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Food Porn Friday – Red Velvet Cupcakes

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I have tried the simpler version of this recipe but it wasn’t nearly as good. If you want to become a red velvet cupcake addict I strongly suggest you try these. Also, as I was making them I started to think what an awesome Christmas dessert they would be. I’m a little slow on the [...]

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The War on Mess

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This morning’s vlog is brought to you buy a war that I am pretty sure I am losing. It’s not pretty. And finding a spot in the house that didn’t look like a disaster zone was the most creative I’m likely to be all day.

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Epic Fail or Epic Yum

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This post is sponsored by Blue Ribbon as part of my Blogopolis sponsorship You’d think that me and a dessert site would be a match made in heaven. And you’d mostly be right. I do love to bake. However, my creative spirit in the kitchen is not always such a great match as far as [...]

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Organise Your Life – 15 Minutes at a Time

Today I’m interviewing Amber of Re-Organizing Mom. Amber is a beautiful friend and if you’re not already following her on twitter, you really should. She also writes at Unlikely Mama and has graciously agreed to be my official Blogher correspondent, given that so far no one has offered to sponsor my trip from Australia to [...]

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Going Viral (Not the Good Kind)

I like the idea and the reality of a family. You have company without having to get out of pyjamas. You get to be around somebody who has seen you at your absolute worst and still thinks you’re pretty awesome. You have in-jokes and non-secret codes. All in all, it’s a pretty sweet deal. That [...]

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Running Interference

It is all kinds of challenging to attempt any renovation with a toddler. Other than brief napping periods (oh so brief!) you need at least one person to run interference. Because as delightful as it is that they just want to be a part of absolutely everything, you can’t really let them do the vast [...]

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Go To Dish

Everyone has one. That meal that is easy to make, tasty and cheap. I like to cook in bulk. I’m incapable of cooking for one or two people, so I’m all about the leftovers. Because it means that I don’t have to cook lunch and waste precious nap time by cooking. I can heat and [...]

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Body is Weak

It’s two days later. Standing up or crouching down still feels like torture. You never know how often in a day you do just that until your muscles are in trauma. Add a toddler to that? I am always crouching down for one reason or another. Still, completely worth it. Our house formerly the domain [...]

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The Unrelaxing Long Weekend

I thought it would be a brilliant plan to make a dent in the painting. Long weekend. Perfect time to do projects around the house – or so hardware store advertising would have me believe. Obviously the marketing geniuses for those advertising campaigns don’t have toddlers. A sweet little bundle who looks up at you [...]

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Best Laid Plans

Four day weekends. A chance to catch up on all those pesky things that seem to slip through the cracks when you have only a two day weekend. Except, I didn’t clean the house, or get any painting done, or do any washing or really do anything vaguely useful. We went to a birthday party [...]

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