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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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Okay, so yesterday I found a folded, yellowed letter inside one of my books. It was a list of parenting tips my mother had written for me when I became a mum 16 odd years ago. I’m so glad I found it and even happier that I took heed of many of them. Yes, my mum is [...]
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So we all know that a turkey is the star of the Christmas dining table, yet to feed the masses that descend upon our home each Christmas, we always have an enormous leg of smoked ham and one massive pork roast!
Here’s a recipe I tried this week that went [...]
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Yes, it’s December! The giddiness of Christmas preparations and excitement never ebbs in my home during the festive season. And yes, I have Christmas carols ringing through the house, on my iPod, at work, etc…I just love this time of year.
Driving home from work yesterday, however, the lyrics of It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year [...]
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In Australia, it’s only post Christmas feasting that allows us to enjoy turkey leftovers which seem to go on for days.
You know the drill…roast turkey for dinner, a sneaky cold cut before bed, another slice at breakfast (maybe even fried up), then turkey sandwiches for lunch, perhaps a few more slices straight from the fridge [...]
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How many times have those of you, who have their mums present in their worlds, called up or dropped around to ask 101 questions of how to fix something, cook something or make something?
For me, living in a different city, the phone calls are often. They could range from how to make that particular gravy she [...]
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Recently listening to the hilarity over the phone to my Canadian friends during their Thanksgiving festivities did start me wishing I had a super power like instant transporting.
Yet rather than wishing and hoping and dreaming to join the fray of fun, I started my own little Thanksgiving evening. Now there was no turkey or guests, [...]
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Thought of the week…
Saying thank you is easy. I say it hundreds of times a day often carrying neither weight nor effort. For me it could range from thanking someone at work for simply passing the stapler to muttering thank you at the lights when they turn green to sarcastically thanking someone for not letting me into their lane during [...]
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I work in the children’s product industry. I can pretty much tell you about anything from the hottest stroller on the market to children’s organic bedroom decor to toilet training necessities to the best books to add to your child’s collection!
One thing that I am always excited to discover is the new quirky toys and art supplies [...]
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Thought of the day…
Hmmm…your dining table…how’s it looking? Do you actually dine there? Or does it serve a ‘higher’ purpose for storing things such as ironing, homework, the computer, etc?
In the past when I lived in a tiny apartment, my dining table made for the perfect storage spot rather than what it’s [...]
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