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Balance
Struggling to find the balance between giving guidance and keeping my mouth shut. I wouldn’t have listened either at her age, in her shoes. Must remember that.
Helen has Surprised Me
My friendship with Helen has reached a point where I am thinking about her everyday. It’s reached the point where we are in touch every other day, if not everyday. It’s reached the point where we...
Fun Things Coming Up
Sep 22 - Sep 25: Mum, Dad and the Teens visit (leave Sep 26) Sep 29 - Oct 2: Luke’s parents visit (leave Oct 3) Oct 3/4/5: We go to Hot Springs for Luke’s 33rd birthday Somewhere in between, Litt...
In a Nutshell
It’s been a lovely week. My girls are beautiful. They are growing up. M dressed as a princess today for Book Week and I could tell she felt royal. She was singing and curtsying all afternoon. I ...
Little Rambles
Listening to Corinne Bailey Rae's album "The Sea" and finding that I love it as much as I love her first self-titled album. Finding that I love her still. I love her lyrics, her music, her sweet ...
Books of Late
Life of Pi - Yann Martel This book had me hooked from the beginning. I love Yann's writing talent. I love how he was so easily able to depict such detail and beauty in all the animals he wrote ab...
I need to work again already
You know what I need? A few hundred dollars, to spend on some items that are meaningful to me and that would prove extremely useful. The first of these is a set of heavier dumbbells, or a heavie...
Homesick Round One
It's not that I don't want to be here anymore, it's just that I am riding my first wave of true homesickness. Of course, it was bound to happen. I believe that this whole year has been a slow bui...
My Cousins' Visit
My course runs out in a few weeks. The pressure is on. I've got one question to answer on my last assessment, and I need to reference all my other questions correctly, then I'll be done. Am curre...
We can all point fingers (msg from mum)
It's after midnight and I get a text from mum. It's a screen shot of a conversation between her and her sister. The topic is something along the lines of how strict mum is with raising children ...
Life is too short to save you sopaipillas
I made sopaipillas for my other cousins who arrive tomorrow. The batch was nowhere near enough for what I would ideally have as a hosting person. There were 33. I figured I'd need to make another...
Clothes
I am finding free dress patterns online. For years I have wanted to sew clothes for my girls (and myself). My interest in this began when a friend of mine told me about how fun and easy and cheap...
Money
I ordered the present for L's mum - a 1 litre bottle of shampoo and another litre bottle of conditioner. The website stated that orders over $80 equal free shipping - I figure, why not buy myself...
Visitors to Come and My Day Today
I found out my (other) cousins from down south are coming up to visit me this weekend - yay!!!! It makes me feel special knowing that they are making an effort to come and see me. They rang toda...
A Little Somethin' Somethin'
After about 3 months of decided laziness, I exercised this morning - properly. I have been horny ever since. I forgot about this little added benefit on the side ;)
My Friend Helen (and Justine Clarke)
I think Helen is my closest friend here. At this point I would say my only friend (as in FRIEND-friend). And that's okay. I've always been the "one friend" kind of person anyway. She messaged m...
Music and Imagination
Am listening to the music I have on my iPod on shuffle. Here are some of the songs... Sunshine Road - Owen Campbell Before the Dive - St. Lucia Down with the Trumpets - Rizzle Kicks Gold Lion...
30 Soon
I am turning 30 in precisely 4 months. I hadn't given it much thought until recently. When I met up with Helen, Kate, Kim and Tracey at the park, I told them I needed ideas. See, there's a rea...
3 July - 11 July
3 July: Wildlife Park with Kim. That was nice. She's nice. The day was nice. The animals were nice. The koalas were nice. Life felt nice. Friday 4 July: I met up with Kim, Helen, Tracey and Kate...
Post-trip: 22 June - 2nd July
We left Chile precisely 3 weeks ago. We were in the car this morning. The girls were quiet for ages, lost in their own thoughts and suddenly Little L pipes up: "We're not in Chile anymore, hey....
The Alamos were here on Saturday
Our fridge is packed with food after having my cousin drop in. Him and his family, as well as his sister and her family, as well as their parents, were holidaying up this way and decided to come...
I've Realised what it is about them (her)
I finally found the reason why visits from L's parents are difficult for me. I don't like them. There, I admitted it to myself, and once I did, I realised straight away that I CAN actually hand...
Re-Visiting my 2014 Goals
Learn the art of gratefulness: Have I done this? Well, it's not something that happens overnight. It's certainly a work in progress. Sometimes I want nothing to do with gratefulness, but most of...
Quit
Hi all, Just letting you know that I am pulling out of league tag. I can't have my girls with me in this colder weather while training as they are still quite young and also there are other comm...
Recipe for Tonight
I'm cooking this for dinner tonight: http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/vegetarian-recipes/quinoa-french-lentil-herb-salad.php I've never made it before but it looks delicious! Also, I stumbled ac...
Book Description
My drive has always been, “Happiness is my Destiny.”
However, over the years I have realised that really, there is happiness to be embraced every single day of my life. Of course, the contents of my days aren’t ONLY happiness - my destiny is here, right now, this minute, this breath.
So breathe with me.
So:
L is my husband. He is awesome, there is no other word to describe him. Oh yeah there is, thoughtful, funny, helpful, funny, amazing in bed, funny. And.... FUNNY!
M is my daughter, she is 5. Headstrong, loving, individual. Beautiful. Learning how she relates to the world and learning all about Big Girl friendships since starting school. Her journey has truly begun now and she is finding her way. She’ll be a little woman before I know it. (this scares me)
L is my other daughter, she is ‘almost 3’ (she’ll tell you everyday). She is funny, crazy, cute. Definitely cute. Innocent, sensitive, in tune with nature, aware of her surroundings, beautiful.
I’m not sure that I write about anyone else all that regularly, but you’ll figure out who they are.
Welcome :)
