Just happy to be.
I heard someone say the other day “if you can remember your own name and get yourself to the toilet it’s a gooooood day”. Gosh we have so much to be grateful for that we take for granted every day. Found this beautiful little movie from the makers of The Secret (which I hope you’ve all seen). It reminds us to live for today and to see the beauty in life and in ourselves….
ANZAC Day.
Tomorrow is ANZAC Day in Australia. Tomorrow we come together as a nation and, in our own Aussie way of course, honour and give thanks to the many, many thousands of brave men and women who have fought and died for our coutry over the years. There is no other day that I feel so proud to be Australian.
Deliciously Fresh, Simple & Free Latina eCookbook
Mmmmm, look what I just found…. check out this amazing free Latina Pasta eCookBook. Haven’t tried any recipes yet but I certainly intend to. You can download the entire book or flip through each beautifully presented page and just print out the recipe you want.
Funky Photo Fun….
Found these amazing light drawings on one of my all time favourite blogs Made by Joel where you’ll find pages and pages of all sorts of wonderfully unique and creative stuff that Joel Henriques, an artist from Portland US, makes for his two adorable kids. He’s quite unique. Joel makes it look so easy and once I worked out how to change the shutter speed on my camera (I set mine on 10 seconds) and find a torch that worked (a pencil torch is best) the rest was childs play.
Lost Generation…. Changing the World in 1.44mins
I must admit I had to watch this clip a few times before I realised it’s true genius and felt the impact of it’s message. Then I watched it again. Wow….
There is hope !
A day in the life of…. me!
I’ve been sitting here contemplating what I could possibly have to blog about and feeling quite guilty at how little I’ve achieved of late when it occured to me that maybe I need to give myself a little more credit. I think often we try to fit so much more into life than just being a wife, mother and home maker that it’s easy to overlook our achievements when at the end of the day thats all we’ve got done. Take my last 36hours for instance….
50 Reasons to Take a Break Now
Just found another little treasure trove of wonderful inspirational articles to help us retain our sanity and live life to the full.
I introduced you to Dani at Positively Present blog last New Year when I featured her 6 Stay the Same Resolutions. She is pure inspiration herself and has very kindly put together 50+ articles you should read now with titles like 5 Powerful Habits that Will Change Your Life, 15 Questions to Discover Your Personal Mission and 39 Ways to Boost Your Mood just to name a few.
School Holiday Activites…. Fun for all the Family.
Hey everyone, hope you all had a wonderful Easter break. Ours was just lovely.
And now…. how to amuse the kids over the school hols.
62 Reasons to Love Easter….
Know what? I reckon even if there was no chocolate I would still love Easter….
We’re all soooo ready for a break after a hectic first term, the weather is always that wonderful mixture of cool mornings, beautiful sunshine and perfect evenings although, should it rain all weekend (and it may well), that would be perfect too [...]

