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Life This Week 26/12/2016: Appreciation.
Hello and happy Boxing Day! Judging from my Instagram and Facebook, Christmas Day looks like it was as special for all of you as it was for me. Thank you for sharing moments from your day on the socials. It was just lovely being able to scroll through all the love and happiness at various…
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Friday Drinks #5: The Last and Most Eclectic One Before Christmas Edition.
We’re here at last. The last Friday before Christmas. The side of my fridge is almost bare now. It used to house all the tickets and print outs for all the Christmas activities Preschooler SSG and I had this month but our last outing was yesterday so now all that remains are a few lonely…
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Lovin’ Life 22/12/2016: The Last Weekend Before Christmas.
When it’s the last weekend before Christmas, there’s not much you can do as parent except to just make your peace with the chaos, crowds and tight scheduling that come with fitting in all things Christmas along with your usual weekend list of things that need to be done just to keep the household running.…
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Wall Calendars and Eerily Quiet Shopping Centres.
Do you remember a time when wall calendars at all price points from free to feeling spendy roamed the world in large herds? The weekend editions of newspapers could usually be counted on to have a perfectly serviceable calendar tucked away somewhere between the lift out supplements. Then you had to start paying a few…
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Life This Week 19/12/2016: This Time Next Week.
This time next week… SSG Manor 2.0 will be filled with loved ones and all my extra garden chairs will be pressed into service as we laze around the courtyard and back garden on holiday time with good books, electronic devices, mugs of tea and our feet up. There will be no routine to our…
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The Annual Christmas Downpours.
I don’t know why it amazes me as much as it does every year but it still does. The ‘novelty’ of having dinners of hot soup and buttered toast whilst clad in flannel pyjamas as the rain pelts down on the roof (which thankfully isn’t leaking this year) a week and a bit before Christmas.…
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Lovin’ Life 15/12/2016: Lovin’ the Healthy Stuff.
I still have no idea what will be on the menu at our place for Christmas lunch. Mainly because I’ve been an almost continuous food coma since the beginning of the month. An unusually full social calendar has seen me have most of my main meals over the weekend at a party of some description.…
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The Heat. Texas.
It’s day 2 of our first heat wave of the summer and I’ve got my routine down pat. There’s trays of ice cubes in the freezer and I have a frozen juice box ready to for for Preschooler SSG after pick up this afternoon. www.abc.net.au Frozen juice boxes take me back to my own days…
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Gift To Self.
Mission accomplished. There’s something for me (from me) under the tree. I won’t lie. Christmas self gifting and a face to face catch up with All The Big Names were not the only reasons I was in the CBD today. I was also there in search of Arctic temperature air conditioning as well. The walkways…
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Life This Week 12/12/2016: Summer Holidays.
I spend summer holiday mornings: walking to the local beach before breakfast taking the time to appreciate the colours and sounds that often get drowned out later in the day by the activities of everyone else, making summery desserts for gatherings of families and friends, returning to visit favourite places the moment they re-open after…