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Crisp Autumn Mornings. Small Paul. The Polar Fleece Fold.
It’s not just the latest editions of the food magazines that are saying it but the weather is as well. Autumn has arrived. There’s a crispness to the mornings these days and having something hot to drink in the morning is a necessity as well as a ritual. Another thing that means the…
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Politics. A Real Housewife Writes.
With just under 6 months until the federal election, I’m really feeling for the bookmakers at places like Centrebet. Potential nominees for the ALP leadership seem to be appearing every other week. One week you think you’ve got a complete list of names from which to calculate individual odds and the next, someone else needs…
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Mothercare Memories. Sunday Treats.
Gee, autumn has been kind to us in Sydney. It was another gloriously sunny Sunday today. The laundry on the line was bone dry by mid afternoon and I drove home from my swim with the sun on my arms. It’s going to be so hard to say that inevitable goodbye to this…
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Bloody Mary Mussels – Jamie Oliver Style.
I’m sure you’ve heard that the secret to keeping to time when cooking with Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals is to only make a single dish from each set of recipes at a time. Well, it turned out that was just the kind of secret I needed to be clued into on a Friday night. Mr…
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Clarity About Caffeine.
It’s all about energy and clarity at SSG Manor today. Those new mother brain cobwebs are thinning out as I’m getting reacquainted with my good friend hours of uninterrupted sleep. So far today, I’ve hung up the laundry and wiped down the kitchen. The first time this year that I’ve done that much housework…
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4P, Pho LV and the Cousins Meet.
Something’s happening in the lane ways of the suburbs. They’re starting to heed the call of their hipster inner city cousins by sprouting hole in the wall, lane way cafes. I discovered 4P Espresso yesterday morning. It’s off Victoria Road, in the lane next to the Drummoyne Medical Centre and pharmacy. Baby SSG was my…
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The Midwives.
www.abc.net.au There’s been an awful lot of pregnancy and child birth related posting on the blog of late but today’s post isn’t all about me for a change. Have you had a chance to catch an episode of The Midwives on the ABC? It’s on Thursday nights. Produced by the BBC, it is a…
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A Change IS As Good As A Holiday.
Don’t you love it when a tried and tested proverb accurately describes your life? Today was one of those days that veered away completely from the routine (if you can ever have one with a baby in your life) and plunged headlong into the unfamiliar. Cut adrift from the security blanket of SSG…
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Saturday Smiles.
Saturday brings out the best in all of us. Even the supermarket self checkout had kind words for me today. And then there was sushi from my favourite takeaway for lunch. With extra wasabi courtesy of my fridge door. The was also this piece of news from movie…
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What It Feels Like For A Woman.
I don’t know if Happy International Women’s Day is the right way of saying it but if you’re a woman and you’re reading this post, I hope you had a chance at some point of today to either get involved in formal commemorative events or else took a moment to reflect on how much most…