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Good Bye Summer

September 22, 2011 0 comments

Hello friends. I’m so glad to be back writing. After taking the summer off and soaking it up with my family (gathering lots of material), it’s time to get back to work. I’ve missed connecting with everyone and look forward to the coming weeks and the exchanges through this column.
Sadly it’s time to say good [...]

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road tripping…

June 19, 2011 0 comments

Last weekend was the Queen’s birthday long weekend in Australia and like almost every other Aussie, Mannie and I packed the car, stocked up on winter woollies, plugged in our favourite road trip playlist to date and headed south for Philip Island with 12 other friends.
A weekend of too much food, games galore, raucous laughter, exploring, climbing trees, [...]

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Holidays

Real Life is Cruising to Aruba

June 14, 2011 0 comments

That’s right, we have been asked to host a cruise to ARUBA….. Friends, family and Real Life Radio listeners/readers are gathering from all over the globe to join us for 7 Luxurious days onboard the newly enhanced GRAND PRINCESS enjoying sun, family, friendship and maybe even a few cocktails. Cruising with Princess is like a [...]

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Recipes

Quick Lamb Curry

May 13, 2011 0 comments

Friends, here is something special from one of my dear friends Samantha Cosatto. Samantha is one of our Aussie familyroom girls and one thing you need to know about Sam is that she can cook. We all love gathering at the Cosatto home, for a meal, because you can be guaranteed it’s going to be [...]

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Sports at 41 vs 14

May 6, 2011 0 comments

I have recently started playing soccer…..again. Soccer was my high school sport and it was something I loved. It is a game I have enjoyed watching through my adult years and have never ‘found the time’ to get back into it. What with having babies and managing their schedules I, like many mother’s out there, [...]

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The Tapas of Travel

April 26, 2011 0 comments

Arriving in St. Thomas at 6:45am…. Breathtaking…
Travel is one of my favourite things to do. I love to go, to see and to explore. I love preparing for a trip and I get excited at every turn, whether the turn be down a new road or down a familiar one ~ like the road home [...]

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Princess for a Day

April 5, 2011 1 comment

Well, we’ve spent our first 24 hours on board our temporary home at sea and what a 24 hours it has been. From the moment we left our hotel, thanks to our extraordinary cruise co-odinator Cathe Offet, we traveled in style in a hummer limo. Needless to say, the kids squealed for joy as the [...]

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The Apple and The Tree

March 30, 2011 2 comments

There is a saying that most of you probably know. It goes like this ‘The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree’. This saying has become very real to me in the last few weeks through my eldest daughter, Sophia. I recently received an email from her language arts teacher that was titled OMG (Oh [...]

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Tips from 3 Extraordinary Mums

March 26, 2011 0 comments

Well friends today on RealLife Radio we had a panel of mums who have kids ranging from 3-25. We had Tanya who has a 3-year-old boy, Elizabeth who has 4 children ranging in age from 3-10 and Suzie who has Stacey 25, James 20 and Faith 17. The conversation was great and one all mum’s [...]

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Faith@Home

A Time For Everything

March 15, 2011 1 comment

This weekend was a big one for our family. We packed the car, picked up the kids from school and literally headed for the hills. We were attending my cousin’s wedding which was being held in a town 4 hours away, a town that is nestled in the beautiful Canadian Rockies. The drive was smooth [...]

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