round of #whatiamdoingrightnow.  Of course you want to see how many litres of milk I buy and my random DVD purchases. Right?

4. My thumb has developed a serious medical condition where  it needs to constantly refresh my feed every minute after posting a photo.  Likers, anyone ?  Anyone ??

5. I get withdrawl jitters when the prompts “Couldn’t refresh feed” or “Couldn’t load media” keep appearing…Glitches will not be tolerated! So, I just blame it on the billion dollar takeover by Facebook.

Are you an IG-holic too ?  Please tell me I’m not the only one…

Okay! Let’s get flogging!

 




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Mother’s Day Classic: Last Minute Run

by mamagrace71 on May 16, 2012

On the eve of Mother’s Day, Mr Surfer instructed me to get up early the following morning.  I had to be dressed in my running gear and also pack a change of clothes.  Not giving me any further details, it was all a big surprise.

Right.

8:30am on Mother’s Day, I found myself in line to register for the 5 kms Mother’s Day Classic (Welcome to Surprise Number One).

At 9:30am in freezing temperatures of 2 degrees, I started the race.

At around 10am, I finished it in 31 minutes 23 seconds, coming in at 513 in a crowd of 1,291.  75th among the other 268 in my age group.  The 321st female out of the 948 participants.  Not bad, yes?

Then at 11am, it was time for Surprise Number Two:

An hour and a half Thai massage…

Mr Surfer did good this year. He did real good.

How was your Mother’s Day?

Linking up with Trish over at My Drummer Boys for Wordless Wednesday.  Happy Hump Day!

 

 

 

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Lessons of humanity from a 4 year old…

May 15, 2012

In our little jaunts to the local playgrounds, I’ve met some lovely mums. One lady in particular, who also has identical twins (girls)  along with her eldest, a 4 year old, Miss P. After much SMS ping pong and failed attempts to meet up, we finally managed to get together for an ANZAC Day BBQ. [...]

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FYBF – The Mother’s Day Edition

May 11, 2012

Do you remember your first Mother’s Day ? The twinlets were barely 3 months for mine. I had just come out of an excruciatingly painful 2 month bout of nipple thrush.  I was severely sleep deprived and hells cranky. There was definitely no joy that day.  No flowers or chocolates. Instead, I ended up having [...]

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April Flashbacks

May 9, 2012

  Thanks to a combination of an Instagram addiction, Fat Mum Slim‘s Photo Challenge and an iPhone upgrade, I’ve started to see things in a completely different light. Literally. Here is my collection from the April Photo A Day challenge. I know, I know..I’m a little behind but I’ve finally figured out this whole Mosaic Maker [...]

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When the world’s a stage…

May 8, 2012

  “We feel that you’re no longer making a productive contribution to the company…” “And ???” Sitting on the edge of my seat, with only a large executive desk between us, the heart palpatations intensified.  A nauseating feeling immediately followed. There was an awkward silence with the obvious answer unspoken. It never occured that it [...]

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A Mama’s no-brainer {Survey promotion and chance to win a grand prize worth $5,000}

May 1, 2012

It’s one of those things that are inevitable when you become a mum.  You know what I’m talking about. The Mama Bear instincts surface and beyond nurturing, it’s about fierce protection and constant worry for your baby cubs. When they were around 6 months old, I remember taking the twinlets for a walk in their [...]

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Parenting shortcuts

April 25, 2012

  Swimming class mornings used to be sheer chaos in this house.  Scrambling to pack bags, shoving toast down the twinlets’ mouths, all in vain to make the 8:00 class. Then, came an ingenious idea: Take them straight to the pool…in their pj’s.  Problem solved. We get a few strange stares.  Meh. You do what [...]

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On the road called detox

April 23, 2012

  Over 10 years ago, I experienced the biggest heartbreak of my life.  It came with such intense pain that it forced me to move countries .  Anyway, I survived.  Obviously.  But in order to pick up those shattered, emotionally torn pieces, I threw myself into a stringent health regime. I diligently packed my gym [...]

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Meditation: Tugging on some rope

April 21, 2012

Unusually warm for early April, the ceiling fans whirred in slow motion, unable to break the stuffiness of the room. Looking around, noone seemed to mind. Think of our minds as a crazy, wild elephant, she explained. Running lose, distracted by all that surrounds it. Never in one spot long enough, it’s too busy charging [...]

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