Category: Personal
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Blake and Ac take Dreamworld
I first went to Dreamworld as a REALLY young child. We went often enough, it was a special holiday outing often enough. When we were talking about us going, my Mum reminded me of the time we went as kids, I was probably 9 or 10. I went on stage to assist with one fo…
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Things they say are bad for you when you’re trying to conceive.
I’ve been doing some reading around the old interwebs. I was looking for some advice and a little bit of a scare to get my back into gear in relation to cutting out the booze and caffeine. Turns out there are a LOT of foods/drinks/random things you should eat/drink/take while trying to get pregnant. Who knew?…
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What makes you happy?
There are a few key things that make me happy; Watching people ‘My Space Face’ like in the photo above. New car smell, apparently. Autumn evenings in a light jumper. This squishy I’m so happy face my niece does. It speaks to me, it says life’s SO freakin’ great. Freshly sharpened pencils. New iPad apps to make…
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This is someone who is getting stuff done!
But who probably should have mowed the lawn today. And got food prep done for the week ahead. Someone who slept an hour on the couch this afternoon and who watched Money Ball for the second time in 24 hours. This is someone who went to bed at two and woke up at eight to…
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Weird Keyword Searches + How to find YOURS
One of my favourite pastimes is checking out the weird search terms that has people land on my blog. Sure, some are useful, normal type ones {Suger, Salad Dressing, Thai Curry} but some just leave me shaking my head. Or worse, feeling a little sick in the stomach. Eeeek. Some beauties that have crossed my…
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Silence is, errr, something.
I love silence. Quiet makes me happy. Uninterrupted moments of no sound. Soft breezes and cooling afternoons are everything, on a scale of one to everything. But as I sit, quietly, in the quiet it’s there. A reminder. A taunt. That it should be noisy here by now. A child. Or two. Perhaps we should…
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Why a love of food won’t make you a food blogger.
In my walk down memory lane all of last week {it took me SO long to write that post} it occurred to me that at one point I almost talked myself into making this blog a food blog. I’ve had various thoughts and freak outs over blog niches. Let me tell YOU. But food blogging…
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Peaked too soon?
I’ve been thinking a lot about the early days. The very beginning. October 29th 2009. That is the date of my very first ever blog post. It’s a bit crap in case you’re wondering. But it does have a few of my favourite photos and quotes in it. I was reading this Kidspot entry post…
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Kidspot Ford Territory Top 50: Feel the difference
This is the face of a SERIOUS blogger. Seriously. It was a dark, late night in sunny Queensland and a new Mum sat at her computer as so many do. She reached out; not knowing who else was out there. She hoped for support and love from a community of people who understood. She was…
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