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Mum in the Hotseat: My Biggest Parenting Struggle

May 9, 2012
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A warm welcome today to Megan of Writing Out Loud who is sharing her response to the question, “What is your biggest parenting struggle?” A few years ago, kids always appeared in the background when I imagined them, second to my mantra: I must never change. Life was to go on as normal. And, although [...]

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Mum in the Hotseat: 10 Tips for Cultivating a Happy Home

May 7, 2012
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I included today’s Mum in the Hotseat, Kellie of 1000 Homes of Happiness, in the 2012 list of 12 Great Blogs to Read earlier this year because I love the mission that her family have set themselves – to release 1000 origami houses out into the world as a means of spreading happiness. Today Kellie [...]

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Worrisome and Weariness

April 19, 2012
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They lay beside me in the dark, taunting me, arguing with each other. The first has been there for nine months now, filling my mind with swirling ‘What ifs?’ and my slumber with dark dreams. :: Will everything be okay this time? Will I bring home a healthy baby? :: It’s been so long, can [...]

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And Exhale

April 3, 2012
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This past weekend I took a deep, deep breath… and exhaled. I feel like I have been holding my breath for way too long. I knew it would be a busy start to the year – Immy starting kindy, a book manuscript due, pregnant and along the way an impromptu kitchen renovation thrown in for [...]

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Mum 2 Mum: Balancing Playtime

March 2, 2012
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We are slowly settling into our kindergarten routine. The program Immy attends operates five full days a fortnight, two days one week and then three days the next. A big change for us considering Immy did not attend child care or any 3 year old pre-kindy type program. We are both really feeling the effects [...]

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Mum 2 Mum: How do you control the paper clutter???

February 16, 2012

A true sign that I am well and truly pregnant was the spontaneous urge to spring clean at 10pm that occurred earlier this week. All of a sudden the clutter was driving me crazy and I just wanted it gone!  (I literally was telling Dad 101 to ‘Throw it in the bin,” every time the [...]

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Mum 2 Mum: What’s In A Name?

January 26, 2012

We seem to have come to a screaming halt with the whole dreaming up names for our new baby game. It appears it is going to be somewhat difficult to come to any form of agreement this time around!  Dad 101 seems to prefer very popular names, the type that have made the Top 10 [...]

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Diary of a Whirlwind Trip to KL

December 21, 2011
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Thursday, 3.20am: Alarm sounds. Urgh! 3.32am: Drag self out of bed. Brush hair, stick matchsticks under eyelids , dress in comfortable travel clothes – thank you Nikki for the Country Road maxi skirt advice almost 12 months ago, I still love it! Head off for the long drive to the airport. 4.24am: Long term car [...]

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