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New Year. New School 2015
This year is shaping up to be a good one for our family…and its quite exciting!! We decided at the end of 2014 that we would be making a massive change in 2015. There are numerous reasons for this decision, but our Bethy is the main reason for making this change. Bethy struggles academically, and has done so since she started school. She’s always been young for her age, and this year she’s in year six (the last year of primary school). School life has been challenging for Bethy, and we have had many friendship issues along the way. On many occasions, over the years, Bethy would climb into the car at…
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Farewell 2014. Hello 2015
Happy New Year Everyone! Can you believe we’re in 2015, already? Life in our household has been full on since I posted last. December was a very busy month for our family – Our 13th wedding anniversary came and went, numerous end of year school events, Amy had her annual MRI and blood test for her CRMO issue, we had an awesome family holiday on the Gold Coast, fun Christmas family events, we welcomed our new nephew Max into the family, Christmas, a couple of birthdays, and now here we are – 14 days into the new year and this week we celebrated Jaden’s 4th birthday. I can’t believe he’s 4 – what…
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A Love Story!
On Monday, the 1st of December, hubby and I will be celebrating our 13th wedding anniversary! I can’t believe we have been married for 13 years! We have travelled a long way from our wedding day on the 1st December 2001, but in many ways, it still feels like we started our lives together just yesterday…..well maybe a couple of weeks ago. Thirteen years has gone so fast. Today, I thought I would share with you our love story. Its the Dion and Sarah Love Story – I’ll probably never be offered a million or two dollars to buy the movie rights so its safe to assume this is a safe…
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Celebrating Gratefulness
We don’t celebrate ‘Thanksgiving’ day here in Australia and I think we should. The American’s formally celebrate Thanksgiving each year on the third Thursday in November, and have done so since 1941. American’s may not have all the right answers to the big questions, but I do think they have a great idea in terms of their ‘Thanksgiving’ day. Imagine if we had a day off to celebrate gratefulness. How great would that be? (no pun intended) We have so many things in our lives to be thankful for, and the older I get – the more I understand how gratifying the simple pleasures really are. A princess doesn’t need a…
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Love, Grace and Gratitude – Finding True Happiness
Over the last couple of weeks we were introduced to the ‘New’ Renee Zellweger. The articles and media conversations surrounding Renee’s ‘new’ look were quite thought provoking, and somewhat attacking. Some reporters commented that ‘we’, the general public, put a lot of pressure on celebrities to keep their youthful appearance, and because of our expectations – they feel obligated to do everything in their power to remain youthful – including surgery. Other reports lay the blame squarely on the shoulders of producers and directors in the entertainment industry. Since Renee launched her new look – Actress Julia Roberts commented that she has no plans to freshen up her look with cosmetic surgery, she realises that…
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Life Choice: Phase – Stay at Home Mum
Have you ever had someone out of the blue ask you what your doing with your life? This week I had somebody ask me what I’m doing with my life? I responded ‘Well, I am a mum of four and…’ and just as I was about to finish my sentence this person cut me off. She seemed irritated by my half answer. Suddenly I felt as though I was on the defence. This lady, who will remain nameless, growls “I know you are a mother, everything about you says ‘mother’, I want to know if ‘Sarah’ still lives in there?’. She even used her quotation fingers! I was stunned…
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The Last Term of the year
This year is flying by so fast! I can’t believe the September school holidays are over. They seemed to fly by far too quickly. Term 4 started on Tuesday, and Amy who is in year 6 bought home an assignment criteria sheet for her next piece of assessment. I had hoped that we could slide through the first week of school without homework or assignments – but no such luck. Denial is not an easy place to live for a mum. I could pretend we were still on holidays, but I am choosing to embrace what comes at us with poise and grace, after all, the Christmas holidays aren’t too far…
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Decluttering and Making Room for a Better Life.
This decluttering streak I am on is going well. I have completely un-babied our home, and I have moved on to other areas of the house. Its been going very well. Actually, I’ll correct myself here, it WAS going very well. I started going through the book case and found Gretchin Rubin’s book ‘Happier at Home’ on the bookshelf, and lets just say that I got a teeny bit distracted. The issue here is that I have a thing for books. I have always loved reading, and I have always found it difficult to pass on books. I can only imagine how hard it would be for a fashionista to…
