I spent Monday night at the dentist having my front tooth fixed. Since then I've been speaking like Ita Buttrose. If we were to meet in person today I'd likely invite you to "join this weekssss I'm Pinning Around Pinteresssssst Link Party". Here are some of my favourites from last week.... There are approximately one million things you can do with Washi Tape. Lucky for us My Brown Paper ...
Cooking
Girls just wanna have Passionfruit and Lime Brûlée
An SMS in the afternoon light to a mate who I knew would understand my plight. Oh Susan dear, you were once a stay at home Mum remember girls just wanna have fun adult conversation? The phone rang in the middle of the school pickup fight And Susan says, Amanda I remember that life. Oh mummy dear I know you’re coming undone and girls just wanna have fun adult conversation. That’s all they ...
postcards from the edge, the Marseille edit
Dear Mum and Dad, Thanks for the postcard you send the Big Sister from Marseille. I'm relieved to learn that you have not fallen and hit your heads. Thank you for going the extra mile to find an RSPCA approved card for the Big Sister to share with her Prep class. I'm sure her French teacher will relish the opportunity to teach the children the phrase 'grosses bises de ...
fig and yoghurt cake + for figs sake!
There's some bad business going on in the blogosphere at the moment. A business has bought up similar domain names to popular blogs and has rerouted the traffic to their own site. I'm outraged on behalf of the bloggers affected. They have spent years building loyal followings through doing what they do really well and doing it at a pace that makes my head hurt. Now by registering similar ...
I’m Pinning Around Pinterest Link Party
Happy Wednesday everyone! Time for another I'm Pinning Around Pinterest Link Party. Last week saw some cracking posts linked up. Some of my favourites were.... Mrs D plus 3 had me rethinking my anti-glace cherry stance with her thermomix Fruity Yorkshire Tea Cake. One Mother Hen was reading my mind with her self-saucing passionfruit pudding - I have a fruit bowl full of passionfruit at the ...
how to make an elephant from a surgical glove
It's a well known fact that I suck at craft, so no doubt many of you will wake this morning to a craft tutorial from me and wondering if our recent house arrest was enough to let the kangaroos loose in my top paddock. Bear with me, I wrote a craft tutorial that no one follows. The girls have been spending their fair share of time at the doctor lately. On our last visit our clever GP made the ...