The second biggest crowd splitters behind the “Thermomix revolutionaries” are “The Campers”. You see, some people are truly wired for this camping gig. You are either a camper, or you are not. I always head off with high hopes, believing that this time it will be different, but I am still not a camper. Although,…
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THINGS YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THESE HOLIDAYS
The madness of the Christmas holidays is over for another year and the New Year has charged onwards, bright with possibilities. Santa did his thing, the Elf on the Shelf miraculously disappeared back to the North Pole, and the over-excited daughter got stuck beside Grandma for Christmas Eve Mass and was on her very best…
A FABULOUS HEARTBREAK
We are going home. I think. But where exactly ‘is’ home? Of course, the ABC (or channel 3) taught me as a kid in the ’80’s that, “Home, home, home is where the heart is…” (Now I’m going to have you singing that for days; who remembers this?!!). Even so, I can promise you it…
WHY COOGEE IS BREAKING MY HEART
“Go on, Anna. Come home. You could get a little house, with a dog for the kids, a job at the local school, Pat could work at the council, so on and so forth…” You get the gist, right? I get this phone call at least once a week from my Mum, as she tries…
HAPPY ‘ANNA’VERSARY, DARLS!
Today sees our 9 year wedding anniversary tick over. And so… You know you’ve been married close to a decade when : Slipping into something ‘a little more comfortable’, is changing into his tracky dax and uggs. That giant wedding portrait that you paid an arm and a leg to have framed, and once hung…
HITTING HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LATE ’80’s.
Sometimes I ache for the simple days. The younger years. When everything seemed so incredibly serious. The thoughts that buzzed around my head as I hit high school in the late ’80’s were……. The Blue Light Disco is next Friday and Mum says I can’t go because I have been ‘running with myself’ lately….
R U OK? Well, are you?
Last Friday morning, right when I was mid ‘sweets cannot be eaten for breakfast’ negotiations with my 4 year old, and simultaneously searching under the couch cushions for my son’s school hat, I happened to glance out the lounge room window. My car was parked on the street and the car in front of it…
I DREAMED I WOULD HAVE A DAUGHTER
I dreamed I would have a daughter. It’s just that I was absolutely certain my second and final baby was going to be a boy; it would be a blessing for my son to have a little brother. I diligently pulled all the baby clothes out of storage and prepared them for your arrival. We…
THE TRUTH ABOUT BLOGGER REVIEWS
As a blogger, I have had the opportunity to experience some fairly fabulous things. Sometimes I am sent products to play with and review. I might be invited to a launch of a campaign with a decadent brunch, famous guest speakers that make me tongue tied and sometimes, seriously good goody bags. A day spa?…
IS BLOGGING WORTH IT?
I thought about jumping out of an airplane or designing henna tattoos, but…I was too shit scared and too completely artistically stunted. My husband loves cycling (and might I stress the word LOVES…as in ‘lives and breathes’ it). My mum likes calligraphy and sewing (I failed to inherit these ‘nifty’ skills). My gorgeous friend takes…
