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A little while ago one of my bests dropped the bombshell that she would be leaving me.  Her hubs and kids would be moving to New Zealand.  It left us…

When I pictured our first day of school I prepared for the worst. I envisioned children that had unbrushed hair, mismatched clothes and questionable status on teeth brushing to be thrown…

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…

When Seth told me that he had organised us a holiday on a farm I was dubious. He joked with me that we’d be camping and sleeping on the floor…

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…

I don’t have a bucket list. If I did, it would include a lot of traveling, eating and drinking a lot of authentic food (that DOESN’T involve bugs, snakes, blood,…

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…

Summer is here! How do I know?  Well, we spent last night huddled together under the stars watching Moulin Rouge and we didn’t end up enacting the scenes from Titanic…

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!…

How often do you ask your kids what they want to be when they grow up? It seems to be a regular discussion in our house and although the girls…

Does anyone else count down the days and then hours and then minutes until Friday?  I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one.  Even though this week was absolutely fantastic,…

Summer is here. (I’m inclined to say FINALLY, but I don’t want to sound ungrateful and scare her away again). Sitting in the sun and feeling the warmth that unfreezes…

You know when I have so much to say but don’t know how to say it properly I whip up a good old faithful “Currently” post.  Maybe it seems like…

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. What…

I know that it seems that we share a lot about our lives online, and it’s true, we do.  But there is one thing that I haven’t really shared with…

Do you know what I realised this weekend? You never fully “own” this parenting thing.  Yes, some days are great and you totally feel like you got this parenting gig…

Oh internet, you funny thing. It’s probably quite obvious how much we love the internet around here, from blogging to online shopping to  watching hilarious Jimmy Fallon videos (can’t get enough…