Pickle-me-kate

What’s Your Vice?

February 1, 2012

vice 1 (vs) n. a. An evil, degrading, or immoral practice or habit. b. A serious moral failing. c. Wicked or evil conduct or habits; corruption. I like to sleep in. I like to eat cheap, crappy, Turkish Delight in secret, so I don’t have to share. I would like nothing better than an entire [...]

Commnuity Blogging Event – Stand up and Do Something!

December 15, 2011

Have you ever come across something in your life and thought ‘that’s crazy/sad/wrong I should do something about that’, but then you never actually end up doing anything? That’s been me, a lot. I could say I was busy, or that I was tired, or that my kids take priority right now, and all those [...]

The Littlest Birds…

November 30, 2011

You know how it is when you hear a song for the first time, at a moment in your life, when it just totally makes sense… That was how it was for me with this song – The Littlest Birds by The Be Good Tanyas Do you have a song like that? It’s Wordless Wednesday [...]

Bloggers, Brunches and Brands.

November 25, 2011

I went to a blogging event last week, a ‘Bloggers Brunch’ to be more precise. I have been to a couple of similar events this year, where both bloggers and PR or brand reps attend and they always make me go home and think about the whole blogging, ads, brands and money deal. Lots of [...]

Things I Know About Kate – Guest Post from Yay For Home!

November 4, 2011

I think not blogging all week has made me slightly crazy because I’ve let my very good friend Shae from Yay For Home write this guest post all about me!!! Many of you might already know that I’m lucky enough to be Katepickle’s IRL friend. I live “over the hill” and our kids have grown [...]

I Heart My Body…. mostly.

October 29, 2011

If you are looking for my regular Saturday Lovely Links posts then you are going to disappointed… and possibly a little shocked! You see today the lovely ladies over at We Heart Life are celebrating. They are celebrating because it is I Heart My Body day today. The idea is simple.. instead of hating on [...]

Share your Imperfections – Perfectly Imperfect Link Up.

October 24, 2011

There are always crazy plastic animals in odd places around my house. I vacuum with the baby on my hip, even thought I know it is bad for my back. I yell, even though I hate to be yelled at. My girls’ room is always messy, always. They inherited this from me. Sometimes I go [...]

I am Imperfectly Perfect

October 10, 2011

My fingernails are never clean. My boobs are too big. I am boringly practical and I worry too much. I tuck the flap of my belly into my jeans and try to ignore it. I have no waist, no bum and shoulders broader than most men. Sometimes I can only see my flaws. I only [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Print and Fold Gift Boxes.
December 12, 2011

I think I am done with my Christmas shopping…. hopefully… maybe. We still have a few hand made gifts to finish off but I don’t think I need to go near another shopping centre (well except for food) till after Christmas. So now that the gift are all organised I need to wrap them. This [...]

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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Jar Labels and a Strawberry Jam Recipe.
December 5, 2011

Lots of rain + some sunshine = bucket loads of strawberries! Over the past few weeks we have had strawberries coming out of our ears. We have made muffins, and smoothies and cupcakes, and pie and we’ve eaten so many fresh strawberries I am actually kinda over them (I never thought that would happen), but [...]

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