Delicious Ambiguity Is 2 & an update

Hello friends,

Just stopping in today to say THANK YOU for your continued support. I started this blog two years ago and never in my wildest dreams did I think that it would grow as big as it has! Thank you for stopping by and reading, leaving wonderful comments, voting for my blog on popular sites and sharing it with friends. Your support means the world to me and I am so grateful and honored!

If you've been following me since the beginning or during MDAs first year you would have noticed that my posts have become sparse and that I never share anything personal on here anymore.  I took a break needing to go inward and needing some privacy to deal with all of the curve balls that life has been throwing at me these days. But I also choose to not write about my personal life because I wasn't sure how YOU, the readers of MDA, would respond.  

I continue to find huge comfort and relief in others bloggers writing by knowing someone else had been through something similar and therefore removing the loneliness and frustration I've often felt as a parent and as a woman. Some posts have opened my eyes to things I didn't previously understand and have changed the way I think. Taking a break has helped me to understand that as long as I'm not going out there with the intention of hurting or offending there's nothing wrong with expressing an opinion AND that it's actually necessary where blogging is concerned.

I wish there was more time in the day and that I could say with great certainty that you will be seeing a lot more posts around here. However, spending quality time with my son and taking time for myself are still my greatest priorities and will continue to come first. I can, however, promise you, quality posts written from the heart that at times will be messy and convoluted like life. My heart is BURSTING at the seams with stories- about parenting, living gluten free, postpartum depression, abusive relationships, single parenting, weight loss and most recently my sons journey in diagnoses with what I believe to be Sensory Processing Disorder. Did you get all that?!

Seriously, I AM BURSTING with things I need to share and I hope that, you, my readers will respond positively. I also hope to hear your stories and feature some of them on here too. Sharing is a source of great healing and in doing so I hope that together can create awareness, inspire others and that ultimately this blog will be better for it.

Thoughts?

 

Favorite Posts On My Delicious Ambiguity

We'll it's been a slow week of blogging here at Delicious Ambiguity because I've been busy doing some behind the scenes stuff. In the mean time I thought I'd share with you some of my favorite posts and the highest rated posts from the last 15 months. So grab a cuppa or a beverage of your choice, cozy up and take a walk down memory lane with me!

To find out more about who I am and my personal journey of motherhood, you won't want to miss Why I started This Blog, The Places I Love, Learning To Love My Baby Tattoos, Going G-Free and Projectile Vomit Olympics & A Mommyfession. 

New Awards & Heaps of Thanks

I apologize that I haven't been posting Mommy Moment Mondays lately. I've had a lot going on lately and I just haven't been "feeling it". I'll be posting a new MMM next week but until then I thought I'd get down to a bit of business that I've been neglecting lately.

It's always an honor to get awards and I've been lucky to have received quite a few recently. A huge shout out to all of you who follow, leave comments and pass along awards. I really appreciate it! 

If you didn't receive an award today there is heaps of great blogs for you to check out and some interesting facts about me. Anyways, without anymore delay here are the awards I have received and the wonderful bloggers I am passing the awards along to:

The Sunshine Award 

from The Thrifty Ba, Our Worldwide Classroom, PB & Joy

The rules of this award are:

1. Thank the person who gave it to you

2. Pass the award onto 12 other bloggers that spread sunshine

I pass this award onto the following 12 blogs that rock my world:

1. Fowl Single File

2. Bugaboo, Mini, Mr & Me

3. Lets Go Fly A Kite

4. Living My Sweet Life

5. On The Banks Of Squaw Creek

6. A Crafty Escape

7. Caedens Corner

8. A Mom And Two Boys

9. Inspired Crafter

10. Little Learners Lounge

11. Love & Lollipops

12. Red Ted Art

The Beautiful Blogger Award 

from Delilahs Momma

The rules of this award are:

1. Thank the person who gave this award to you

2. Share 10 random things about yourself

3. Pass the award onto 10 other bloggers who you feel have a beautiful blog

Here's 10 random things about myself:

1. I've lived in 4 countries: Canada, South Korea, Thailand and Australia

2. I've traveled to 10 countries: Canada, USA, Mexico, South Korea, Thailand, China, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Australia

3. I have absolutely no sense of smell!

4. My all time favorite movie is "The Notebook". I've seen it at least 25 times and I still ugly cry every time I watch it.

5. I am terrified of heights but somehow managed to go bungee jumping when I was living in Korea

6. My favorite song is "Living On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi

7. My favorite kind of food to cook at home is Thai curry and fresh spring rolls

8. My favorite kind of food to eat out is anything asian-laksa, sushi, shabu shabu, pho and korean bbq are among my favorites 

9. I ate dog soup, live baby octopus (which wiggles and jiggles as you swallow it) and silk worm larvae while I lived in Korea!

10. I cannot live without red wine.

I pass this award onto the following 10 blogs that I think are beautiful:

1. Serving Pink Lemonade

2. Craftastical!

3. It's Quiet Now. What Do Ya Say?

4. Sew Can Do

5. Mother Lode

6. The Green Gal

7. How About Orange

8. Eighteen 25

9. The Busy Budgeting Mama

10. I Am Momma Hear Me Roar

The Versatile Blogger Award

from A Little Bit Of Everything, A Mamas Two Cents Worth, Monkey See, Monkey Do

The rules for this award are:

1. Thank the person who gave it to you

2. Tell 7 things about yourself

3. Pass this award onto 15 other bloggers that you think are great

Here are 7 things about myself:

1. I'm a bit of a weirdo because I get really excited whenever I go into a school supplies shop. I love the smell of new books and the sound of opening one for the very first time.

2. I despise washing the dishes and cleaning the bathroom. I often procrastinate from doing both of these.

3. I have huge flat feet-a size 10! (They grew 2 sizes when I was pregnant)

4. I can't really swim but am a master at the doggy paddle.

5. I've had a million jobs! I worked at Macdonalds, in a kitchen at a pizza place, as a server, delivery driver and hostess at a few different restaurants, a call center, as an ESL teacher, as a respite worker with handicapped people, at Toys R us, at a daycare, summer camps, and as a resident assistant when I was in University among many other jobs!

6. I can't tie my shoes with "1 bunny ear". This always makes my partner laugh.

7. I hope that one day we will have the means to continue traveling around the world. I'd like to take my mom to all of the places I used to live and I hope that I can travel with my own children as well. Traveling Australia, New Zealand and South American are next on my list.

I pass this award onto 15 other blog that I think are great:

1. My Magic Mom

2. All Thingz Related

3. C.R.@.F.T

4. Little Fingers Big Dreams

5. Kojo Designs

6. Pink And Green Mama

7. Lowercase Letters

8. Make It & Love It

9. Clean Mama

10. Homemade By Jill

11. Lets Explore

12. Little Hands Big Work

13. Sumos Sweet Stuff

14. I Heart Naptime

15. Abc And 123

A Blog With Substance Award 

from Sew Cake Make

The rules for accepting this award are:

1. Thank the person who gave it to you

2. Tell your blogging philosophy, motivation and experience in 5 words

3. Pass this award onto 10 other bloggers who you think have a blog with real substance

Here is my blogging philosophy, motivation and experience in 5 words:

-share, create, inspire, connect, consistency

I pass this award onto these 10 bloggers who have a blog with real substance:

1. The Activity Mom

2. A Girl And A Glue Gun

3. Counting Coconuts

4. Homemade Mamas

5. Just Another Day In Paradise

6. Crazy Domestic

7. Prudent Baby

8. Roots And Wings Co.

9. Smashed Peas And Carrots

10. Under The Table And Dreaming

Thank you!!!

Weekly Blogging Schedule-Some New Features

Six months ago I started this blog because I wanted to:

* Share resources and creative ideas for educating our children

* Share my stories and the tips I've learned through my journey of motherhood

* Create a supportive and encouraging environment for moms and women

* Network and meet amazing women who share experiences

* Share free resources that I find and think everyone should know about

* Have fun

After much contemplation I have decided to create a new blogging schedule that I feel encompasses my vision of this blog better, will be better organized and hopefully more enjoyable for my readers. Although I will try my best, I cannot guarantee that I will have a post for you everyday. My family does come first and sometimes I just don't have the time to put towards my blog as I would like. That being said I will try my best to share some delicious ambiguity with you on a daily basis.

Here is the new line up:

I will share stories of parenting and some of my random thoughts of being a stay at home mom. I will also feature commenters and new followers of my blog.

Link-up party for crafts, activities, educational resources and recipes for toddlers. 

Just as it says- I will share random things that I am loving every week!

Parenting and domestic tips that I think are useful for every stay at home mom/ domestic diva. 

Do you have a tip that you'd like me to share? Please submit it HERE.

I will feature printable freebies of various topics, awesome DIY projects, giveaways and other blogs that I enjoy. 

Do you have a printable freebie that you would like me feature? Are you interested in sponsoring a giveaway? Would you like to do a blog swap and be the featured Friday blogger? Please contact me HERE.

 I started this blog because I wanted to share my insights on motherhood and support other moms who struggle just as I do. Blogging has been wonderful but I want to get to know my readers better and make my website more personal. 

Every Saturday I will be posting questions submitted by my readers or myself about being a mom, raising and educating our children, keeping a home and keeping our sanity! You can contribute by submitting a question HERE or stop by on Saturdays and leave a comment with your two cents worth.

I will be posting a "Tot School" post with the montessori activities I have made or have been doing with my son. Once a month I will post a specific theme (ie: Colours) link-up party on educational resources for early childhood children. It is my hope that we can create a one-stop-shop by theme here for printable resources and creative ideas that are useful in educating our toddlers and preschoolers.

I am looking forward to these new features and I hope that with them we can get to know each other better, support one another, learn a new thing or two and have fun doing it!

An Award And A Little About Me

I recently received The Versatile Blogger Award from Emily at Nap-Time Creations. I am so honored. Thank you, Emily! 

One of the requrements of winning this award is to share seven things about yourself. I’m sure all of you that follow me week to week want to know a little bit about the crazy lady behind Delicious Ambiguity, right? So here’s some things about myself that I think are interesting:

1. I have a tattoo on my lower back that I got for my twenty-fifth birthday. I regret it now because I didn't do enough research and got it done at a shaddy place on a beach in Thailand. It didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it. The douche who did it didn't center it on my back and I've had some Thai friends tell me that the spelling is wrong. Some say it is fine so who really knows, right? 

The "sun" shape is suppose to symbolize the waves of energy from my meditation practice. The writing in the middle is Thai and says “chebit” which means “life” or “live”.

2. I only like sports that have physical contact! Hockey, Rugby and Muay Thai Kickboxing are my favorite. I’m really not a violent person though!

3. I used to practice meditation when I lived in Seoul, South Korea. Suseonjae is an organization for practicing Korean Buddhist Meditation. I loved it and I miss it a lot. Actually, I was pretty hardcore. At one point I woke up at five in the morning and did one thousand buddhist bows. It was exhilarating!

4.  I speak a bit of Thai and a bit of Korean from living in South Korea and Thailand. I wish I spoke French (since I am Canadian) and Japanese (because my partner is Japanese and we want our son to be bilingual). Unfortunately, I really suck at languages and as I learn a new one (ever so slowly) I forget the others!

5. I currently live in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia down the street from Macquarie University. Macquarie University is where The Wiggles went to University.

6. I cry at sappy movies and TV shows. I laugh at scary movies even though I’m scared stupid. It’s an annoying habit but that’s how I roll.

7. When I "grow-up" (a.k.a when the kids are bigger and there is money for me to pursue my dreams) I’d like to be a Naturopath. I’d also like to start my own business and open an asian style sauna, teahouse and wellness center in the mountains near my hometown. I wish I could do it all! 

In the meantime, I am working towards becoming a published author. I would like to write articles for magazines, publish some of my “mommy blogging” into a book and write a children’s book based on my son. I really have no idea how to go about this so any advice you can shed on helping me achieve this would be greatly appreciated!

So there you have it, seven interesting things about me that you didn’t know!

Time to get onto some business. I pass this award along to the following fifteen bloggers who I think are great (in no particular order):

1. Kid Stuff World

2. Momma's Kinda Crafty

3. Living With Punks

4. The Activity Mom

5. A Little Bit of Everything

6. Positively Splendid

7. It's Quiet Now. What Do You Say?

8. Homemade Mamas

9. Inspiration Surrounds Creativity Abounds

10. Creative And Curious Kids

11. My Frugal Lifestyle

12. All Thingz Related

13. Sew Much Ado

14. Clean Mama

15. I Heart Naptime With {Chocolate Sundaes}

If you received this award:

1. Thank the person who gave you this award.

2. Share seven things about yourself.

3. Pass the award along to fifteen bloggers you have recently discovered and think are great (in no particular order).

4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

I hope you enjoyed learning a bit about me because I had a lot of fun sharing!  If you want to know something else please leave a comment and I’ll answer it in an upcoming post.