Category: Family Life

Jan 25
Book Review, Family Life, Fun Facts, Reading

Fare Thee Well, Summer Holiday…

I’m navigating the familiar mourning period I experience each January. A weekday alarm will soon replace sleep-ins. My fortnightly food planner will dictate our meals and allocated snacks. Routine will govern my hours, and I will stuff the need to declare a reading day into the recesses of my dreams (too bad I rarely recall […]

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Dec 24
Author, Family Life

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

While my family performs last-minute checks before we venture off to country Victoria, I wanted to thank you for allowing me to grace your phone and computer screens this year with book reviews, writing updates, and for reading my 2022 book releases. It’s been a big year of reading (Goodreads says I’ve read 119 books […]

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Dec 15
Book Review, Family Life, Fun Facts, Reading

Stay With Me…

The school year ended for my girls’ last week and we now have six weeks of summer holidays ahead! Despite being on holiday, I feel like I’ve been busier than normal. What’s with this time of year? Thankfully, my days have been more relaxed, and I’ve only woken to an alarm a few times… one […]

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Dec 2
Author, Family Life, Reading

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…

I’m not sure about you, but December has barrelled into my world without an invitation, and I’m scrambling to keep organised with all our family commitments. With another school year ending, secondary school presentation night, a Year 11 camp, our church community Christmas carols event, various Christmas functions for the girls, four family Christmas gatherings, […]

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Oct 20
Author, Family Life, Fun Facts

Smelling the Proverbial Roses

I drafted and scrapped two blog posts today. Two posts containing worthy ideas relevant to my world as a mum, a reader and a writer. You know, stuff I often share here. But they just didn’t… fit. Sure, they were great personal writing exercises. I approached each task with prayerful consideration, as I usually do, […]

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