It's been 6 months now since we got our puppy Frank the Schnoodle (cross between a Schnauzer and poodle) and I thought I'd give an update on how things have been in that time. Because you see while I liked dogs, I kind of tolerated them and found the mess too much for me to deal with. Hair, dribble, … [Read more...]
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The Italian Job
March 16, 2015 by 82 Comments
Without a doubt, all my best travel experiences have been on personal recommendations. You can only google and read Trip Advisor so much, but getting advice from someone who has been on the ground I reckon is priceless. I still get emails each week from people asking about where we stayed in NY or … [Read more...]
Preggo files #13
March 12, 2015 by 38 Comments
The view from here (as inside my head looking out of my eyeballs): It's a little fuzzy. Things are getting fuzzier by the day...taking longer to do...everything it seems in one ear and out the other. With still quite some time to go I fear I will just have to resort to sitting and sign … [Read more...]
How I am losing my spark, day by day
March 10, 2015 by 103 Comments
Friends, it has come to my attention that I am not the woman I once was. And that's OK, for I am the woman I am now, who is growing a whole human in her guts that apparently takes a LOT of brain power. You see, my brain, it's getting worse. What started as a foggy feeling of silly forgetfulness has … [Read more...]
Shut UP! A baby shower!
March 9, 2015 by 43 Comments
So last week my sister sent out a quick email to a few family members about catching up for a quick ladies lunch in the big smoke...we managed to secure a Monday that everyone could come to...given we all have kids it was 2.5 hours to be back in time for school pick up. So I dropped the girls off … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: Easy mid week cooking
March 9, 2015 by 4 Comments
Given my current state: general exhaustion and crankiness at anything, dramatic, pregnant and did I mention cranky? I tend to have this reaction when I realise it's almost dinner time: BLOODY HELL WHY DO I HAVE TO COOK SOMETHING AGAIN DEAR LORD WHEN WILL THIS SENTENCE END?! I suspect that the next … [Read more...]
Books for 8 yr olds
March 6, 2015 by 39 Comments
As a kid I loved to read - I always had my head tucked away escaping to some adventure or place far away. I devoured them as a teenager and managed to keep it up as an adult when I was working before smart phones stole away any spare time I always had my head in a book on a bus or train. Rob loved … [Read more...]
Preggo files #12
March 5, 2015 by 73 Comments
It's been a shit house week here friends. Rob has been sick, really sick with a cold/flu that has seen him literally wiped out and in bed since Sunday night. It's now Thursday. I am paranoid that I will get this and given I would be able to take NO medication, he has been in hiding from all of us. … [Read more...]
Sandwich press chicken. Wait, what?
March 3, 2015 by 77 Comments
This was another happy accident recipe that I made up as I went a few weeks ago at dinner. I was sitting down doing homework with the kids when I realised it was 4.45pm and that meant I had about 15 minutes to get something sorted for dinner (we eat early around 5-5.30pm most nights). After kicking … [Read more...]
Weekend entertaining: meat & fire
February 28, 2015 by 9 Comments
Nothing says celebration more to me than a whole animal for roasting on a spit. The longer process, the time taken to prepare and then cook the meat over many hours not to mention the visual spectacle makes for a very special occasion for a gathering of friends. We were lucky enough (a little … [Read more...]
The power of the voodoo, who do? You do.
February 27, 2015 by 73 Comments
Remind me of the babe! Anyone else remember that great song from one of my all time favourite movies The Labyrinth. David Bowie and all that hair. That music! Those puppets! Those glittery, maze walls were the stuff that dreams were made of for me when I was a 9 year old girl watching it. I know … [Read more...]
Sentimental food
February 25, 2015 by 75 Comments
On Saturday night Rob and I were out at our village trivia night (a HUGE night) that saw us home by 10.30pm for our beloved babysitter Pene. Whilst Rob had been sipping back on a few brewskies, myself being pregnant and the official score girl for the night I was dead sober and keen to get stuck … [Read more...]
Il Tutto Anais bag winner!
February 23, 2015 by 8 Comments
Phwoooooaaaaaaar! Still as pretty as it was last time I looked. Time for me to announce the winner of my giveaway who I will be adding to cart for just as soon as you let me know your address details. There were over 250 comments to go through but we managed to get a winner. And that winner … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: Seafood
February 23, 2015 by 9 Comments
I am terrible at incorporating seafood into our weekly meals. I get lazy, I forget to buy the stuff, I am a little afraid of cooking fish and sometimes it just hard and expensive to add it into the trolley. But I am going to make more of an effort - even if it's some simple tuned tuna tossed through … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous 67
February 20, 2015 by 35 Comments
No one panic, it's FRIDAY. For anyone with small kids at school just starting out can we say it together: AMEN! Every week is getting busier by the second, notes and routines and work and helping out at school and stuff, dates and deadlines...my goodness it is busy being a grown up. For us we have … [Read more...]
Slow roasted pork belly
February 18, 2015 by 32 Comments
Anyone who knows me, knows my passion for all things pig. In my humble opinion, there is no greater beast. No beast that provides so many of life’s joys all Crispy bacon with some oozing eggs on a lazy Sunday morning. Slice of thin, carved ham with lashings of butter on thick toast on Christmas … [Read more...]
Il Tutto Anais GIVEAWAY {worth $129}
February 17, 2015 by 256 Comments
**** THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED - THANKS FOR YOUR ENTRIES! **** You know what I love? Women in business, creating great products or services while juggling motherhood and life. I LOVE THAT SHIT. There's not much a woman can't do. And you know what I else I love? You guys! Because you come here, … [Read more...]
The school drop off blues
February 17, 2015 by 75 Comments
As soon as the alarm goes off, you take a moment to start the day. It takes about 23 seconds for you to realise it's a Tuesday. It's a School day. There's still 4 more days of this to go. That anxious pit in your stomach starts to grow. You have to get on with it, fake it, and spend the next few … [Read more...]
Solving the big issues: lining a roasting pan, yay or nay?
February 13, 2015 by 58 Comments
Pressing issues as ever round these parts this Friday afternoon. You only have to watch one episode of Donna Hay's cooking shows (or read one of her mags for that matter) that she is a fan of lining her roasting pans with baking/greaseproof paper. Plenty of food stylists will use them in shoots I … [Read more...]
Help! My daughter has curly hair and I have NO clue {the update}
February 12, 2015 by 41 Comments
About a month ago I wrote this post asking for help on dealing with Daisy's curls (the comments are where the action IS). You see up to this point I have been trying to tame the curls, work against the curls, pretend the curls could get brushed away and it ended in tears for both her and I. Every … [Read more...]
