Thursday, April 24, 2025

Life Lessons

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Since the start of the year, I have made time to sit and reflect on why I do what I do. I think it’s...
Phillip Yancey once quoted “I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.” Life requires a lot of...
This week was a week of nerves and tension headaches as I had my first experience on the phones taking customer calls. My new...
On the weekend, I headed to one of my closest blogging friend’s 40th Birthday party. I still can’t believe she is 40. When we hang out...
Being a practical woman and one that knows her way around tools, you would think I’d know a bit about cars. But I don’t....
What can be built with three nails and a hammer? Not very much, my mind replies. But that was all that was needed to kill an...
And That’s How We Ended 2016 How the heck did we get to New Year’s Eve? Only last week I was finishing up my writing...
Like most people, I will usually create some intentions or a list of things I want to invest in for the year ahead. You...
Sometimes it takes a weekend away to give you new perspective. As you know I have been struggling to give the best of me...
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of dropping a meal to a mum who had had her second baby. I got...
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Busiest Month Yet

September has been my busiest month yet. The first day of the month had me presenting at the Plumbing conference, which I felt unqualified to...
So this week, you would have read that I have felt a bit blah. And you know what, it is totally normal to feel that...
I’ve been so thankful for our air conditioned home this weekend. Well actually, I’m grateful for our cool home throughout summer thanks to our...
This time last year when I was heavily pregnant with Magdalene, I had big dreams and plans for what I wanted my life to...
I was captured by the character of Jamie Fraser in Outlander during the Season One episode of ‘The Devil’s Mark’. If you have no idea...
This post has been written in collaboration with Absolute Domestics How long is your to do list? I have a few lists. One list is...

This is 30

On Friday night my husband and I watched the film This is 40. It was my choice and as usual my husband told me...
I don’t know about you, but I feel like November is the new December. I am booked every Friday Night and Saturday night in November...
Trigger Warning for those who have experienced child loss. Early Friday night our home phone rang. When I picked it up it was my brother...
Last Friday, I got lost in my thoughts as I pushed the pram and walked Esther to school. We were running late. Again. I am now...
Collaborative Post If a sub-contractor plumber wanted to get work from our plumbing business, they had to provide two certificates. One to say they had...
One of the jobs I have had on my list to do on school holidays was to do a bit of decluttering and organizing. My...