I put up this quote on my Instagram last week and every day the words have been swirling about my head. Like a mantra over and over again, it's been popping into my head and it has had me thinking. Which is never a good thing really. Sometimes it is though... On Sunday we had our family do and I … [Read more...]
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Weekends filled with family Christmas Catch ups
December 11, 2017 by 8 Comments
Anyone else exhausted from a weekend of Christmas socialising? Me too! Too many bubbles, not enough water but SO much fun to catch up with people all weekend. We had a Shed party on Friday night, then on Saturday night I caught up with BOTH sisters (we flew my big sister up from Melbourne as a … [Read more...]
Pork & Chive Dumplings
December 8, 2017 by 13 Comments
I've had such a hankering for dumplings lately, actually, I have hankerings for dumplings ALL THE TIME but it's not often I decide to actually MAKE them. I think it was one of those recipe videos you watch on Facebook (maybe Tasty Japan?!) that made it look really easy to make dumplings so the last … [Read more...]
I’d like to thank…
December 7, 2017 by 14 Comments
It's end of School year preso time around these parts. Yesterday afternoon we went to the girl's award and presentation ceremony with 3 lots of Grandparents in attendance and thankfully this year, a cool afternoon when we usually sit sweltering under the whirring fans in our old village School of … [Read more...]
How to Build the Perfect Festive Platter
December 6, 2017 by 10 Comments
A sponsored post for Woolworths Do you have a signature Christmas dish or plate that you bring along to the endless soirees we all have coming up over the next few weeks? It might be those cute Christmas watermelon trees, your home made quiches or sausage rolls, or maybe like me, you get asked to … [Read more...]
The tale of the woman with no wriggle room
December 5, 2017 by 41 Comments
A few weeks or was it months ago now(?!) I was heading over to Honkers with Rob for work. We had Grandma lined up to step in for 4 days, things organised, diaries sorted and a tight schedule for our turnaround. I was talking to a mate at dance class about it all before we left, saying how we were … [Read more...]
BabyMac Book Club: The Choke
December 4, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Can you feel and see the holidays? We still have quite a bit of "stuff" to get through until we are there...lots of end of year school things, a whole lot of family stuff but then we will be there! There will be down time, time to indulge in all the things that we can never usually do throughout the … [Read more...]
It’s beginning to look a lot like…
December 1, 2017 by 20 Comments
I have been watching so many Instagram friends with their trees up, getting twitchy by the day, but patiently adhering to my 1st Dec rule. This morning was the day! I was up early and in charge of getting fresh trees for Luce and I at our local Harris Farm. I dropped kids here and there, got there … [Read more...]
Never Stop The Journey: The nitty gritty of the OM-D E-M10 Mark III
November 30, 2017 by 18 Comments
A sponsored post for Olympus I was lucky enough recently to be a part of an excursion to Queenstown with Olympus for the launch of their new OM-D E-M10 Mark III camera. You can read about that AMAZING weekend in this post but I wanted to share with you guys a little of the nitty gritty of the … [Read more...]
Haz put a ring on it!
November 29, 2017 by 20 Comments
There I was sitting on the couch on Monday night, mindlessly scrolling through my phone when BAM! There came some deeply pleasing news...a Royal engagement...and better than that....a ROYAL WEDDING IS ON THE WAY. High five GIRLFRIEND. Yeah you did! I immediately went into overdrive as your … [Read more...]
Kindness and corn fritters
November 28, 2017 by 19 Comments
Is anyone else feeling like an overtired 2 year old at the moment? I am expert at dealing with such people, given that we have one living in our house, so if you are, you've come to the right place. Our little lady has taken to only sleeping every now and then, so the over tiredness combined with … [Read more...]
Weekends filled with sunshine and happy kids
November 27, 2017 by 4 Comments
How was your weekend? I hope you all had a good one...I know that we did here. It was simple, it involved lots of time in the sun and being at home, and as a consequence of that, lots of happy kids too. After so many months of travel and work and one or both of us being away, the fact that we have … [Read more...]
Full & Thorough reporting through a good lens
November 24, 2017 by 14 Comments
It is an absolute CRACKING day here today...sun shining and grass growing before our eyes. There has been sunshine in the day, storms and heavy rain at night - everywhere you look it's late Spring perfection. It's been a FULL ON week for work. Everybody wanting those end of Christmas … [Read more...]
Monday Meal Ideas: Biscuits
November 20, 2017 by 2 Comments
I tell you, weekends go by way too quickly. I swear I wasn't ready when this one started so it's all over before it began. Much like the pace of this year... I have a hectic work week ahead with lots to do, deadlines to meet as we head towards the end of the year. It's going to require extra … [Read more...]
The Nerfous Nelly
November 17, 2017 by 20 Comments
Maggie has started ballet this term and I have been blown away by her confidence of rushing off to the teacher, standing with other little kids, listening to her beloved teacher Miss Marie, following instructions and actually having fun. There's the odd look over to check I am watching, a wave or a … [Read more...]
Full Maggie update: 2 and a half
November 16, 2017 by 12 Comments
Which means that she will be 3 in just 6 months time. You know how quick 6 months goes right? THREE. She was just born and now she will be three. Preschool etc. OK, I might be getting a little ahead of myself. Right now, she is 2 and a half. And a bit cute. And full on. She couldn't be more 2 … [Read more...]
6 easy ways to get your shit together at home
November 14, 2017 by 11 Comments
After a weekend of non stop action around the house and feeling approximately 10,000% better about it, I thought I would remind myself (and maybe you too) just how a little effort can make you feel so much better about your living space. A little effort makes for HUGE results and can make you feel … [Read more...]
Weekends filled with work & play
November 13, 2017 by 5 Comments
In an unheard of turn of events the diary on the weekend showed NOTHING. Not one plan. Not one dinner or lunch, nowhere to go and nowhere to be (actually a little like last weekend too). It was SO good. But unlike last weekend when I was so exhausted that I literally could not get out of bed to the … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: Wrap it up!
November 13, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Hello Second Monday in November, my how quickly you have come around! There's no mistaking it now friends, we are HURTLING towards the end of term/year and there is nothing we can do about it. What we CAN do is, is eat well, try and get some exercise in and rest as much as we can at night. Seems … [Read more...]
Full & Thorough Reporting
November 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
It seems like it's been a long week don't you think? I am still trying to work out how we were in Honkers last week? Now we're back, it's like it didn't happen at all. At least there are snaps of it to remind me. It's been a busy week. With lots of this happening. Mags not letting me out of … [Read more...]
