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Our Hearts Are Broken.
There are times when the world makes even less sense than usual. www.nydailynews.com It’s an ordinary Saturday morning here in Sydney, 10 days before Christmas. The day ahead promises lots of lazing about with a few chores to punctuate the serenity. Families are out together for brunch, the never ending plans for Christmas celebrations are…
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An Excessively Blinged Tree. Out and About.
I don’t think my 45cm tall Christmas tree can survive have another decoration hung on one of its magical, colour changing disco branches. Every time I walk out of the house these days, I seem to return from my travels with yet more tree bling – Coles, $2 stores, you name it, I’ve scoured it…
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Twelve to the Power of Three.
12/12/12….. It’s the last triple date of the century. This could be the end of the world as we know it. Or Anti-Doomsday Day if you’re an optimist. Or perhaps your wedding. Or even your twelfth birthday (if school holidays have started already then it really is an auspicious day for you). The Mayan…
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My Christmas Playlist. Cooking From the Fridge and the Fruit Bowl.
Okay. I think I’m finally on the same page as the rest of the world. It’s two weeks until Christmas and the walls of SSG Manor are shaking to the sounds of my favourite Christmas music. No prizes for guessing that Michael Buble’s Christmas album makes up the bulk of my Christmas play list. www.billboard.com…
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The Glamour. Rearview Mirrors.
I think it’s pretty safe to say that whatever glamour I may have been clinging onto with this pregnancy has now well and truly left the building. My fancy bits and pieces have been packed into their dust bags or boxes and stashed away. Or hung up out of harm’s way. I’ve set things up…
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Things Worth Getting Out of Bed For.
It looks as if KFC’s mashed potato and gravy and I are back on again. We were such good friends back in the first trimester, we just had to reunite at 37 weeks – for old times’ sake and a chance for me to feel somewhat human, if only for a few hours each day.…
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Mostly Clean Living. Mix Apparel.
It was one of those clean living mornings. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping and I was in between them, power waddling. The thing about power waddling is that it burns calories. Probably not as many as in this sandwich but I was starving by the time I got home. It’s definitely not…
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Baby News and Baby Blue Skies.
I just knew that there was a reason for Kate’s new hair the other week. www.telegraph.co.uk Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the news today that they’re expecting their first child. As a William and Kate tragic, I’ve been tracking the story all day on the news and online. You can count…
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The Weeknight Book Club: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman.
www.goodreads.com I was one of those people at school who got a little excited whenever we studied novels for English Lit at school that were both written by Western Australians and set in my home state as well. Elizabeth Jolley, Sally Morgan, Randolph Stowe are just some of the authors that come to mind. Perth,…
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Ice and Rain. Batch Cooking.
It’s a full time job keeping up with the weather these days. On Saturday, Sydney was draining its freezers of ice cubes during the day and decamping to the beer fridge at their local bottle shop when the sun set. I purposely went out for a walk in the rain, minus an umbrella. Did you…