Hubs and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary in the first weekend of December, and we took full advantage of my parents being here, and went away for 2 nights. Well, sort of. I’m still feeding Quinn, so we needed to stay pretty close to home so Mum could bring the kids to us for…
Continue reading →A couple of months ago, Hubs and I were given a bottle of Moet Champagne, and have since been looking for/trying to make an opportunity to share it in celebration of Hubs finishing his PhD. The time came on Friday night when Hubs and set off for a picnic on the banks of the Ross…
Continue reading →Ah yes. Brisbane. Had a great time!! It was actually much more relaxing than usual, as I had only just been the month before, so didn’t feel the same urgency to catch up with EVERY SINGLE PERSON I KNOW who lives there. Just a few things here and there to top up my friendship cup….
Continue reading →Actually, it’s not busy at all. I just like how “busy” rhymes with “Brizzie”. Ummmm…. yeah. Let’s move on. We arrived in Brisbane yesterday after a very successful, easy flight, thanks to Hubs’ Mum accompanying us after spending a few days with us in Townsville. Chanbe was a superstar and Quindy was delightful, albeit rather…
Continue reading →There’s no place like home. We have had such an amazing time in Brisbane; staying with Gran and Grumpy, catching up with family and friends, and spending amazing quality time with people. But it’s time to go home. I miss Hubs (he went home 11 days ago to get back to work) and I miss…
Continue reading →We began our holidays at Rainbow Beach, in this apartment, with this view: There was “incy wincy” cake: and books to read: and more beautiful views: Then there was Melbourne. And what does Melbourne mean? Melbourne means coffee: Then there was Wang. And Wang meant catch ups; meeting new friends: more coffee; and more coffee:…
Continue reading →This time five years ago, I wrote my first blog post. And I’m so glad I’m still here, 5 years and 778 posts later! I had planned to make a cake for this celebration, but I had made 2 cakes for 2 birthday girls this weekend, (here’s one of them) and now I’m all caked…
Continue reading →… on what they are wearing if I like it. This is part of my challenge to complete 101 things in 1001 days. See my full list here, and the inspiration behind the 101 things in 1001 days challenge here. So she wasn’t exactly a stranger, but I had just met her. I have started attending…
Continue reading →This is part of my challenge to complete 101 things in 1001 days. See my full list here, and the inspiration behind the 101 things in 1001 days challenge here. While Mum was visiting, we headed up to the Harvey Ranges Heritage Tea Rooms to check out their High Tea. Unfortunately we needed to give a…
Continue reading →I had been growing my hair long for a while, but all I ever really did was wear it up. Except of course, in this photo I wanted to use: And then I got over it. Hubs gave me a 5 trip pamper voucher for mothers day (among other things!) and one of the trips…
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