by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal, Style + Beauty
This week we saw another brand launch into the Australian plus-size fashion market. Fronted by one of the biggest names in plus, American model Ashley Graham, with the locals following loyally behind. The Commonry burst onto the scene with the sort of ripples a...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Confidence, Personal
A lot of traffic coming to the blog right now is for a post about where to buy plus-size clothes for teenagers. Teenage girls, predominately, with a couple of stores thrown in that would work for the guys too. The search terms got me thinking about my teenage self and...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Blogging, Personal
Here we are, on the very first day of 2021. Not me, I’m probably still in bed sleeping off a food coma. I’m sure the drink has nothing to do with it. This is past me, writing from the New Year’s Eve morning with a determination to make sure we end...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal
When we first purchased this house, we didn’t know how we would go with one bathroom. Sure, only two people are living here, but we were used to being a two-bathroom home. And of course, we’ve managed, but with the main bathroom in need of repairs now was...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal
I mean, if this isn’t the show-stopping content you signed up for, I don’t know what would be. Tales from my veggie garden; not the usual search term we get around here. The thing is, I’ve just finished cutting back my cherry tomatoes (for like the...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Chalkboard Digital, Working for Yourself
It’s hard to believe that it’s two years since I said goodbye to my last remaining day job and went fulltime in my business. Seriously, it’s been that long. How does one block of time feel so short but so long at the same time? But we made it. And to...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal
The smell of pea and ham soup is filling the house as I type this—a slow meal after a busy weekend. Yesterday saw us spending time with a number of my family members on both sides at various gatherings. My cup of love and family is so full right now, and it gives me...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal
I was disgusted to see a video of the staff at a local general store (that we frequent!) serving a man who LICKED his money before giving it to them. Licked it, wiped it on his shirt, and dropped it. Because they were using a container for cash payments (so the money...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal
I’ve been doing my best not to leave the house since we came home from the beach at the end of March. Because Kevin is still attempting to run his business, he has been in charge of supply missions. He has been to the supermarket and bottle shop (when will the...
