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• My Battle with the Powdered White Stuff

  

  Look, I’m pretty upfront and I’m putting it out there. I’m an addict.I am a hopeless sugar addict.I’ve been hooked, come clean, loved being free of the stuff,... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Simple Scarf Storage Solution

  

  This winter I’ve embraced scarves as my new very favourite easy-to wear fashion accessory.In fact, I’ve become a little smitten and have taken to wearing a scar... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• 10 Go-to Gift Ideas That Will WIN Every Time!

  Have you ever been in the situation of receiving a last minute invitation to a celebration-do and thought ….. “Oh, crap! What am I going to get him/her?”... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Hip Hip Hooray, It’s a Birthday Week!

  

  There’s a birthday boy in our household this week. Hip, Hip, Hooray! My Mr Middle Young Man is waving goodbye to 12 years of childhood and entering the land of... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Horoscope Or is It Horror-scope?

  For the first time in almost forevvvvver, today I checked in on my daily horoscope to see just what the universe was supposed to have in store for me. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Household Routines and Expectations? I Tell My Kids It’s Normal.

  Do you ever pause what it is you’re doing to wonder, if only for a minute, whether other households in the country operate the same way as yours? It’s been quit... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Ahhh The Serenity … For Now

  

  It has honestly been a certifiable mad-house here this week … and to be truthful with you, the opportunity to write a little bit here has not really provided... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Doing the Tax Return Shuffle

  Picking up the phone to contact a government department or agency is never going to be fun, is it? You know even before you dial that it will be a loooooooong... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• In the Midst of the House of Sick

  I’m stuck in the house of sick.It’s yuck.Two out of the three chillrun are home ill today and I’m skipping work to wipe noses, deliver water and respond to all... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Some Slow Cooker Lovin’

  

  I was a little bit excited to wake up to a nip in the air this morning.Mmmmmmm slow cooker weather!When you are trying to stretch your dinner dollars further AN... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• I’m Going on Strike! Who Wants to Be in My Picket Line?

  

  After considerable faffing and farting around this morning, the temptation to stick a couple of missiles up the bottoms of my children was a strong one indeed.... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Perfect Pizza Weather!

  

  When he says winter, I think scarves, boots, jeans, corduroy and snuggly knits.When I’m the one saying winter, the MOTH thinks footy season, heating bills and... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Taming a Toddler – and This Too Shall Pass …

  

  If you have a little pre-school person living at your place, you’re probably familiar with some (and maybe all) of the following … defiance and wilfulness –... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Opportunity Shopping – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  

  I really do love op-shopping, always have. I do think it could be in my blood as my late Aunty Desley was, I reckon, the country’s CHAMPION 2nd-hand shopper. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• You’re Getting Old When a Game of Bingo is a Big Night Out!

  

  Most Mums recognise that escaping for some ‘me’ time is a necessary way of maintaining some resemblance of sanity amongst the chaos that a busy lifestyle can... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• 5 Things to Love About School Holidays

  Up here in Queensland we have reached the half-way point in the mid-year school holidays. One week down, one to go …….. so far me and mine remain relatively... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Houston, We Have a Toilet Training Problem. The Baby Girl is a Pooer!

  

  There really can be no denying it anymore.It’s a filthy little secret, and I so hope you’ll keep it hush hush, but Oh Lord please help me. My Baby Girl is a... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Cyberbargain Love Aka Why Online Retail Therapy is the Bomb!

  

  It’s no secret that a case of the sads can often be effectively treated with a decent dose of retail therapy. Aren’t I right, girls? Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 FAMILY

• Glum Mum Bum Hum

  Yesirreee, it’s raining again … or still – depending on how you want to look at it, I guess. The tanks are beyond full and overflowing, the chill’run are... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Rain, Rain Go Away!

  

  We live on the Sunshine Coast. What an oxymoron that is at the moment! It’s just NOT sunny. In fact it has been cold, bleak and overcast for days but today it... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION