Life

We’re in December, and it’s the time when present shopping urgency starts to ramp up! Today we have a mixed bag of ideas for you to help you get that list ticked off. Do you have some other suggestions? Please comment below, and let us know what’s on your list – for yourself and others! KeepCup – Design Your Own (Medium) - [...]

Buying gifts for the women in your life is either the easiest thing (most women think so!) or the hardest thing (I’m sure the men would agree) to buy at Christmas.  Today I want to offer you some ideas and inspiration – plus I will be directing you to some wonderful websites with many other great gifts for sale. Do [...]

With Christmas rapidly approaching (yes as of the date of publication there are only 61 days to go!) we are focusing on making Christmas as convenient and streamlined as possible. Thus, I have decided to write a series of posts highlighting some gift ideas for a variety of people in your life. I will also introduce you to some wonderful [...]

For my birthday Tim treated us to dinner and a night at the movies. We decided to go and see The Hunger Games, even though I had really wanted to read the book by Suzanne Collins beforehand – it’s just a general life policy I have to try to read the book before the film! However, this wasn’t going to happen, and I [...]

My grandmother’s wisdom has taught me many things. Her sayings will be with me forever. “Your family is the most important relationship in your life” “If you make one good friend in your life, you’ve done well.” Both have held true, and I live by them. But there is another that she has said more often than anything else, over [...]

Last year was my first Mother’s Day. I wasn’t sure what to expect. I think I was just looking forward to breakfast in bed or some chocolates or a nice lunch out (incidentally I was given a great book by Adelaide author Jane Paech, A Family in Paris). I got something even better. What I felt was an amazing thankfulness that [...]

We all have them. Or, if we don’t, we should get busy getting some. Yes, those crazy life goals where, on the one hand, you don’t believe will ever come true, and on the other hand, secretly can’t wait for! Yes, you know, those goals. I have them. Do you? My first goal is to write a novel. Ok, ok, [...]

I don’t know about you, but after a busy day, I just don’t have the energy to spend a few more hours preparing dinner. Today we’re all so frantic dashing between family, work, keeping up with our blogs and social media profiles, and trying to keep fit and healthy, that cooking tends to take a bit of a back seat. [...]

This post is inspired by Lana’s blog Dear sixteen-year-old me at Mamamia which features the book ‘Dear Me: More letters to my Sixteen year old self’. Dear Sixteen Year Old Abbie, I know you worry, a lot (“that’s an understatement”, I hear you say).  I just want to say that worrying is a real waste of time. The only benefit of worrying is [...]