Are you still eating Christmas ham? Me too! I don't care what people think of ham, it's nothing but giving during this festive season. We picked up a bag of corn from a road side stall on Tuesday for a fiver and with the ham STILL giving there was only one thing for lunch: Fritters, corn fritters. … [Read more...]
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Christmas comes early
December 19, 2013 by 37 Comments
I've always wondered why marketers direct Mothers Day and the like at spending quality time with our children? Sure there are home made cards, cuddles and kisses and sweet breakfasts that are inedible and gorgeous. But. Then there is always the crying, the tantrums and fights that don't stop just … [Read more...]
Pickled cucumbers
December 9, 2013 by 51 Comments
I was chatting to my mate Nat at School pick up a few weeks ago discussing really important stuff like what we had been up to during the day. One thing led to another and the next we were talking about dill, and then cucumbers (food is always a hot topic for me) and then it came out that she had … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Cup runneth over…
September 19, 2013 by 55 Comments
I learnt some stuff at Problogger last week. Was it REALLY a week ago already that we arrived on the Gold Coast? Sheesh. One of the best sessions that I went to was ran my 3 top birds - Chrissy from Hair Romance, Caz from Y Travel Blog and Andrea from Fox in Flats. These are three women who know … [Read more...]
Setting up a veggie garden
September 18, 2013 by 31 Comments
I can't believe we waited as long as we did to set up a little veggie garden. It took us what, 2.5 years? How silly. We don't have anything big - a small raised 1.5m x 1.5m box that Rob put together just out near the kitchen so we can grab what we need easily, and as we are always in this part of … [Read more...]
He said, she said
September 17, 2013 by 39 Comments
Last week Rob and I sat down and watched an episode of Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis. This is TV that requires no real brain effort, it has soft furnishings and his fabulous sense of humour which shines through. You might remember him from a previous TV show called Flipping Out or something … [Read more...]
Blossoms and Bees
September 10, 2013 by 18 Comments
So this is what's going down outside at the moment. Are you ready? Take a deep breath in... Naturally there is only one thing for this: cut it down and get it INSIDE where I can look at it. So that's what I did. Is there a prettier combination than pink and green I ask you? Not when it … [Read more...]
Constant Changing
September 3, 2013 by 132 Comments
Dear BabyMac reader, We haven't ever met before, but I know you know me. And I kind of know you. You've been following and reading my blog for years now. You've seen it all, all the ups and downs, read just about every post and I bet you feel like you know me, mostly because you probably … [Read more...]
Just call me Bev: Lemon Delicious Pudding
August 13, 2013 by 35 Comments
If there's one thing that's around at the moment, it's lemons. Neighbour's tree is PROLIFIC this year which means that I have a lemon centrepiece a go-go, not to mention G&T's and at the end of most meals I can turn out this classic: a Lemon Delicious Pudding. This recipe belongs to a hero of … [Read more...]
How does a spring garden grow?
August 12, 2013 by 27 Comments
I had breakfast yesterday at the local cafe served by my lovely friend Annie. She knows my order of ricotta and avocado toast with a side of bacon and a mug of skim flat white like it's nobodies business. We had friends over for lunch yesterday so I asked if I could pop around to pick some daffodils … [Read more...]
Flowers in vases | Grouping
July 19, 2013 by 23 Comments
If you've been reading my blog for a while, you know I do love a flower, in a vase. My house is always filled with them because it not only makes the place look better, it just makes me feel better. About my home. My family. My space. Yes indeed, I am a weirdo. First thing I do whenever I have been … [Read more...]
Just call me Bev: Chicken Cacciatore
July 15, 2013 by 54 Comments
A week or so ago we visited my Dad and Step Mum for a quick overnight visit. Usually in the past at night we have fed the girls something beforehand, and thrown them into bed before we sit down for a few well deserved drinks and dinner together. As the girls are getting older now, this time we all … [Read more...]
Another post about sleeping
May 28, 2013 by 53 Comments
Over the past almost 7 years that I have been writing this blog, I think the one thing that has been consistent through all this time, is sleep. Or lack thereof. While I might be able to get my kids into bed at a reasonable hour, keeping the smallest one there, well, it's not as simple. I've done … [Read more...]
Well played Mr Mac
March 27, 2013 by 27 Comments
Alternate title: how to get laid**except in the case of having to be awake the next morning at 4.15am in which case the only laying going on was in bed. Asleep. For just 5 hours. 2 of which were spent awake wondering what on EARTH I was thinking agreeing to go on National TV discussing linen … [Read more...]
Pulling focus
January 21, 2013 by 29 Comments
I still have anxiety dreams that I am sitting down for my HSC Maths exam and I've realised that I haven't done any study. None. It's a nasty dream, but one that comes to me often over the years. I wake panicked, then relieved, and then spend the next 45 minutes trying to get the heart rate back down … [Read more...]
A Very BEVERLEY Christmas: The Tree
December 1, 2012 by 19 Comments
Today was the 1st December which meant ONE thing. TIME TO GET MY CHRISTMAS ON. And first on the list was a Christmas Tree. Of course. Der.We drove to the Christmas tree farm that we have been to for the last 2 years but it was closed, so we ventured further down the road to another. Handy, being in … [Read more...]
GOthat
November 22, 2012 by 4 Comments
A sponsored post for GOThatOver the past year I’ve had my eyes opened up to the world of fundraising. With the School of Arts in the Village where I’m on the committee we have to raise $20,000 every year just to keep the place open for the community to use. It’s a big task asking the same small pool … [Read more...]
