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Good Friday seems like a good day to start a new series.  It just feels right.  So that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Recently I have been inundated with…

I love the promise of a long road trip. It doesn’t really matter where you’re going, does it?  Because when you get into that car with your padkos packed, your…

If you’re reading this then you’ve probably booked a photo shoot to capture the absolute cuteness of your children as they are right now, the sweet little things. Except that…

One thing that I have learned through parenting three children over the last 5 (almost 6) years, is that you should NEVER, ever acknowledge that you have triumphed in a…

Does that sound a bit selfish? Maybe. Or even worse, maybe it sounds counter productive because, hello?!  This is when you get a chance to have that hot cup of…

I’m sure that as a parent you know that sometimes you can get it so right.  The kind of right that leaves you doing a little victory dance in the…

I think that this is the first time that I am reverting to a Currently post because I feel like it and not because I feel overwhelmed with life.  I feel…

It’s happening.  Like really happening. We had such a great time at the #CTMeetUp last year that we thought that we would have another (smaller) meet up that only focused…

Every Sunday night was the same…  We’d go to church and then to our best friends place (or they’d come to ours) and we’d have an easy supper.  It was…

If I claimed this to a definitive guide to party packs I’d basically be saying that I’m Martha Stewart.  And we all know that’s about as true as saying Saturday…

Looking after myself has never really been a priority. I can’t even blame it on having kids, because if I’m honest, I was lazy before I had them too. Now…

This blogging gig is great. Not only do I get to express myself, capture memories and the ups and downs of parenting, connect with others, give and find encouragement in…

What is it about kids that makes them want to be super helpful at inappropriate times? You know what I mean.  It would really be helpful if they chose to…

On the last night of our holiday I cried myself to sleep. Not because I was so sad to be leaving – although that was true.  It was because one…

I’m not usually a feeler. My emotions are normally kept under a fairly thick skin that regulates all the little feely things that I witness so often in the big…

Once upon a very long time ago, I went to a holiday club that was based on the Cludo board game.  We literally went around interviewing Mr Green in the…

Our love for Sticky Fudge is rather well documented. It probably comes as no surprise that I might be obsessed, as I am sure you can understand.  In fact, if…

I think it’s quite obvious that I wasn’t feeling the Christmas vibe this year and I know many of you have been struggling with the same thing too. But not…

I didn’t blog yesterday. This might sound like a “duh” kind of statement, but for me it’s a liberating one.  You see, I committed (to myself) that I WILL post…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. I…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. It…

Anyone else feeling totally overwhelmed about this time of the year already? Seriously though, we’re not even fully into the silly season yet and I am already feeling bombarded from…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. YAY!…