The post weekend blues have hit hard for me since we got back from the most fun weekend I have had in a while. 2 nights away with my sister and her husband to celebrate our wedding anniversaries (we have the same date but 6 years apart I think) that we booked and planned at the end of last year and … [Read more...]
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Monday Meal Ideas: High rotation Family Faves
April 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Oh boy am I NO ready for the week to begin! We had such a lovely weekend (more details on that to follow I promise) that I am feeling a little flat that I have nothing else booked or planned to look forward to. I SO need something to look forward to...so must get planning (and saving) for something. … [Read more...]
Dinner hack: Oven baked risotto
March 26, 2019 by 16 Comments
Hot, wet rice, as risotto is known at our house is not hugely popular. I ADORE chicken and mushroom with lots of parmesan but if I made it and served it up to the family there would be 4 noses turning their noses up at it. As a consequence, risotto very rarely gets a run in our house. But … [Read more...]
Brazil on the Hill
March 19, 2019 by 13 Comments
I think it was a few months ago when Lucy and Chris (my sister and her husband) decided that they would have a "just because" party. They both are the hardest working people I know...with their own businesses and small kids they spend their entire lives working (weekends included). Our social lives … [Read more...]
Our Town: Yabbie Day
March 13, 2019 by 2 Comments
It's been many a year since we have seen a Yabbie Day around these parts I think the last might have been in 2013. People got busy, no one wanted to organise it, and like many things do, it fell to the wayside. My girls always spoke about the memories they had of catching them in the morning, and … [Read more...]
Full reporting: 2019 Robertson Show
March 12, 2019 by 23 Comments
Full and THOROUGH reporting required for the show that was on last weekend. This is the 8th show we have been to since we have lived here and of course I entered as many things as I could manage given my workload and the solo parenting that was on as Rob was away for the week. You can read a … [Read more...]
Monday Meal Ideas: It’s Show week!
March 4, 2019 by 1 Comment
SOMEHOW it's March and SOMEHOW it's show weekend THIS WEEKEND! Sheesh, if the start of this week is anything to go by it's safe to say that it's going to be November before we know it so buckle in friends! I have Rob away for the week so will need to be ready for a big week ahead with some baking … [Read more...]
When our mothers were where we are now
February 27, 2019 by 18 Comments
Yesterday I was up in Sydney to farewell one of our oldest family friends who had lost her battle with cancer. At 70 she seems too young to have to leave her 4 children behind, her 11 grandchildren that are still so young and have their whole lives ahead of them. It was a bittersweet day to … [Read more...]
Monday Meal Ideas: Bread baking (for lunchbox or not)
February 25, 2019 by 2 Comments
The fact that I started to write this list about 4 hours ago and still haven't written anything shows where I am at this Monday morning. Chasing my TAIL! We are into week 5 of the school term and the new year excitement of change has been replaced with exhaustion and a little despair that there is … [Read more...]
Full Maggie Update: 3 years, 9 months
February 22, 2019 by 4 Comments
It's been QUITE the month for Maggie Macdonald, what with starting school (Preschool AND Family daycare) for the first time in her 3 years and 8 months of life. Was she ready? Yes! Is she loving it? Kind of. Will it get better? Of course! Are there LOTS of tears? SO MANY TEARS YOU GUYS. I am … [Read more...]
20 hours in Brisbane for the launch of Styling You the Label
February 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This time last week I was lucky enough to escape my normal life for just under a day to celebrate the launch of my friend Nikki's new label: Styling You The label in Brisbane. This label has been a long time coming for Nikki who has worked championing fashion brands for REAL women of all … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: mid week mince
February 18, 2019 by 2 Comments
You know what's going to be sitting in my fridge each and every supermarket shop? A humble packet of mince. It's cheap, it's easy and can be made into so many different things. And before you think rissoles or spag bol, here are some other ideas to help you with your mid week cooking. Beef … [Read more...]
Full & Thorough reporting (with added 12th Birthday)
February 15, 2019 by 6 Comments
Friday morning and the house is filled with only the sound of my busy hands typing on the laptop, some loud tunes playing (our wedding CD which never gets old even 14 years later) and a very long to-do list before me. The time from school drop off to pick up sure goes fast and I tend to spend them … [Read more...]
DIY Date night: Creating a restaurant meal on a budget using supermarket products
February 12, 2019 by 12 Comments
A sponsored post for Woolworths Right now with 3 kids aging from 3 to 12, settling back into the school year (hello exhaustion, freak outs, tiredness and meltdowns) with a little separation anxiety thrown into the mix and not a lot of extra cash (hello BAS and electricity bill and rates and … [Read more...]
Quick and easy potato salad
February 8, 2019 by 6 Comments
This is one of those mid week salads that can be whipped up in no time at all - or better still get those potatoes cooked early in the day and whacked into the fridge or set aside and then bring it all together at dinner time. Last night we had this with a simple green salad and a piece of salmon … [Read more...]
What I’m watching, reading & listening to
February 6, 2019 by 22 Comments
You guys how ARE you? Like really? I am EXHAUSTED. Like I have hit some sort of an emotional and mental capacity and am feeling truly out of it. I think the whole back to school stuff is hitting hard for me this year - so much change and new stuff to get my head around to then support the girls who … [Read more...]
Monday Meal Ideas: Lunchbox baking with fruit
February 4, 2019 by 4 Comments
Good morning Monday morning...our first full week back at school and time for things to get a bit more serious. I am already feeling a bit woozy about what lies ahead but also keen to get into it. So much driving. So many diaries to think about. It's time to get organised...for my mental wellbeing … [Read more...]
Barn by Biota
February 1, 2019 by 3 Comments
Last Friday on a searingly hot Highlands afternoon Rob and I were lucky enough to be guests of James Viles at his newest baby not 10 minutes from where we live in Kangaloon, the wild sibling of Biota: Barn by Biota. It was an unusually hot afternoon, moreso when all the cooking for the … [Read more...]
The January Lament of mothers everywhere
January 25, 2019 by 61 Comments
I started my day at 3.30am this morning. I woke with Maggie calling out, wanting to go to the bathroom and while I hopped straight back into bed and willed myself back to sleep my mind had already started. "She's going to freak out at drop off today.""I'm going to have to be brave and strong and … [Read more...]
Full Maggie update: 3 years, 8 months
January 23, 2019 by 8 Comments
Oh Maggie, how can it be that tomorrow you start preschool? You are ready, so ready, MY GOSH ARE YOU READY but are any of us? I don't think so! Somehow we have gotten to the point where Miss Maggie will be flying the coop and heading out into the big, wide world. It seems a LIFETIME ago now … [Read more...]
