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Asylum
Dad and I circa 1983I understand I'll most likely lose readers over this, I'm willing to carry that. For me, the issue of asylum seeking is akin to say sexual assault. It may sound dramatic to compare...
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Work It Work It
I'm not going to lieIt's taken a LONG, long, long, LONG time for me to start looking after myself. I read an article yesterday about a fitspo lady saying basically, that there are no excuses post...
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Post Natal Ragin'
I had some great responses to my last post, lots of good chats on Twitter. It really got me thinking about my post natal hormones. I'm going to be 100% honest with you - I wanted to write about this...
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Typhoon Haiyan
My dad's village has been totally wiped out in typhoon Haiyan. The houses are either levelled on destroyed beyond repair. One house has remained and that's my dad's, luckily. Because of this, our...
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1 Year Later.... The Nursery and Salted Caramel Cake
With Orlando's first birthday looming we thought it was time to finally finish his nursery. Meaning we ripped up the carpet and set up his big boy bed - f i n a l l y. So people have asked where things...
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A Year In The Making
Christmas is of course coming up, which means New Years Eve will be around the corner. Some people mark their year as beginning or ending around these traditional times. Others review their past 365...
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Witness The Fitness
Fitness First has sponsored this fitness post which has got me thinking about the end of the year and my fitness goals for 2014. Do I keep walking or hit the gym?! There is a Fitness First near to me...
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Meal Planning
A few people have asked recently about how we meal plan. I had to admit I'd fallen off the bandwagon a bit but tonight I drew up the weeks meals. I've been thinking about the amount of meat we consume...
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AMAZING Vegetarian Tacos
We had these last night and I've got to be honest they are probably some of the best tacos I've ever had. We made our own tortillas (once you make them you'll never use the ones you buy again) and had...
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Breakfast Fritters With Orlando
Orlando wasn't interested in his banana today or his Weetbix for that matter. So I thought why not just make him a breakfast I'd love - Sweetcorn Fritters and gooey egg. So I made the fritters and put...
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Raw Decor + Giveaway
My girl Cottonsocks opened her new shoppe on the weekend Raw Decor, 93 Victoria Ave Albert Park. It's amazing. I want everything in it. She's carefully curated a stunning selection of homewares and...
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Pizza Dough + Pizza
This pizza dough takes 18 hrs or so in total. But to be honest I make it and if it proves for a little longer (a few hours) more than expected then so be it. I don't think it makes much of a...
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Nelly + Orlando + Rice Paper Rolls + Music + Giveaway
Really quick post today, we made these rice paper rolls last week. Pork belly, rice noodles, cucumber, pickled carrot. Easy. We roasted the pork belly with a sprinkling of five spice over the cackling....
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Wrap It Up
Gift wrapping. You're either hardcore dedicated or happy to reach for something cheery and festive then be on your way. I fall into the hardcore dedicated camp. Last year I was in the Just Had A Baby...
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Lemon + Coconut Rice
We made this a week or so ago?! Delicious curry and amazing lemon and coconut rice. The rice was a total - "oh I want to make lemon and coconut rice".... even though the rice was basically already...
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1YO Routine
I'm writing this because I am copying Maryanne's post hahahahahaaa. No, really I'm writing it because people have asked what a 1 yr old's schedule is like. Orlando only naps once a day now, which is...
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Funny Retro Food
So I got mum's cookbook back the other day from the Philippines and I'm loving the cake and biscuit recipes.The savoury recipes though range from hilarious to horrific.... Let me show you some...
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Toddler Life - Toddler Chronicles
Humans are funny creatures. One minute their a tiny baby full of rolling, sleeping and feeding. A smudge in your life that can't move beyond the space of a rug. The next they are a walking, running,...
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Sunday Gallery
There is an "occupy Facebook with art" thing going on at the moment. Of course I've been overly eager about it so thought I'd transfer some of that enthusiasm over here. I love art, adore it. I went to...
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Work Mum//Home Mum {toddler chronicles}
Firsts, in all aspects of life, they can be exhilarating, overwhelming, put a fear in your bones like you've never known, spark incomparable excitement. For a toddler I can only imagine what the...
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Be My Valentine
We had our very, very first getaway since Orlando was born over the weekend. It was - AMAZING! We're already planning out next weekender! Ha! Hamish took me to all our favourite places, including...
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Toddler/Bebe Essentials {toddler chronicles}
There is a weird feeling in my feelings that I've used that photo before. Oh well… :/This post should be prefaced with:DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!!!Baby blogs, baby shoppes, people in the street will tell...
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Hey Fatty
sourceI've been thinking a lot lately about Orlando's body image and how I want him to grow up in regards to his perception of his physical self. When I think about my own childhood I clearly remember...
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I'm making this blog public again (it was on private for a spell). A few people have said they want to access recipes and pregnancy stories/lists so it just seems easier to leave it public. That said,...
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MAMACITA TIME
Blogger is so easy to use… but it's also dang ugly and restrictive. So I've moved the old bloggy blog to Wordpress, given her a shiny brand new name and hopefully breathed new life in her. There may be...
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