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Refresh thy Marriage
Having children has definitely made our lives far richer than I could ever have known or imagined. My only wish is that hubby and I had more time to plan and dream about our lives and our future like we did when we were first together. While I love where we are 13 years and 10 months on, I sometimes wish we could jump through a portal and go back to those days when it was just us. It would be nice to enjoy that ‘specialness of newly wedded bliss’ with no responsibilities again. Now don’t go assuming that I regret having children because I don’t. Far from it. I love…
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Under the Tuscan Sun
‘Under the Tuscan Sun’ is one of my all time favourite movies. I love the imagery of Italy. The houses built into the hillside, the cobble stone roads, the beautiful old architecture, the vineyards, and the beautiful landscape of Italy. The story line is good too. ‘Under the Tuscan Sun”, is about a woman called Frances Mayes, who happens to be a writer – a writer with writers block, who suddenly finds herself unexpectedly divorced. Her friends cash in their Tuscany tour holiday so that their friend could have some fun, cheer up and find some direction. At first Frances refuses, but then she realises she needs to escape the pain…
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Women, Mothers and Metaphoric Hats
Do you ever feel as though you wear too many hats? I’m not talking about real hats at the moment, I’m talking about those metaphoric ones the majority of us mums – women can relate too. A mother’s role is incredibly complex, yet incredibly rewarding. I often wonder how strange it is that something can be both really wonderful AND really hard all at the same time. There is a never ending list of tasks to do, and never enough hours in the day or days in the week to get everything done. I think the most frustrating part of my role is that the majority of jobs are re-occurring! One must…
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Bringing Balance back to Homeschooling
The holidays are now a distant memory. Sadly! We’re heading towards the end of week 2 of term 3, and I can hardly believe that we are now in term 3, this year is flying by far too quickly. We had created a list of things we wanted to do over the holidays but sickness took us down. Instead, we spent the majority of the holidays at home. We did fit in a couple of movies at the Maroochy Cinema’s for the kids right at the beginning of the holidays before we became unwell. I endured the Minions movie and enjoyed ‘Inside Out’…The kids thoroughly enjoyed both the movies, and…
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The Paper Chain Weightloss plan
It seems that I am my own worst enemy! I recently had an ‘Oprah Ah ha’ light bulb moment thanks to Gretchen Rubin. I have been reading Gretchen Rubin’s new book ‘Better than Before’, and I have just realised my problem – I am an ‘obliger’. An ‘obliger’ is somebody who puts other peoples needs before their own and mums have a tendency to put their family’s needs before making themselves a priority, but I have come to realise the importance of making sure I consider my health a priority. I feel like I have been reading and thinking about health for quite some time now. In fact, I made a promise to…
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Waterproof Splashsuits for Kids
This morning dark clouds covered our skyline. It looked like quite the miserable rainy day. Normally the idea of a wet day makes me feel a little glum and out of sorts. I dislike going out in the rain because our funny four year old little boy Jaden, loves to play outside, and its impossible for him to stay dry. Rain means puddles, puddles mean splashing, and splashing means soaking wet child – Jaden. Jaden loves the wet weather, and loves playing outside, and in the puddles at every opportunity. Keeping Jaden dry on a wet day is next to impossible – raincoats and umbrellas often fail us! I…
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Glamping Fun!
Last weekend we ‘Glamped’ at the Broadwater Tourist Park on the Gold Coast. We were going to camp, but we had a number of cold nights here, and I chickened out of camping in a tent because I really didn’t feel that we were set up to camp in the cold. I’m still keen to camp but now that I have experienced the cabin option, I’m in love with glamping. Our cabin number was 312. It was the first cabin along the beach front and we had the best view of the little beach, and our view to Sea World was lovely. Our weekend away was literally the most…
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A Little about Me.
Oops, time got away from me this month! Its been quite a busy time here in our household. A while back I came across a simple article by Kelly Exeter who writes a blog called, ‘A Life Less Frantic’. Kelly’s article is called ‘The One Thing…’. I decided to answer the questions for myself. If your interested in doing the same please feel free. 🙂 The one thing … The one thing I should do less often is: I am learning to live in the present and not always dream about the greener grass on the other side of the fence. We are blessed right now – we have…
