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Surviving the Switch Off
Last week I shared my plans to join Switch off Sunday this weekend just gone. I was excited and nervous and held high hopes for the day of connectedness (with my family) due to being disconnected...
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Smile File: April
We all know that, sometimes, life can be tough. It can be dark. It can be sad and the news is always geared toward the bad, the sensational. I have started ‘collecting smiles’ and filing them away. I...
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What do you want for your birthday?
With my birthday just over 2 weeks away (as in a day over two weeks), the question of what I want for my birthday has arisen. It’s not my favourite question, to be honest. I dream that my loved ones...
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Update: 30 Before 30
Next Wednesday is my birthday, so I thought it was about time to share a how my 30 Before 30 ended up. After a bit of a tanty throwing-in-of-the-towel, I am a little surprised with how much I have...
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Wordless Wednesday: Assembly
Last Thursday, Ellie’s class ran the school’s assembly. Ellie had a line (“Thank you, please sit quietly”), joined her class in playing a song on the Merimbas and then received her first bronze Award....
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Updating the Update: 30 Before 30
After posting last week’s update, I have a few things to clear up!! 1. Get a tattoo – Fail DONE! I didn’t think it would happen and, even once I was booked in and out the front of the shop waiting for...
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Wordless Wednesday: Me. 30
Me. 30. Tired eyes, fluffy hair and all. Linking up with Trish for WW. P.S. please pop over to my birthday giveaway to enter to win some lovely prizes!
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Happy Birthday to Me and a Giveaway for You (CLOSED)
** This giveaway is now closed ** I am totally thirty today. Happy Birthday to me! I am not sure what I will be doing, but hopefully it will be something good. To celebrate I have a lovely giveaway for...
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It’s my Party and I’ll get Mauled if I want to
Recently, I turned 30 and last weekend we celebrated with my family. Given that you only turn 30 once and, as all of my family live elsewhere, it was a whole weekend of celebrating for myself and my...
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Winter School Holiday Ideas
Yesterday was the first day of school holidays and the first sunny day we’ve had in quite a while so we were able to spend it at the park and riding our bikes. I feel like I failed last holidays, as if...
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Top Five: Movies of All Time
I have posts in my head but, for whatever reason, they’re not coming out. Last time I was a little stuck, I shared my Top Ten TV Shows and now, I thought it time to share my top movies of all time. Why...
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Doing and trying and being
Yesterday, Ellie and I somehow ended up talking about University and, as I explained to her what it was exactly, she started shaking her head. “I don’t want to go to university.” She stated. I...
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Meeting Bec and George from The Block
As a family we would all gather around the TV to watch The Block Sky High of an evening. With young children, we don’t often get to enjoy a show together as a family, so it was nice to be able to...
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It’s okay to grieve for Patrick Reid
Last night, I waited on the edge of my seat to find out who would die in Offspring. As Billie stepped out onto the road I willed it to be her and, as Patrick was hit by a car I screamed and covered my...
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Pink’s Truth About Love Tour – Worth It?
** If you’re yet to see Pink’s Truth About Love Tour and don’t want to know too much about what happens, please don’t read on – I don’t feel like I’ve said heaps, but just in case. ** On the weekend,...
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Wordless Wednesday: R.O.M.A.N.C.E
After we didn’t get tickets to Pink’s Saturday night show we popped down to Darling Harbour for a romantic dinner. Pizza and ice cream by the Harbour, surrounded by literally thousands of people....
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On Not Coping
Sometimes, when I’m not coping, things around here aren’t that great. If I am honest with myself, things haven’t been the same within our family since early last September, when James first left us...
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Did You Know?
The other day I was letting my mind wander when I started thinking about the things that you guys might not know about me or my life. I don’t mean the things that I keep for myself and family or...
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