Saturday morning Rob and I were doing what we normally do. No, not having sex like we might have on Saturday mornings in times of yore, we were walking down to the kitchen wiping the sleep from our eyes, carrying the baby and getting to that coffee machine to switch it on. It had been a shit of a … [Read more...]
Round here
February 1, 2016 by 50 Comments
* taps mic* Um, hi there. Sheesh. Look at that, a whole week without a blog post. But I'm back (ish) a little worse for wear and definitely looking un-fresh. But back. Let's all take a moment to relish in this: It's February which means that that god awful January we just went through is … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: Lamb
January 25, 2016 by 3 Comments
So, tomorrow is Australia day which never really means anything for us around these parts. We are going to be home, trying to get over these sicknesses that are just going on and on and on and did I mention on? We are in week 4 of it this week...that's FOUR weeks of someone being sick, coughing, … [Read more...]
One thing: TOYS
January 24, 2016 by 24 Comments
If the toy situ at your place is anything like mine, it looks like this most of the time. Maybe there is a designated storage cupboard or spot where they go but they inevitably get filled up badly when things get put back, or there are just piles, ready to topple at any given moment filled … [Read more...]
Zucchini recipes
January 23, 2016 by 6 Comments
It occurred to me yesterday when I posted about the zucchini chips that you guys might have quite a few zucchinis in your veggie patches at the moment. A summer glut that you need to get rid of. Thought I would share some of the recipes that I have on here for you because really, how good are … [Read more...]
Zucchini chips
January 22, 2016 by 10 Comments
Things were looking pretty dire in our fridge earlier this week. Considering we are deep into School holidays this was not a good situ. At all. I can tell you that my PCL's were right up there in the discomfort level given that I was down to my last tub of Lurpak and dinner was going to have … [Read more...]
So your baby is starting school next week?
January 21, 2016 by 68 Comments
Wait, what? Didn't you just bring them home from the hospital and now apparently they are big enough to go to School? Say what? But it's true this time next week for lots of us there will be new Kinders starting School and for lots of you that means some really big changes. Emotionally, … [Read more...]
Long, quiet & slow days
January 20, 2016 by 22 Comments
Besides our time up at the farm after Christmas, pretty much every day of the holidays we have done the same thing: and that's a whole lot of nothing. Girls have spent many a day in their nighties, sometimes getting out of them for the bath, only to hop back into them again after. We've had sickness … [Read more...]
Mini Quiches
January 19, 2016 by 27 Comments
Last night I whipped these up for the girls dinner before I headed out to boot camp. Did you like what I did just there? Don't panic, I ate about 13 or 14 of them when they were cooked, I liked to think of it as carb loading. I had a few people ask for the recipe and when I looked at the recipe I … [Read more...]
A little sibling rivalry
January 18, 2016 by 12 Comments
This is my little sister and I. We're close, no doubts about it, even though there are 5 years between the two of us. She still likes high heels and I'm still mostly in bare feet. We spent our childhood playing together, a lot. Barbies, dolls, dress ups, plays, you name it, we used to do, for … [Read more...]
One thing: The verandah clean up
January 17, 2016 by 30 Comments
In all that hot weather this week and while the cleaning mojo had hit me good and proper I decided to tackle a job that I have been meaning to do, in you know, years. While my name could be sweeper McSweeperson, always sweeping the verandahs for a bit of therapy (controlling the controllables and … [Read more...]
Maggie is 8 months old!
January 16, 2016 by 48 Comments
And just like *that* she's 8 months old. Cue angels singing! Miss Maggie Macdonald is 8 months old today, it's true what they are saying. And never before has there been such a change and growth in her that I can remember since when she was born. She's this big ball of FRUSTRATION. Not that … [Read more...]
Summer Harvest: Book giveaway!
January 15, 2016 by 78 Comments
How's the holiday reading going? I have been REALLY slack this time round with only getting through half a book. It's so annoying how whenever I am at home I just fall back into bad habits of device or TV and no book. Come on Holiday Beth, you were here for such a short time. But if you have … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous 81
January 14, 2016 by 22 Comments
She's hot! Man, is she hot out there. I think we have just a few more hours of it before a storm and a change blows through. Bring that ON! I don't think I have ever washed as much as I have over the past week (and that's saying something) after all that rain and then going away after Christmas I … [Read more...]
Silver Linings
January 13, 2016 by 37 Comments
How's the School holidays treating you? Are you at the beach or on 'proper' holidays enjoying sunshine and relaxing times, scallops and sand? Or at you, like me, at home. Pretty much trying to work and do all the things you normally would except with a couple of kids around? There's been LOTS of PJ … [Read more...]
Let’s Go!
January 12, 2016 by 10 Comments
A sponsored post for NSW Health So the holidays are still on, but the gluttony of Christmas and New Year break are over and it’s time for me (and most likely you too!) to seriously start thinking about the year ahead and make some goals for myself and the family. It’s impossible to not look at … [Read more...]
Things I like {The Christmas pressie edition}
January 11, 2016 by 20 Comments
It's now been a few weeks since the big day and with everything getting a touch of the organisations and getting put away I thought I'd share some of the favourites from Christmas that we all got. I always love to see what are embraced and cherished from what you picked out...and this year there … [Read more...]
One thing: Little people and all their little things
January 10, 2016 by 50 Comments
I have hit 2016 RUNNING I tell you! This week there must be the cleaning moon in my 4th quarter or something because I have not stopped with the purging of stuff. The cleaning of stuff. The sorting of stuff. The re-distribution of stuff. It's been exhausting and exhilarating including new Ikea book … [Read more...]
One for the pot
January 8, 2016 by 22 Comments
I was making a plunger of coffee the other day measuring out the spoons for coffee for each person, in between juggling cleaning up breakfast and getting the baby cleaned up, the beds sorted, things from the morning put away before we started on our day. One spoon for Rob. One for me. And and … [Read more...]
7 things I learnt while on holidays
January 7, 2016 by 26 Comments
We are home (sweet) home after a great 10 days away after Christmas. It's always good to be home, but this miserable wet and cold weather (it's just 9 degrees this morning) is making it feel like we may well have fast forwarded all the way through summer and straight into Autumn. In fact, some of … [Read more...]
