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How to make Cob Loaf

02:40PM | December 26, 2011 | 4 comments

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I never really got into blogging recipes, I cook a lot but I’m generally too busy in the kitchen to stop and show you what’s going on in there and my camera is too bulky and expensive to keep in my tiny little kitchen. Monica came over today and I offered to make lunch, we’d [...]

Christmas Morning

11:45AM | December 25, 2011 | 14 comments

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Christmas morning started at 7am. Aidan got a whiteboard/blackboard from Grandma & Grandpa. Santa brought him his first scooter which figured out how to use in five minute. We took the rocking base off his plane that his great grandpa built for him last year, was like a new toy. Then we looked inside our [...]

Merry “Mezza” Christmas

09:00PM | December 24, 2011 | 9 comments

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I’ve been wanting to take a family Christmas photo for weeks and it just never happened and I can’t say that the end result of todays’ efforts was what I was going for but it’s close enough. A wireless remote for my Nikon D700 is $400 so I cracked out my Nikon D80 and it’s [...]

All That Glitters and Shines

12:55PM | December 10, 2011 | 9 comments

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I’m a bit meticulous when it comes to my Christmas Tree. Notice how I said “my”, that’s because I own that sucker, I make my tree my shining, glittering bitch. My Christmas Tree obsession started when I was growing up, it always had to be “just so” but when you’re co-decorator with your little sister [...]

The Easiest Christmas Gift

04:47PM | December 8, 2011 | 4 comments

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Sponsored by Nuffnang and Magshop Christmas There are a million things I want for christmas but generally they’re small things I’d like to pick out myself or they’re too expensive to expect others to pay for… as you can tell I’m a dream to buy gifts for. Over the years I’ve learnt to keep it [...]

Ideal Christmas Holiday

02:15PM | November 30, 2011 | 6 comments

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Sponsored by NuffNang This year we’re staying home for Christmas and as much as I’m looking forward to decorating the house, cooking a nice meal and playing under the sprinkler with my little family, I kind of wish I was spending it with the entire family but this year we’re all off doing other things. [...]

Christmas at Our Place

08:36PM | December 26, 2010 | 7 comments

So… um, I wasn’t really feeling the Christmas spirit this year. Sure, I was still giving, donating and appreciating my family’s good health and fortune but I wasn’t as into as I’ve been in previous years. I usually go over the top with decorations, planning the menu weeks or even months in advance, even personalising [...]

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02:30PM | October 29, 2010 | 17 comments

Sponsored by Nuffnang {image} Christmas is fast on our heels and I feel so unprepared this year. Time seems to have gotten away from me and I just know this will be the first year I scramble to pull it all together. We’ve already simplified things by agreeing to stay home and celebrate quietly on [...]

Merry Christmas

03:29PM | December 30, 2009 | 6 comments

Steve and I shared Aidan’s first Christmas with my family on the coast and it was lovely. We had 4 generations gathered together to celebrate, eat good food and drink plenty of beer, or in my case lemonade. Aidan was really good for the drive up and has been a little star, soaking up all [...]

Dear Santa

01:45PM | December 11, 2009 | 3 comments

I’ve been a very good lady this year and even managed to grow the sweetest little baby boy in my belly and pop him out in time to meet you. I’m very thankful for everything we’ve been blessed with and nothing could make our lives richer. Please don’t think I’m being ungrateful but I’d really [...]

Santa’s Coming!

10:42PM | November 17, 2009 | 9 comments

There is nothing quite like Christmas, a day solely devoted to giving, eating and being merry with loved ones. Steve and I have always tried to make a big deal out of Christmas. We work together planning gifts, the menus, any traveling and really enjoy making it special but there always came a point, without [...]

We got a Chicken… what did you get?

06:09PM | December 30, 2008 | 2 comments

I thought I’d show a few of the xmas presents I received that made me thankful, ponder, giggle and cry. Steve and I received a worldly conscious gift, a chicken sponsorship through World Vision from our friend Wendy. Then we received the most beautiful placemats I’ve ever seen from the Schultz family. I started taking [...]

More of Steve’s Outdoor Room

05:18PM | December 28, 2008 | 2 comments

Isn’t it fantastic. We found an assortment of terracotta and plastic pots. We had one cactus and two succulents then we got given a whole bunch of cuttings from our lovely friend Scott who has a million of them. I think it looks lovely and I’m keeping my eyes out for tiny terracotta’s on sale. [...]

Merry Xmas

05:57PM | December 26, 2008 | 1 comment

Joshua, Stephanie, Mum, Dad, Steven & Me. We had wonderful Christmas spent with family. Lots of beers were drank, food was eaten and I’m happy to say we even had time to take a few family pictures. Steve gave me a remote for my Niki so I was very keen to use it. Steph and [...]

White Xmas Party

11:41PM | December 21, 2008 | 4 comments

[Me looking like a pulp fiction angel] On Saturday night, right after the photo shoot Anna Marie and I drove to Scott’s Sexy White Xmas Party. The house was covered in colour changing light bulbs and lots of black lights. Everyone was told to wear white and it looked fantastic. So simple and cheap, what [...]

Steve’s Outdoor Room

10:45AM | December 20, 2008 | 5 comments

Steve is difficult to buy for. I wanted to spoil him this year but I was stuck on ideas. I thought about gadgets, but he wouldn’t use them, games but he wouldn’t play them, books but he wouldn’t read them and clothes… he has more than enough for a bloke. One idea that I’ve been [...]

The gift of giving less

12:35PM | December 15, 2008 | 3 comments

This year my family set a limit, $10 for each person. When I told my friends they said “It can’t be done“, “That seems a bit cheap” and “What kind of gift could you give for $10?”… the first comment was so negative it made me feel more positive about what we were trying to [...]

Company Xmas Party

10:25AM | December 15, 2008 | 1 comment

Nicki, Debra, Christine & Me… all fresh off the dance floor. On Saturday afternoon the four of us jumped on a bus in Blacktown and made our way into the city. It felt like it took forever but we finally made it to the city. Our company xmas party was held at the IBM building [...]

Tobi

09:20AM | December 10, 2008 | 2 comments

Steve’s new toy. You wouldn’t believe the shock on my face when Steve said all he wanted for xmas was a clothes steamer. No games, DVDs, Simpson’s paraphernalia, tools… he wanted a Tobi. Damn those Danoz Direct infomercials. Basically, you fill the blue part with water, plug the cord in, turn it on and direct [...]

Take a little time… get the balance right

10:13PM | November 11, 2008 | 3 comments

I wore my hair a little crazy today. I needed it. Nothing holding back my “wild woman” hair (as Steve calls it) but a single bobby pin. I wore my hair down and flung a dress on. I didn’t wear make up… OK so maybe just a little clear gloss but that’s it I swear. [...]