Why I need to become a morning person

By On March 31, 2012 · 6 Comments · In Boys Being Boys, Keeping it Real

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Today is Saturday. No work, no school, no kindy. No reason for me to function for a few hours aside from maintaining homeostasis.

It starts with the man who’s alarm goes of at some ungodly hour – 4.30am? 5am? He rumbles around the house [...]

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{Grateful} We made it!

By On March 30, 2012 · 9 Comments · In Boys Being Boys, Motherhood

Well, here we are. We have officially survived our first term of prep!

I am surprised that it was quite painless, actually. I was very worried that the Wilful One would have trouble keeping up. Having only been a part-time preschooler, I was worried that a five day week would be his undoing. He has [...]

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Change in the wind

By On March 29, 2012 · 7 Comments · In Family, Keeping it Real

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Today I am going for my first interview in four years. Actually, since the interview for my current job essentially consisted of my now boss asking me when I could start, it’s probably been SEVEN years since I’ve had a proper interview!!

I think [...]

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Like a fine wine + {Giveaway}

By On March 27, 2012 · 33 Comments · In Giveaways, Keeping it Real

!!!STOP THE PRESS!!!

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on where you are sitting!) we’ve had to do a redraw for this giveaway. It has been pointed out that Danielle’s entry is in fact more than the 25 words stated in the T&Cs. This threw my judges into a dilemma so we went to the [...]

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{Wonderful Weekend} <– World’s biggest understatement!

By On March 26, 2012 · 8 Comments · In Keeping it Real, Motherhood

Well if you didn’t know (because you musn’t follow me in ANY form of social media & therefore probably won’t be reading this post anyway) I had a little getaway on the weekend with my BFF, Lynettey Spaghetti.

Yep, no kids, no men. Just us, ALL weekend. It was so freaking [...]

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