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Our Big Gold Coast Adventure
Hope you are doing well? It has been a few weeks since I last wrote. Lots of different occasions and events happening in our world as the year heads into full gear towards the end of the year. I must say I am looking forward to the Christmas holidays. Although, I would love it if the holiday season (the 30th November onwards) slows right down so that we can really enjoy the summer holidays. I want to enjoy every single day of Summer. I realise the kids will still need feeding and dropping off places to hang out with friends and play, but it is my intention to be super…
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Shows That Will Change You
Once in a while certain channels will put on a series or an individual show that will really move you to either think differently about a subject, or just touch your heart in one way or another. I personally don’t watch tv, just to watch tv. Hubby and I have a couple of go to shows like together Chicago Fire or Chicago Med or S.W.A.T, but we certainly don’t watch these every week. Usually we have something to do, or even someone to pick up. I don’t tend to watch a lot of television, but when I do get a chance, I love a great story line, or the purpose…
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The Happiest Time of the Year!
Today is a magnificent day! The sun is shining and the sky is a beautiful blue. Finally, the weather feels as though we are slipping quickly into Spring. Only six days till Spring! This year Spring and Father’s day fall on the same day, so we are planning a fun day to celebrate here on the Coast. If you weren’t aware, Spring is my favourite season of the year. I look forward to our days becoming longer, and I look forward to saying goodbye to winter for another year. I know winter has its purpose, but I am a girl who loves Spring, and would love Spring to stick around…
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The Start of our 50 cent Adventures
This week we had an unexpected adventure into Brisbane. Nell had a class excursion down to GOMA – Queensland Gallery of Modern Art to see the Iris Van Herpen exhibit. Being tertiary education there was no bus taking the group of students down to the exhibit so we decided to jump on the train and take advantage of the 50 cent fairs. While Nell was off being inspired by the Iris Van Herpen exhibit, I had a look at the State Library. It is definitely somewhere I would like to explore again. I think you could spend a whole day in there wondering around. There were so many things to…
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Birthday Fun on Noosa River
Now the kids, particularly the girls, are older and have jobs, it’s not so easy to get everyone together in one place to have a family day, so when we can make a day of it, any excuse is a good excuse to get us all together. It was hubby’s birthday on Sunday, so we decided to make a day of it up at Noosa. Noosa is special place on the Sunshine Coast, we are lucky to be able to go up for the day, enjoy the beauty of Noosa and then come home absolutely happy and fulfilled. I love the idea of staying up there too, but for all…
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Daydreaming and Planning
Over the last few months I have been watching the job sites and putting in for jobs that I believe I can do. With the cost of living going up, the extra money would be incredibly helpful. The difficulty that I am having is that I have been a stay at home mum for a long time, and while yes I 100% believe our decision to have me at home with the kids was a good one overall for our family – it has come at a financial cost to our family. I wish we still lived in a world where stay at home mums were the norm rather than…
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Wanting the Van Life
Something has happened to me over the last few years……the long and the short of my story is that I would love to sell up and live the van life. I know that technically we aren’t ready as a family to do that. I think the kids would malfunction in a van, 6 sardines in a van really would not work very well, so its probably not a dream that can even be considered till the kids are off doing their own thing. Nonetheless, I am very much addicted to seeing what is available on Facebook marketplace. I am interested in a Mercedes sprinter van or a cute little boho…
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Change is Inevitable
So far I am pretty disappointed with 2024…. It’s not the year I hoped for after our chaotic and incredibly crazy 2023. Don’t get me wrong, outside of the fire, we had some amazing moments in 2023, but it was a difficult year for so many reasons, and I have to admit that I was looking forward to the idea of a brand new year as we reached the end of 2023. 2024 had a lovely ring to it. There is something nice in knowing that the incoming ‘new’ year had no marks on it yet, no spoilers, no mistakes, nothing to fear. This thought reminded me of Anne of…
