The flight that nearly wasn’t 

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I hate missing sleep. I sat at 2pm in front of my laptop on the airline site, making my way through the check out process and I patted myself on the back for a) actually waking up and, b) being able to get everything to this stage of organised readiness for a family

The child care mine field

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Returning to work presents a wealth of challenges and the biggest one for parents, in my humble opinion, is the mine field that is child care. When we lived in Cape Town, child care wasn't the big issue it is here, mainly because it is affordable and back then I felt

The top 8 reasons to hire a Mom

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After what seems a lifetime of raising kids and working from home, I recently decided to return to the world of working for someone else. It wasn't an easy thing to do. The early mornings suck, I put on makeup most of the time now, I don't see nearly enough of my

All of me in A – Z …

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I've recently come across some bloggers doing a post called the A-Z of me which is a really cute idea so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon for a bit of fun. Originally I thought I would knock this post out in 10 mins flat, but it turned out

The Queen of Hearts Tarts

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Just over a year ago I decided to buy a membership for my hubby's birthday for RHS. This started a love affair with Wisely Gardens, which is really close by and absolutely stunning. Our son calls us old now because we are quite happy to stroll around this magnificent place

The usual resolutions

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"Make him stop! I'm feeling anger towards his face!" was the first thing I heard from my hubby after he came downstairs. "I'm just looking at him! I'm not doing anything!" came the protest from my teenage son. "That's it. I'm punching him!" I tuned out at this point. Amazingly this kind of exchange

The Elf

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"You better not pout, you better not cry, you better not fart I'm telling you why..." The slightly off key voice of my second born floated towards my sleeping self the other morning, and of course in classic style that she is now well known for, has replaced the lyrics of

The Christmas Flood

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It's been nearly 2 years since we moved into our house. I often look out onto the garden which is amazing by anyone's standards. We've built a lot of memories here in a very short time. There have been parties, picnics, braai's and boerewors. It has been Narnia, an oasis,

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