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Winding Down For the Weekend.
The weather yesterday was too good to be wasted indoors under the shadows of columns of packing cartons and empty built in robes. Channeling Pharell. So after a spot of housework, Toddler SSG and I drove to our favourite park and managed to score a prime parking spot just across the road from its…
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The World Right Now. Paying It Forward.
www.sigmalive.com The world seems an even crazier and darker place than usual right now. This last week has seen some harrowing images of the human face of the current EU migrant crisis which is what it seems we needed to realise that turning back the boats isn’t just about border protection it’s also a lot…
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Springsummer.
I’ve just looked at myself in the mirror and I could swear that I look just a little sun kissed. Or perhaps it’s my dayglo orange Air Pegasus 29s reflecting off the sheen on my face from working that medicine ball. Have you also been looking positively radiant as you’ve put the washing out (and…
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Colouring In Again. ‘The Good Girl’ by Mary Kubica.
It all started with the nappy pants. Before we went away, I was in the spare room giving myself a pat on the back after lugging my two cartons for $50 bargain buy from Big W onto the nappy shelf to the left of the carton of wipe packets. My jubilation was short lived. One…
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Down Time in My Home Town. The One Pot Chef’s Chocolate Mud Cake.
The name of this store at Perth airport says it all. Love ya, Perth. It was only a four day weekend this time but, as always, I’ve returned to Sydney recharged, refocussed and reassured about practically everything going on in my world right now. Down time in your home town with your family tends to…
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A Return To Contouring. Baking Duty.
There was a bit of drama in my life back on May 27 2015. My heavily discounted Australis AConTour palette came to an untimely end after slipping out of my hands and hitting the floorboards. Since then, I’ve soldiered on as best I could without a subtly contoured face. The struggle has been real (having…
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The Late Winter Sun. Chicken Curry.
How can you not have a smile on your face (or babycino) with the weather being the way it is in Sydney right now? Toddler SSG and I took the scenic route on the bus yesterday as we made our way through Thursday’s ‘to-do’ list. I’m going to take some poetic licence and say that…
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The Festival of Forty. ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ – Holly Madison.
www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk This might be my first post as a forty year old but I’m happy to report that some things haven’t changed as fast as my age. I still love reading about the lives of people who are much younger than me in years but who have managed to live those years with more drama…
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August So Far.
Haven’t I picked a glorious day to return from blogging Siberia? The sun was out and spring was definitely in the air. Cozy tree trunks on South Dowling Street, Paddington. I love the slightly hipster, slightly student, slightly bohemain, slightly normal person feel of the inner east. From the flowerbeds that were beginning to reveal…
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In Quarantine. ‘The Year of Living Danishly’ – Helen Russell.
It’s not been the most glamorous or exciting of times at SSG Manor. Toddler SSG and I are in quarantine. Again. Our days have been punctuated with the lime green beeps of my trusty Braun ThermoScan and I’ve been keeping my movements to a minimum thanks to various remotes, cordless phones and my waterproof and…