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  • Love and Lunchboxes | Six Years

    If you ask me what my favourite number is, I’ll tell you that it’s a multiple of 3. Usually, I plump for 12, but there’s a reason why I always…

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  • Lucky at Lola’s

    I’ve known the brain behind Lola’s Bistro since she was a little sister to a rather fabulous friend of mine (spoiler: fabulous runs in their family). So it was with…

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  • You Don’t Get This Back

    I am always first on the line to smack heads when someone tries to give me “advice” on how to parent my child. It’s funny, but the people who pass…

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  • You can call me a woowoohead and that’s okay

    She: “Mom I’m making a toy at school. It’s a project. I’m making a robot alien” Me: “That’s so cool, babe. What are you going to call it?” She: “424-424”.…

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  • Just Instinct.

    When you’re 24, pregnant and everyone calls you highly neurotic about, well, everything, it seems like a really good idea to hang curtains. We’d just moved into the flat I…

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  • Advice for the new person

    Sitting at my desk this morning, while herding two crazy dogs and trying to type up an important email, I accidentally upended a very necessary cup of coffee right down…

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  • The Forest of Curious Creatures

    Beneath the luscious canopy of beautiful trees, in the very dark wood. There lived a goblin, who was up to no good. While the greenery gasped and smiled at the…

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  • Irony

    The irony of me posting this as a blogpost is not lost on me. But watching something this morning has made me think again about something that’s been swarming in…

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  • Health Checks With A Smile – A Visit to the Discovery Store

    Last week, I was invited to check out the newly opened Discovery Store in our neighbourhood. I’m pretty militant about going for my annual check ups and the like, but…

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  • Living on the edge?

    No, it’s not just an Aerosmith song, although you should probably listen to it now, because it’ll help me get my point across. I read this, this week, and find…

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