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Perfectly Imperfect Me – The Last Real Life Wednesday

April 24, 2013

I always have filthy dirty nails, no matter how hard I try to keep them clean, but at least I don’t bite them anymore. I lose my cool with the [...]

Real Life Wednesday – Reasons My House Will Never be in Home Beautiful Magazine

April 17, 2013

I used to read Home Beautiful magazine and hope that one day I would have a house like the ones on those glossy pages. It’s only quite recently that I’ve [...]

Failure – Real Life Wednesday

April 10, 2013

Sometimes life is all kinds of Fail. Yes, Fail, with a capitol ‘F’. Crafty projects – Lets make these cool gluey sun catchers… except our glue didn’t dry clear so [...]

Have You Ever?

March 27, 2013

Have you ever eaten a whole packet of chocolate biscuits in one sitting because at least that way you won’t be sneaking one every day that week? Have you ever [...]

Random Fridge Insight – Real Life Wednesday

March 13, 2013

Most of the time our fridge looks just like any other fridge that resides in a house full of children. It has school notices, work rosters, a prep boy’s first [...]

But Why?

February 27, 2013

Why does my toddler insist on walking around with a mesh bag over his head? Why do I start watching obscure foreign language movies late at night when I can [...]

Life is Messy – Real Life Wednesday

February 20, 2013

My life is messy. I suspect everyone’s life is messy. But we never share the mess. We never proudly proclaim how untidy our life is in public. Magazines and TV [...]

Just an Ordinary Day.

February 13, 2013

Yesterday was just an ordinary day around here with all the usual stuff going down… Yesterday I kicked the clucky brown hen off the nest for the hundredth time. Yesterday [...]

What’s It’s Name? – Real Life Wednesday Returns!

February 6, 2013

My big boy has a couple of much loved toys. These are the toys that live on the end of his bed. The ones that occasionally travel to Nanny’s. These [...]

Real Life Santa, Or Not.

December 19, 2012

A few weeks back my nine year old twins asked me straight out if Santa was real. I was very proud of my response. I remembered the text book advice [...]

Real Life Wednesday – Random Housework Questions

December 12, 2012

If I never cooked dinner again I would never have to clean up this mess again, right? If I painted all my skirting boards a browny grey colour, no one [...]

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