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Winter Wanted June Back. Parents With Prams.
Well, it was nice sitting out in that 15 minutes of sun we got in Sydney yesterday. I got so carried away with feeling the sun in my face and hands that I might even have gone without my jacket for a moment there as well. Winter clearly wanted…
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The End of the Beginning.
www.econews.com.au The numbers game reared its ugly head in spectacular fashion again yesterday. Twitter exploded with live tweets from Parliament and wry commentary about what the whole nation hoped would be the last time PM Gillard and Mr Rudd fought for leadership of the ALP as they head into the September election facing landslide…
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A Six Month Review.
Baby SSG is half a year old now and I’m now officially one of those mothers that wishes time would just pause to catch its breath now and again. Each day is filled with change. The incremental steps towards another developmental milestone (thank you, Wonder Weeks for putting things into perspective and…
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My Beautiful Laundrette.
When it’s been raining as hard and as continuously as it has been in Sydney this week, you just have to find your rainbows where you can. With nothing to look at but grey skies and footpaths slick with rain, the colours if this gum all dispenser made my day at the end…
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Lots of Rain. Lots of Eggs
Is it just my dodgy recollection of events but did it rain for 354 hours straight over the weekend in Sydney? Whatever the exact number may be, SSG Manor is definitely feeling the pain today. The laundry hamper is overflowing and there isn’t a piece of furniture in the house that isn’t hidden…
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North West News.
What were you doing on the day poor North West’s birth certificate was made public? I was at Bondi Beach absorbing its mid winter glory with my eyes, ears and pores. The waves pounded against bas of the lap pool as the wintry sunlight dappled the ocean and turned it all sorts of…
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Just A Bit Carried Away By My Oblong Decors.
The times, they are a changing, for you, 1.65 L Decor Tell Fresh oblong microwave containers. Way back, when time began, you were constructed entirely of clear plastic except for your distinctive red vent hole cover. Over time, you’d buckle with the heat of a hundred portions of dinner reheated for the next day’s…
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Meet My Swallow Scarf Ring. Sick Bed Blogging.
It looks like we’re officially in the middle of the inaugural SSG Manor family flu. I’m chain sucking butter menthols and finding creative ways of upping my citrus intake whilst tag teaming with Mr SSG as we give Baby SSG non stop cuddles and hugs (he’s been so miserable that my usual cabaret…
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Home. A Celebratory Moscato Giveaway.
Well, hello! I think it’s about time this blog hosted another giveaway. Bimbadgen Winery in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales have just released a fabulous new moscato and they’re giving one lucky reader the chance to win 3 bottles. More details about how to enter will be at the end of this…
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The Winter Of Fruit Purée.
I could get used to wintry Sundays like today. Sure it gets a bit crisp in the mornings but that’s nothing a super hot shower can’t fix. I’m loving my new rosemary and patchouli scented shower gel right now. It’s got an appropriately warming, earthy scent for this time of the year.…