A sponsored post for Springfree Trampolines Springfree Trampolines have recently been involved in a Power of Play awareness campaign based on data that outlined that many kids have actually forgotten how to ‘play’ or run out of ideas for unstructured outdoor play when they are unplugged from their … [Read more...]
Weekending
November 10, 2013 by 19 Comments
This weekend we headed up the coast a few hours to a rented beach house for the weekend with Rob's family. It was his brother's 40th and we spent the weekend with his family, soaking up time together, sitting around laughing and chatting and eating and drinking in that sea salty air which we were … [Read more...]
Outsourcing
November 8, 2013 by 50 Comments
I liked reading all your comments last week on this post about whether or not you get a cleaner in, or if you clean your house. I think the general conclusion was that if you had the money, and the person was reliable and did a great job then OF COURSE you will. DER. I was listening to Airlie … [Read more...]
Mid week dinns: Jamie Oliver Sticky Kicking chicken
November 7, 2013 by 19 Comments
Rob has been working hard for the money this week. Late nights and away in Syds so I have spent the nights dealing with sick kids and watching whatever takes my fancy, which is mostly cooking shows. I stumbled across Jamie's 15 min dinners and gave it a quick look. While the repetitive music of … [Read more...]
The lazy launderer
November 7, 2013 by 18 Comments
A sponsored post for Vanish Napisan Vanish NapiSan have created a new online platform known as The Tip Exchange where you can enter your own stain queries or help others solve their tricky stains. Every single day I wash. I suppose it just comes with the territory when you have a family, kids, … [Read more...]
How do you see yourself?
November 6, 2013 by 108 Comments
Last week I went to a PR event for the French author Mireille Guiliano who was out promoting her new book French Women don't get Facelifts (she previously wrote French women don't get fat). This teeny tiny woman was as fabulous as you would imagine a French woman to be - a perfectly manicured Anna … [Read more...]
Travelling to Fiji with kids
November 5, 2013 by 27 Comments
Seeing as it's November, and I had the fire on last night, I thought that I would cast my mind back a few months when we travelled to Fiji with the kids for my Birthday. It was a last-minute (ish) kind of trip, just 5 nights away with Rob and the girls so we could completely drop out, do nothing, … [Read more...]
Things I like {The 4th Nov 2013 edition}
November 4, 2013 by 36 Comments
1. Well watered pots 2. A pile of new books to read on my desk that I am slowly making my way through 3. The promise of good nights sleep from a freshly well made bed 4. The temperature here today 5. A new month filled out on the calendar 6. This cupcake tower that … [Read more...]
From the archives: To the left, to the left
November 3, 2013 by 10 Comments
This post has been rattling around my head for the past few days. Namely because I have been thinking about Beyonce and this awesome song, and also because on Friday night we were at dinner and had a few people ask about how we came to live in this little village. There was a great cross section of … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous 29
November 1, 2013 by 30 Comments
People, I saw Beyonce last night. She looked like this: It was brilliant. I tagged along with my little sister and 8 of her mates and I had the BEST time I have had in ages. I giggled and squealed like a teenager. Sang from the top of my voice, danced, shed a wee tear and generally had the … [Read more...]
Recipe to Riches: Ep 10 recap
October 31, 2013 by 12 Comments
A sponsored post for Woolworths Recipe to Riches Recipe to Riches is a 12 part TV series that takes loved home-made family recipes from everyday Australians and turns them into products available for sale on the shelves at Woolworths. Each week 3 contestants take their recipe to a test kitchen to … [Read more...]
How to make a Peppa Pig Cake
October 30, 2013 by 42 Comments
When I attempted to tip the cake out of the cake tin on Saturday afternoon, and it didn't just 'slip' out onto my wire rack I knew I was in trouble. Everyone's recommendations of outsourcing, or buying from Woolies came crashing back to me, not helped by the fact that Harper told me, very loudly, … [Read more...]
Getting on
October 29, 2013 by 79 Comments
Yesterday I read this post written by my friend Eden who is currently going through the worst time of her life. Which is saying something, because she has been faced with some pretty tough times in the 40 years of her life. It's heart wrenching. Awful. Graphic and raw with grief, filled with a story … [Read more...]
Harper is now four
October 28, 2013 by 65 Comments
On Saturday night I put a very tired and emotional 3-year-old to bed. She was teary so I asked her what she was upset about - I mean it was the night before her birthday! The only thing she should have been sad about was the fact that she had to STILL wait a few hours until it was the big day. She … [Read more...]
From the archives: Harper’s 2nd B’day Cake
October 26, 2013 by 20 Comments
Today in amongst a whole lot of to-do's I will be tackling the creation of a Peppa Pig cake for Harper's 4th Birthday which is tomorrow! Got me thinking about the cake that may just be the pinnacle of all my cakes - the rainbow cake that I made for her 2nd Birthday. This post was originally … [Read more...]
Vodka and rosemary syrup cocktail
October 25, 2013 by 24 Comments
Can you see it? The weekend? It's JUST there...merely a few hours away. I am on a syrup run at the moment after my rhubarb syrup that I made last week (I added it to Prosecco last night and it was VERY good!) Here's a little cocktail recipe that I created earlier this year which is perfect for ANY … [Read more...]
Stuck on you
October 24, 2013 by 36 Comments
Each and every morning my long-suffering husband brings me a cup of a coffee while I sit at the table and check my emails/read comments/check stuff online. I ADORE those 20 minutes or so when I sit and read and sip and look forward to them when I drag myself out of bed each morning while a … [Read more...]
To clean or have cleaned, that is the question
October 23, 2013 by 75 Comments
A few Friday nights ago Bert and I headed up to the big smoke for dinner with some of his old friends at the gay Godfather's fancy pants apartment in Potts Point. Their cushioning is superior, the perfect soaps in the bathroom, candles lit, the colour scheme of blue and white so matchy matchy … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous 28
October 22, 2013 by 26 Comments
I was up in the city today for The Daily Edition and I popped into DJ's to have a quick look around. Of course I managed to purchase something, and of course I managed to put it on my back before I went on TV. I have just scoured the Seed website to see if I could find a shot of it, but the closest … [Read more...]
Our town
October 21, 2013 by 28 Comments
Did you guys ever watch Northern Exposure? It was one of my favourite TV shows of ALL time and this final scene breaks my heart a gazillion times over as this song was played at my beautiful Uncle's funeral. I loved the characters of the show - the simple storylines, the quirks and the town, the … [Read more...]
