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Day in, day out you will find me and my little white Macbook at the dining room table tap tap tapping away. Sure, there are even times when twitter  my work keeps me giving, ahem, 100% of my attention to my kids. Which I suppose isn't ideal, but hey, I am never going to organise a craft activity for … [Read more...]

Shocked? You shouldn't be.I don't have sex much. Which sucks if you're Rob and sucks if you're me too. And kind of sucks if you are Rob's Mum or my Mum and you're reading about your kids sex life on the interwebs. Yes Mum, I am talking about it. It's OK, people can talk about these things out loud. … [Read more...]

Well, there we go. Another birthday done and dusted. I must say I am always quite relieved when they are finished - more so the older I get. I'm not sure what exactly about a birthday I don't seem to like so much - the fuss, the focus, (which is weird given I spend my entire life making everything … [Read more...]

So, this morning I woke up and I was a whole year older. 34. I think that's middle aged. I don't feel middle aged but somehow I think I'm starting to look it. And I have these kids that make me look a little middle aged. And a car that looks a little middle aged. And a fancy house - now that's … [Read more...]

You didn't think I was going to leave the weekend at that did you? No mention of food? Wine drunk? Cake eaten? AS IF! Oh no, here are but some of the things that we ate over the weekend. The menu looked like this:Friday night: Beef & artichoke red wine casserole served with mashed potato topped with … [Read more...]

I wake up around 5.30 every morning when Daisy comes into bed. She tries to feign a bad dream or being cold or something just to make sure she can squeeze between Rob and I. Sometimes she goes back to sleep, sometimes she just lays there waiting for one to us to move. It's always me. And that's OK. … [Read more...]

Excuse my tardiness of late - it appears I have actually been living my life rather than just writing about it so the posts have been a little thin. Funny how that happens! But I'm back, from Sydney, and only just back. We snuck off Saturday morning to head to a fabulous 4th birthday party for my … [Read more...]

I have no idea how these things "should" be done. I am sure that the experts have special systems in place that most definitely involve spreadsheets and plugins and the like. Me? Well I went old school (and pain in the arse route) and wrote down and numbered each and every comment, tweet or Facebook … [Read more...]

This week has been a good week. The sun has shone. I haven't had to wear jumpers. The heating has been off. The windows have been open. Harper has been a pure joy and so much fun to be around - Daisy the same. I have been a domestic goddess basking in my halo of smugness because I have used my slow … [Read more...]

It's 16 degrees here today. 16! It hasn't been that warm in goodness knows how long. I have done 4 loads of washing and it's drying. I have windows open. I have cut flowers from the garden inside. I have fertilised flowers, cut and pruned and weeded. Trying to get things in order before spring … [Read more...]

I am still sick. It's so boring - cough, splutter, snot, cough, wheeze, snot, lose voice. Rinse. Repeat. I felt like I was getting better mid last week and then? Down a snake again. And worse this time. My voice started to go on Thursday night and I sounded a little like Madge Bishop for a few days … [Read more...]

I'm not going to write a lengthy post on sleep right here at the moment. I'm not going to complain about my 4 year old daughter coming into our bed every single night, or the fact that Harper keeps waking 3 times a night before she eventually goes to sleep or the fact that I was so completely over … [Read more...]

Oh hi there! Thanks for stopping by via Maxabella's page I hope you'll find yourselves comfortable while you're here. It's warm - the fire has been on for hours - because I know for some of you that aren't used to the cold that it can be a bit of a shock when you get here. I got some fresh flowers … [Read more...]

Dear Interwebs,We arrived here at the cabin on Tuesday mid morning after a quick trip. We were all so excited because it started to snow, but that didn't last long and the snow turned to sleet, which turned to drizzly rain and that drizzle has since turned into constant, pouring down rain. It's … [Read more...]

Earlier this year Rob and I checked out a show that was on at a fabulous Art Gallery not too far from here and fell in love, serious love, with the paintings of Jasper Knight. We didn't get anything at the time, but for the past 6 months or so we kept talking about the paintings and inevitably ended … [Read more...]

Rob has always done a lot of cooking since we have been together. He loves to cook as much as I love to eat and is always willing to try news things. Since we moved down here and a few nights of the week Rob is working from out the back he has the luxury of eating with us - even if it is at about … [Read more...]

Today I was reading my favourite blogs - first port of call the famous Mrs Woog. Her post struck some chords with me - what do women really look like after they have given birth? I have seen plenty of shots of people of Facebook, post baby, MASCARA on, looking fabulous! Because you do! Don't you? … [Read more...]

Earlier in the week I was on the phone to my Mum, chatting normally, talking about the next time we would see each other. She has a busy few weeks away coming up so it meant we would probably catch up in a month's time. One minute I was fine, talking about how Rob was going away for all of this week … [Read more...]

Alternatively called:Ways in which I am turning into my mother orWays in which I am now middle aged and boring1. This morning I took 2 children (other than my own) to the movies to see Mr Poppers Penguins. To anyone there I would have looked like a mother, with kids, in school holidays. Standard. It … [Read more...]