It would be extremely easy to talk about Australian politics right now. The day the party ousted their own, will they give her a make over, will she live at the lodge, will all the women of Australia vote for her cause she’s a arrr women? The First Female Prime Minister has taken her chair, but frankly I’ve already had my picture taken with the lady and have moved my thoughts on to bigger issues.

Well it’s been a while since my last post, because I’m still not loving my chosen design of this page. It’s not working for me! However, finally I have put finger to key board as I’ve now dug down to the real issue. It’s called busy mind syndrome. Don’t we all identify with this? Wow how exciting, a diagnosis for why I can start a project strong out of the gate, but this last week or two haven’t had much pace on the finish. This is particularly apparent on the home front. So thanks to BRW this month for moving me into action. http://www.brw.com.au/p/sections/health/over_active_minds_threat_to_productivity_T5nwRT2NWzQI6w6EQmd51L

This month BRW has a fabulous article by Judith Tydd, outlining results from a study that may even have coined this phrase. Busy mind syndrome is defined as “a tendency to juggle multiple activities and multi-task” – every woman I’ve ever known – “and as a result, struggle to concentrate on one [individual] task”. Instigator and researcher, Martina Sheehan said people reported that on weekends there’s a real inability to focus on their kids. My hand is up as one of those. I want to be busy and it kills me to sit still and play with my child on the weekend. Could my child also have busy mind syndrome - he starts a puzzle, watches 10 minutes of a movie, wants a drink, and pulls out some toy cars, all in the time it takes me to put the kettle on. Hang on I forgot he’s only 2. So what’s my excuse? I need to move on from busy mind syndrome, the article recommends pausing for one minute before moving on to the next task. Well it’s time to pause and move this diagnosis into a treatment phase. I only hope our PM Julia doesn’t have busy mind syndrome.

What makes you feel like this?

Where have you taken a two year old for a holiday?

The time has come to start planning a holiday. When you really need some time out and it's not great for your mind and body to relax by pottering around the house. We have to get away from the temptations of cleaning, tidying and washing. But honestly where is good for a holiday with a 2 year old in the middle of winter? I started off looking at holiday's gone by. Would we want to travel to Europe, maybe go camping, or head far north for some sun and sand. None of this would be as easy now. With a quick surf online I found a couple of resorts with kids clubs, mostly for 4 years and up and that was about it. The accommodation is tricky also with our son only just sleeping in his converted cot bed, where would we sleep him?

I gave up and went back to reading a marketing journal to escape the idea of having to plan a holiday and thinking these "family things" are much harder to coordinate than working a full time job. And there it was a letter from the editor of Professional Marketing - Marise Donnolley talking about family friendly marketers and the difficultly of trying to book a holiday with children in tow. Thanks Marise, my limp efforts were not really as pathetic as I first thought.

Where have you been holidaying with a 2 year old?

Does a shorter shower really make a difference to the environment?

Happy World Environment Day. Not sure exactly what this means or how I can really make a difference. So I thought I'd boot up the computer, which is plugged in to four other things, thile the TV is blarring in two rooms and my three mobile phones are charging at the closest free power point.

The washing machine is spinning away and hubby has gone grocery shopping likely to come home with a dozen or so plastic bags. A typical Saturday morning. So I've had the quickest shower ever in order to do my bit for the environment today - or maybe because my two year old was screaming from the other room and I had to high tail it out to save him from falling out of his boat (the washing basket).

Surely it's OK though because the utility companies are doing their bit, they've put up all their cost in hope to get us to be more concious. And I'm sure the extra profit they are making is going back in to researching better ways to make everything more sustainable.

I Googled World Environment Day and found lots of useful information, the site http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/melbourne_details.php?id=11609 was pretty good start, it told me to celebrate, they're firing up the barbie, and inviting everyone to have a picnic. I want to solar panel my roof, recycle my water, live off the land and get rid of my car, but it's very expensive and pretty hard to do.

Seriously what are you doing to help the environment? I clearly need some practical tips?

Are animal circus's OK?

The circus has come to town. It's an odd sight to see a big old elephant and other animals across the road from your house. The circus is setting up, and has already attracted a stream of mums, dad's and kids, with camera's clicking. We're all fascinated. It's replaced taking my son to the park, and we just go across the street and talk about the elephant and the camels for 20 minutes at a time. This brings me to the question, is it PC to support a circus like this? I'm kind of sitting on the fence. It's a bit more like a car accident from my eyes, we can't stop looking, but deep down I'm not sure if it's quite right?

What's your thoughts? Would you take your child to an animal circus?