Taking photos of children can either be a simple joy or a big fat pain in the big fat butt. Trying to co-erce a smile from a grumpy baby is near impossible. Crazy six year olds don’t always want to pose and do a proper smile and don’t get me started on three year olds!  But having photographs of your children at different stages is important {here is where I could share that there are very few photos of me {Read More}

We have reached a point in our lives where making pizza when friends come for dinner is now socially acceptable. Most of our friends have children and I only know of one child {mine} who does not like to eat it. It is a very social thing to share slices of pizza and chat away the evening with friends, add some wine too, of course. I have been really been taking my pizza making seriously this year {I know, it {Read More}

I am linking up today for the first time with, ‘Kate Says Stuff‘ and her link-a-doo called, ‘Thankful Thursday‘….I had a post all ready to go for today with cute photos and everything. I had come to the realisation that although the last few months have been unprecedented in dramarama – there are still so many good things in my life. Enough to make me know for sure that life is indeed cool. Things like smiling children, sunshine and leaves {Read More}

Follow my blog with Bloglovin It is ‘Write On Wednesday’ time at InkPaperPen again…  This week I promise to keep to the timer and not add any more. Really. Promise.  Write On Wednesdays Exercise 20 - Write the words ” I thought I saw” at the top of your page. Set a timer for 5 minutes. Write the first words that come into your head after the prompt. Don’t take you pen off the page (or fingers off the keyboard). Stop only when the buzzer rings! Do {Read More}

10 Reasons Why I Do Not Like It When Mr Cool Goes Away The buck stops with me – darn. If the power goes out – who deals with it? Me. If a child were to swallow a piece of Lego – who deals with it? Me. If a child pulls another child’s hair then screams blue murder – who deals with it? Me. It is a lot of responsibility! I get lonely – Mr Cool and I have been married {Read More}

I am hopeless at giving out pocket money. For a variety of reasons…a) I actually think our kids get loads of rewards for the things they do: praise, encouragement, treats etc. Why give them cash too?b) our kids have so many things I just don’t know if giving them more money to buy more things is the way to teach them about currency.c) we have a job chart, which has little magnetic Mr Men on them. They are on the {Read More}

Home Hair Dye So… what do you think Anna means by, ‘Home Hair Dye’? I should have checked. I am pretty sure she did not want recipes for making hair dye, she is not that kind of gal. So, she must mean tips for doing hair dye at home. This could possibly be the shortest blog post in history if that is the case. Because Anna, I have three words for you….. Don’t do it! Oh my goodness. The trials {Read More}

Recently, a friend asked me for the recipe for my beef ragout. I sent it to her via text. When she made it she shouted my praise on Facebook and said all her children and guests raved about it. Nice!This is my very own variation of Ragout. This will make heaps, {as all my slow cooker recipes do} we get three meals out of this recipe {2 adults, 2.5 kids} B’s Beef Ragout Prep Time: 20 mins Cooking Time: 8+ hours {Read More}

I am linking up again with Liz from A Belle, A Bean and a Chicago Dog for iPPP…  For those of my faithful readers who live in Australia, you will no doubt know that it is Magpie season. This sends chills down the spine of every warm blooded Aussie. For those of you from the Northern Hemisphere who may think the Magpie is a cute black and white bird that lives in the forest and collects shiny things for their {Read More}

I am linking up again with InkPaperPen to do ‘Write on Wednesdays.’ I am enjoying being forced to take on more adventurous writing. But… Oh dear. More fiction writing for B! I guess this is stretching my writing! This is the exercise: Write On Wednesdays Exercise 19 - Sunshine in a cup. Write the words of Emily Dickinson: “Bring me sunshine in a cup” at the top of your page. Set a timer for 5 minutes. Write the first words that come into your head after the {Read More}