Motherhood
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Ten things that HAVEN’T changed since having kids
After the glorious pronouncement that you are with child (if the gigantor boobs, suspicious trips to the bathroom each morning and t-shirt emblazoned with ‘Eating for two’ hasn’t already given it away), you’re guaranteed to hear the same phrase, admittedly in a variety of creative disguises, over the nine months that your belly swells. “Get […] Read more…
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The Toilet Training Chronicles
Ahhh toilet training. The great leveller. The next step. The bridge between toddler and pre-schooler. The stuff either parents dreams or nightmares are made of, depending on your kids aptitude for weeing/pooing in a small plastic box/hovering over an ingenuously fitted mini toilet seat. It’s the trenches of parenting, that’s for sure. Cunningly timed to […] Read more…
Beauty + Fashion
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My Favourite Brands For Mama + Bubba
While I haven’t progressed to dressing my kids and I in matching outfits (though there was that one time at the local markets when I came *this* close to buying matching print harem pants for the three of us.. I was foiled at the finish line by the husband who didn’t see the appeal. just […] Read more…
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Mummy Beauty: The Two Minute Morning Routine
Ahhh children. The cutest reason I can think of that has caused me to take to my usual primping and preening routine with a jagged hacksaw. There have been days, more than I care to admit, when I’ve realised once in the car that I’ve not only neglected to wash my face but also apply […] Read more…
Reflection
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Taking Stock – January
Well it’s been awhile between drinks. And by drinks, I mean blog posts. Does anyone else get the song ‘It’s Been Awhile’ by alternative metal band ‘Staind’ (no I didn’t wikipedia that, I am completely across metal bands of the 90’s) stuck in their heads when they read the line ‘it’s been awhile’? Just me? […] Read more…
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A TGIF Toast
Hip hip hooray it’s Friday! Once upon a time (more accurately, 8.5 months ago-ish) Friday Eve would mean an icy cold beverage, usually of the alcoholic variety while the husband and I would toast another week. He’d toast standard topics while i’d toast managing to sail (sometimes crawl) through another week, juggling a small […] Read more…
Health + Wellbeing
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Healthy Peanut Butter Cups
Prior to quitting sugar, I had a thing for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I discovered them when I was in the states in 2006 as a summer camp counsellor and steadily became addicted. Imagine my joy when they became available in Australia, then triple that to get an idea of the kind of elation I […] Read more…
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How To Shop Healthily At ALDI
A slightly random post this Thursday but hey, what is Thursday without a touch of the random? Just your average weekday, sandwiched sadly between hump day and TGIF. Poor old Thursday, you gotta feel for it a little. Getting back to today’s post which will no doubt make Thursday that little more quirky, I’m talking […] Read more…