You know what I'm sick of? Buying t shirts that end up having holes in the front of them just a short time after. Know what I'm talking about? No? HERE LOOK: I started to notice it a few years ago. It's not on every top, but I will say it's on A LOT of the tshirts and tops that I own. Mostly … [Read more...]
Homemade Gozleme
October 17, 2013 by 59 Comments
This week my Mum sent me a text message with a photo of some tortillas that she had made from scratch from my blog post a few months ago. She was so excited, but not as excited as I was. There isn't anything much better than teaching someone something that they then love and pass on - especially in … [Read more...]
Parental pitfalls
October 16, 2013 by 132 Comments
During the school holidays my Mum came down here for a few days to spend with the kids. With her she bought puzzles and bits and pieces and my very least favourite thing: craft. Craft packs. A sew-a-bear thingy and this terrible mini pom pom thing that had bits of fucking pom poms and teeny tiny … [Read more...]
Collecting dust
October 14, 2013 by 39 Comments
A sponsored post for Woolworths Aussie Animal Collectables Growing up in the early 80’s in the suburbs of Australia there wasn’t much a kid needed. A long Saturday spent in your sports uniform. Whole day trips to the beach where your skin got burned into blisters. Burning your rubbish in the … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous 27
October 14, 2013 by 22 Comments
A month or so ago I put in another order with Benefit (I buy direct from their website, delivery usually takes around 2 weeks and the prices are cheep CHEEP!) and I got two new products. These are some GOOD products. Worthy of a mention. The first one is like a mascara brush...but for your … [Read more...]
Gin & tonic with rhubarb syrup
October 11, 2013 by 32 Comments
Tonight, 10 years ago, Rob and I had our first ever date. And kiss! And, um, kiss. Yes kiss! It was a great first date. We had met a few weeks before on a blind breakfast date and there had been many a text between us, but tonight was the very first ACTUAL date. We met after I'd been at a World Cup … [Read more...]
Lovely lilac
October 11, 2013 by 16 Comments
Lilac is one of the loveliest flowering shrubs going around. The scent is beautiful, the colour amazing. It's associated with Easter as it flowers in the Northern hemisphere around that time but down here, it's October. They actually come from the olive tree family - did you know that? I didn't! My … [Read more...]
She’s here!
October 10, 2013 by 26 Comments
YOU GUYS! Can you see her? CAN YOU? CAN YOU?! I didn't think that any of my tulip bulbs were going to come up. I planted them on the very last day that was possible, and it seems I have got a flower on the very last day possible (32 degrees and a hot westerly blowing today). But she is here. … [Read more...]
Lessons learnt from looking after more kids
October 9, 2013 by 48 Comments
So we are back into the 'normal' swing of things here now that our extra visitors have left. The girls miss their cousins though and have had to get into the Facetime action to catch up. I know that they would have made some great memories though...and those are the best memories I have of my own … [Read more...]
{late} afternoon delight
October 8, 2013 by 19 Comments
I used to be so scared of the night-time. When I had a first time new-born baby in the shape of Daisy living in our little terrace house in Newtown I used to physically feel sick when it started to get dark. It meant that the night was coming. That sleeplessness was coming. Unpredictability. Stress. … [Read more...]
Top card
October 8, 2013 by 12 Comments
A sponsored post for Woolworths You know what’s going down here over the past week and a bit? Cards. Collectable cards. Last week we jumped head first into the new Woolworths Aussie Animal collectable cards. The girls got their books, some cards and took to the organisation and planning like I … [Read more...]
Making a tree change: 3 years on
October 7, 2013 by 86 Comments
It's been 3 years today since we left out little inner city terrace and moved down here to a home where the living room was a big as our old house. 3 years. Where does the time go? I remember that first day so clearly. I waited at the house in the garden with the girls while Rob went and … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous 26
October 4, 2013 by 24 Comments
We ended a week with the cousins today with a small birthday celebration for my nephew Zac who turns 11 tomorrow. He has been staying with my cousin up in Sydney for the week so we joined forces with all our kids to celebrate the fact that we made it! It was a stunning day today - sunny and cool, … [Read more...]
Daisy-san
October 3, 2013 by 15 Comments
Daisy has been running "Japanese Club" for her cousins this week. Each day there are strict lessons by the Sensei teaching the very limited amounts that she knows from school. Namely learning Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes over and over again. I also think she may know how to write the letter A, … [Read more...]
How do you do diary?
October 2, 2013 by 60 Comments
My love of a diary goes waaaay back. When I started highschool and we were given our own diary I was quite beside myself with it all. The week, laid out, 7 to a page, ready for my best pen and highlighter action. There was a method to the way I wrote my birthdays in it, social occasions, school … [Read more...]
Around the grounds: Spring doing its thing
October 1, 2013 by 20 Comments
I ran around this afternoon (in the freezing bloody cold, yes it's cold again) to try to get some shots of the garden. I call these weeks (there are about 3 in total) the money shot weeks for my garden. The pink clematis is in flower around the ENTIRE house. The lavender is loving itself sick. The … [Read more...]
Neat & Tidy with a side of butter
September 30, 2013 by 20 Comments
I have two of my nieces (my Brother's girls) staying with me this week. That brings the total of FOUR girls in our house this week - aged 7,6,5 and (almost) 4. With myself, Rosie the guinea pig and Snowy and Strawberry the chooks, that makes 8 ladies. Poor Rob. Last night before bed, Mia, the … [Read more...]
Barra Fishing in The Tiwi Islands
September 29, 2013 by 9 Comments
We are back from 3 fabulous days of adventure and exploring at the very top of Australia on Bathurst Island in the Tiwi Islands, part of the Northern Territory. The Tiwi Islands consist of Melville & Bathurst Island (and some other smaller ones) Melville being the second largest island in … [Read more...]
Buying stuff for men in your life
September 26, 2013 by 18 Comments
You know who are hard to buy stuff for? Men. Husbands. Brothers. Dads. Step Dads. Father in laws. Brother in laws. Friends. Each and every time I struggle when it comes to the giving of the gifts for men. But! I do have some handy old faithfuls that I go to when it comes to present buying that have … [Read more...]
3 simple spring salads
September 25, 2013 by 9 Comments
You know what spring time calls for? Salads! I embrace a salad in the early spring when I am trying to get rid of some winter fat that lingers around my guts, tits and arms. These are all simple. And tasty! Perhaps not so healthy, but better than a plate full of creamy pasta right? Thai Noodle … [Read more...]
