If there's one thing my kids like to do in the school holidays, it's EAT. Endless platters of food...ENDLESS I tell you. Not to mention the fruit bowl that gets emptied a few times a week and of course baked goods. They create an activity and there's food at the end to keep them happy. Harper … [Read more...]
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Tweens and Teens and periods oh MY
June 21, 2019 by 12 Comments
https://www.gemmacorrell.com/products/awards-i-could-win-on-my-period I remember one of the first things that came into my mind when I delivered my children was “OF COURSE IT’S A GIRL!” and then I got to say that two further times. 3 girls. 3 lots of hormones and eye rolling and teenage years … [Read more...]
Who doesn’t need a wardrobe wingbird?
May 28, 2019 by 10 Comments
A sponsored post for www.birdsnest.com.au Living where I do I don’t have a HUGE range of shops to visit (or to be honest, time or inclination to peruse shops) so shopping online (hello wine and no bra!) has been great for someone like me to have access to anything I like from here and around the … [Read more...]
Face Stuff
May 14, 2019 by 18 Comments
It's been almost 3 years since I started to take looking after my skin properly. I knew once I hot my forties that the dodgy nivea moisturiser and not EVER washing or cleansing or toning was going to cut it anymore. I've spent lots of money on different things, I have had numerous and continuous … [Read more...]
Monday meal Ideas: Meatless Monday (or Tuesday, Wednesday)
May 6, 2019 by 6 Comments
Good morning friends! Here we are at the start of another new week...IN MAY! Last week was a bit of a write off for me as I was so busy with the shop for Mother's Day that I hardly had time to scratch myself. I'm not sure that this week will be much better...but we can only try! I do know that I … [Read more...]
What I’m reading, watching & listening to
March 20, 2019 by 25 Comments
Hello my friends, how ARE you? Feel like I haven't had a proper catch up with you in ages. What's been happening? I must say that today I have been struggling with all the news happening out there in the big bad world. It's all so depressing isn't it? No wonder I try not to pay too much attention to … [Read more...]
The tale of the Mum who made 34 million lunches: my top 7 lunchbox tips
January 29, 2019 by 15 Comments
A sponsored post for Woolworths I can’t quite figure it out, but by the time all 3 girls have finished school, I think I would have been making lunches for 22 years. 22 YEARS. Really rethink that age gap thing between kids you guys, THINK ABOUT IT. This year we have the girls going into … [Read more...]
30 (more) brilliant books for Girls this Christmas
November 22, 2018 by 1 Comment
While I entirely DO NOT read during the school term I can assure you that my big two devour one book after another so when it comes to Christmas time, the one thing that I get early shopping on and will ALWAYS be given as presents are BOOKS. All of the books! SO MANY BOOKS. Who better to ask than Al … [Read more...]
Monday Meal Ideas: Cold and flu killers
October 29, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Is it just our household that has been riddled with colds and flus for the past few weeks? It's always the way here - in spring and in autumn when the weather starts to turn and you have cold weather, than hot, then cold again that we get hit. We are all the mend now from a big attack a week or … [Read more...]
Full & Thorough Reporting
October 5, 2018 by 4 Comments
This morning we are hitting the road and heading back home after a week away. We stopped in at the farm for a night, then further north to Byron for another family reunion with Rob's Dad's side of the family that was almost a year in planning - always the way when trying to wrangle so many people. … [Read more...]
Holiday Reading Stack
September 29, 2018 by 6 Comments
If there's one thing that happens EVERY school holidays (besides preparing 452 fruit platters) is that I will read at least one book. Something clicks in my brain and I go from mindless scrolling, to reading and suddenly I will find myself completely immersed in the wonderful world of pages and … [Read more...]
It’s spring! Let’s spring clean!
September 25, 2018 by 3 Comments
Although it doesn't feel like it today (bloody freezing again) we are now in Spring and I must say that my productivity levels have been HIGH. It feels good to be outside in the sunshine, working up a sweat and getting stuck into the house and garden and all the chores that you manage to put off in … [Read more...]
Monday Meal ideas: Delicious, light, Spring food!
September 17, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Good morning friends! We've woken to a frosty here this morning, and below zero temps, but it's looking like it's going to be a beautiful, sunny day out there. This time of the year is certainly a rollercoaster isn't it? One thing that I want to try to get consistent about (even though the weather … [Read more...]
Full & Thorough Reporting
September 3, 2018 by 7 Comments
How was your Father's Day yesterday? We had a very quiet one here at home, nothing fancy but a nice family lunch, some playing out in the sunshine and some fried chicken. Not a bad combo I say! The chicken I made was this recipe but I used boneless thigh fillets. It wasn't as crispy as I … [Read more...]
Maggie, her dummies and Maybelle the fairy
August 22, 2018 by 29 Comments
If there's one thing Maggie loves, its her dummies. It's been a passionate love affair from the first night in the hospital when I was SO out of practice with a crying, unsettled, just born baby that a dummy was given to her when I was delirious and she finally settled and slept with it. Sweet … [Read more...]
Simple & delicious Sultana cookies
August 16, 2018 by 6 Comments
My friend Miss Rabbit (a good Yorkshire woman) who I travelled to London with in May got me onto a LOVE of all things M&S when we were there. She has a passion and love for the M&S Onion ring unlike anything I had ever seen and as for the baked goods? Well we tried them all, including the … [Read more...]
Solving the Big Issues: Do you make your bed every day?
August 15, 2018 by 42 Comments
There's lots of things I do every single day. Get up earlier than I would like for sure. Drink coffee. Use my Dyson. Cook for my family. And there's lots of things that I should do every day, but don't. Like exercise. Or read. But there is one thing that I MUST do every single day. No matter how … [Read more...]
Monday Meal Ideas: Lemons
July 2, 2018 by 2 Comments
Got any citrus trees at your place? We have one lone orange tree that did nothing for years and then for the past year or so has produced fruit, but nothing very good. This year the tree is heaving, and as soon as we get a little more colour on them I am hoping for a bumper season. Don't you love … [Read more...]
Autumn: A lesson in surrendering
May 1, 2018 by 12 Comments
Today is the 1st of May 2018. I reminded Rob this morning that it was 14 years ago today that we celebrated our engagement with friends and family on the rooftop of a Darlinghurst bar on a superb Sunny autumn day much like the one we are enjoying here today. I had to find a photo to show the … [Read more...]
Full Maggie Update: 2 years, 11 months
April 19, 2018 by 10 Comments
One month short of 3, Maggie is just plain adorable. Hilarious. Frustrated. Busy. Always running. Always playing. Non-stop person of gorgeousness. If there's one thing our little lady likes to do, that's run. She runs everywhere. Her new favourite thing to do is running races up and down the … [Read more...]
