We have not stopped eating.The dishwasher has been on approximately 7649 times and my pants no longer fit. Any of them. The table has been set, and stacked away time after time, and let's not mention the amount of wine and Prosecco that has been consumed since Thursday night OR the actual chocolate … [Read more...]

Happy Easter! … [Read more...]

When I look around and see all this, I know it's going to be a good Friday. Indeed. Hope yours is too! … [Read more...]

One thing I like to do is look after people. I like to feed people. I like to make sure they are comfortable when they are in my home. I like them to have nice things to sit on, nice things to look at, nice music to listen to, nice sheets to slip into at night, nice flowers to smell and look at and … [Read more...]

We got a chance to kick off those tights & leggings, swap the jumpers and long sleeves for short and got some sand between our toes and the sun on our backs. Even if it was just for an afternoon it was a taste of late, late summer and it was delicious. … [Read more...]

Each night I put Daisy to bed. Whether Rob is home, or not, it's a little routine we have gotten into and as much as I complain about it from time to time and may or may not use phrases such as "Why do I have to do every bloody thing all the bloody time?!" in my very own special 33 year old tantrum … [Read more...]

I have discovered the secret to a perfect weekend. What you do is, you do something rather fab on a Friday night. And it's so fab, and you are so relaxed that you start to think it's actually Saturday night, because who has this much fun on a Friday night?! And then Saturday so feels like Sunday and … [Read more...]

Sunday 17th April 20114.20pm @home: Post Sunday roast lunch walk around the block in the cold Autumnal afternoon air: I almost squealed (OK I squealed) when I spied this across the road. Who knew they really existed? A true, proper, fairy toad stool! This place is magical, I just knew it! … [Read more...]

We have a quiet home weekend ahead of us. Cannot wait. Tonight we have dinner with the neighbours and then tomorrow a birthday party with some other neighbours. There will be food eaten. There will be wine drunk. There will be fire sat in front of. There will be gardening done. And with a little … [Read more...]

: I love to chop wood {which is just as well}: I lose patience quickly: I put way too much lurpak on my hot cross buns & bread: I am unable to take something out of the microwave before the timer is up {hello crazy}: I cannot allow piles of washed clothes to sit around and not be put away: I drink … [Read more...]

Last week I decided that this week I needed to get to Sydney. I had a touch of the cabin fever, a large dose of the baby with major separation anxiety and with school holidays on our door step it was the perfect chance to escape for a few days. So when Monday came around and Harper was acting like a … [Read more...]

Last week I put it out to the universe my plan for the winter footwear and what I was after. You may recall me lamenting "My vision is this: one pair of chunky black biker boots for casual attire - leggings/jeans/chunky cable knit jumpers combo for school pick ups and a taste of the city life IN … [Read more...]

We had a great weekend. An excellent visit from dear family who we have an absolute ball with. A perfect autumn's day. A gorgeous afternoon at the pub drinking in the late afternoon sunshine. A beautiful dinner of lamb shanks and mash and beans and the most ridiculously delicious lemon meringuey … [Read more...]

Saturday 9th April 20114.45pm : Way home from pub on the world's most perfect autumnal afternoon: This town does autumn really well … [Read more...]

Today marks 6 months since we moved here. Since I wrote this post and we started on our new life here in this amazing home. In this beautiful village. In this special part of the world. I have always had in my head that 12 months will be the milestone to get to, much in the same way I held onto that … [Read more...]

This week has been a tricky one. Sunday it was beautiful, sunny, fabulous autumn and then on Monday it turned to winter. Short days. Cold weather. Rain. The fire that has been on for 4 days running now. It's like time did some trick and all of a sudden fast forwarded me to 3 months from now. Which … [Read more...]

I can barely say this out loud, let alone write it down, but you guys....we are going away in just under 1 month! Overseas! For 8 nights! WITHOUT THE KIDS! That's right, Rob and I are headed over to Bali for a romantic escape sans kidlets to sit back, sleep, have sex, drink and eat till out hearts … [Read more...]

Daisy got her winter boots yesterday because even though it's only autumn at the moment, she's a getting chilly and a gal needs some boots. IS it wrong that I wish that they were mine? Are they not the most fabulous winter boots that ever there were? LOVE them. And so does she. They will certainly … [Read more...]

It's so much easier to get up at 6am when it's bright and looking like morning isn't it? Fortunately for me (because yesterday was Rob's wake up and he had to get up at 5am), the kids and I were up at 6 which was really 7, which was really awesome. Despite the fact that all three of us have colds. … [Read more...]

It's all been love and sunshine and lolly pops around here this week hasn't it? And it has been, kind of. And yet I have also been a little down suffering from post wedding blues, post looking forward to something blues, and just getting on with life. Here are 5 things I have not been on top of this … [Read more...]