From the monthly archives: January 2013

The Beautiful English Language

By On January 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment

One of my favourite books growing up was the Oxford English Dictionary.  Yes, seriously!

One year for my birthday I asked my mother for a dictionary and thesaurus and I kept them on my desk, often reading through them to discover new words, learn what words meant and look for [...]

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The Cook, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker

By On January 28, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Wow, I’ve arrived! Finally after years upon years of not being much cop in the kitchen, I’ve turned into a baking, sauteeing, whisking, peeling, chopping family cook who can rustle up a delicious meal with what I have in the cupboard and fridge!

My kitchen has ingredients. It used to [...]

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Snow = Stockpile!

By On January 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The snowy weather has brought out the hoarder in all of us.
What is it about the white stuff that gives us all a ‘lack’ mentality? Like we have to closely guard what we have in case it runs out?

I noticed this whilst moving through the week. First [...]

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Sizzling Food & Flavours

By On January 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment

January is usually a fairly flat month isn’t it? After all the excitement of my daughter’s birthday, then Christmas, and being able to spend time together relaxing as a family, in January there isn’t much to do other than continue to hibernate, count the pennies and wait until the better [...]

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It Is What It Is

By On January 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment

This is one of those phrases I use a lot, generally because it is the way things are. It is another way of saying ‘go with the flow’ or ‘c’est la vie’ I suppose. It is what it is, matter of fact, black and white, I accept the state of [...]

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Free Time…What’s That?!

By On January 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment

My daughter asked me yesterday if I get lonely when I’m at home all day. It made me smile- I think that people who aren’t in the house during daylight hours think that people who are must spend all day sitting down, staring at the walls, maybe watching daytime TV [...]

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In 2013 My Money Will Grow On Trees!

By On January 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment

I would love an actual money tree. Imagine being able to go into your backyard and peel off a twenty when you are short on cash! But if you think about it, money does grow on trees. Notes are made of paper and paper is made from trees!!

If only [...]

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Female Friendship

By On January 10, 2013 · 8 Comments

You can’t beat a top set of friends, and I’m blessed to have the best in my circle. They don’t all know each other, but I have the sort of friends that I can call at 3am if I needed to and they’d be there for me- no question. I [...]

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Playing Games

By On January 9, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Games aren’t something we play much when we are past the ‘University drinking games’ years are they? But the recent Christmas break gave me a chance to have a dabble into some games – fun for fun’s sake, and I have to say I was a little hooked.

My hubby [...]

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Vlog: JuggleMum Introduction

By On January 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment

I recorded this intro to my blog over the festive season. My next task is to create some new title cards for the beginning and end of the vlogs I produce in future. The end card on this video reflects my old blog design and needs updating! But either way, [...]

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