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Three Beauty Products Reviewed Amongst Other Things.
I’m bringing you a trio of product reviews from the front line today. I tested all three products under the arduous conditions of a day’s mothering with a hard core gym session squeezed in. The gym session was notable for the fact that I figured out how to configure the cable machine for upright rows…
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Donna In My Pantry, Gok At My Target.
My real life kitchen is as far from the Donna Hay test kitchen as you can imagine. The kitchen at SSG Manor is not one that you could walk into and mistake for a magazine shoot or kitchenware store display. The only time I ever get it sparkling clean and free of clutter is the…
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My Eyes In London. $10 Mascara.
It will surprise no one who reads this blog just how much of a Royal baby tragic I am. I religiously refresh twitter and the MailOnline on my iPad just in case I may have missed the avalanche of news that would accompany the birth announcement. So I am delighted to confirm that…
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Asleep in the City.
There was a time, not so long ago (this time, last year, in fact) when walking the streets of the city was just that. Something I did in order to get to where I needed to be. I walked with my mind and eyes on other things. One foot in front of the other…
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A Winner. Into the Sun.
Hellos, hello! It’s the first of July, the start of a new financial year. Have you made any financial resolutions for 2013/2014? Nah, me neither. I’m waiting for my tax return to kick start my motivation. There’s just the small matter of sifting through my ultra efficient filing system of last year’s receipts before the…
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Winter Wanted June Back. Parents With Prams.
Well, it was nice sitting out in that 15 minutes of sun we got in Sydney yesterday. I got so carried away with feeling the sun in my face and hands that I might even have gone without my jacket for a moment there as well. Winter clearly wanted…
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The End of the Beginning.
www.econews.com.au The numbers game reared its ugly head in spectacular fashion again yesterday. Twitter exploded with live tweets from Parliament and wry commentary about what the whole nation hoped would be the last time PM Gillard and Mr Rudd fought for leadership of the ALP as they head into the September election facing landslide…
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A Six Month Review.
Baby SSG is half a year old now and I’m now officially one of those mothers that wishes time would just pause to catch its breath now and again. Each day is filled with change. The incremental steps towards another developmental milestone (thank you, Wonder Weeks for putting things into perspective and…
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My Beautiful Laundrette.
When it’s been raining as hard and as continuously as it has been in Sydney this week, you just have to find your rainbows where you can. With nothing to look at but grey skies and footpaths slick with rain, the colours if this gum all dispenser made my day at the end…
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Lots of Rain. Lots of Eggs
Is it just my dodgy recollection of events but did it rain for 354 hours straight over the weekend in Sydney? Whatever the exact number may be, SSG Manor is definitely feeling the pain today. The laundry hamper is overflowing and there isn’t a piece of furniture in the house that isn’t hidden…