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The Last Term of the year
This year is flying by so fast! I can’t believe the September school holidays are over. They seemed to fly by far too quickly. Term 4 started on Tuesday, and Amy who is in year 6 bought home an assignment criteria sheet for her next piece of assessment. I had hoped that we could slide through the first week of school without homework or assignments – but no such luck. Denial is not an easy place to live for a mum. I could pretend we were still on holidays, but I am choosing to embrace what comes at us with poise and grace, after all, the Christmas holidays aren’t too far…
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Let Loose Fashion and Bling!
The ‘Let Loose Fashion and Bling’ store, is situated between Joybells Card and Gift Store, and the health store, on the main street in Caloundra. Over the Christmas Holidays, the store began a new life. New owners moved in and gave Let Loose, a brand new slick of paint, and a new sense of life. Against this new backdrop is a range of gorgeous women’s clothing, jewellery and shoes. A few weeks ago, the new owners reopened the doors to the fresh new store, so I went along for a look and I must say that I was not only pleasantly surprised, but also over the moon. The staff at…
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Four words – 2014
Here we are smack bang in the middle of the second week of the new year, and I must admit that I have been reading many blogs over the last couple of weeks. It’s been lovely to read the goals and desires of so many people who want to make positive changes in their lives for the coming year. I, on the other hand have decided that instead of making some grandeous goals for myself, I am going to change the way I think about goal setting just for a moment. I am a ‘goal setting’ believer, however, instead of listing ten things I want to change about myself this…
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The 30 Day Challenge!
Sometimes you need to do something different in your life to get a new perspective. Sometimes I am one of those people who wants change but I don’t know what to do about it. To cut a really long story short, I found this Ted Video. I love this philosophy. How do you know you don’t like something if you have never tried it? The 30 day challenge is all about trying new things – anybody can commit to something different in your life for 30 days. Change doesn’t have to mean changing everything about your life in one month, for lasting change it is better…
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Are you Happy?
Last night a friend of mine and I attended the screening for the Happy Movie. A documentary type movie about what actually makes people happy. It was quite an amazing and interesting journey from the psychology and physiology of happiness, to the environment in which we live, the people around us, our personal and professional successes, to the culture that we live in. There are so many components to what makes us happy. The question of happiness and what makes us happy is a complex and somewhat personal question. The Happy Movie was initiated by a director/producer in the United States – Tom Shadyac (who produced Patch Adams, the…
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Mischievious Mum has been Nominated!
Guess what! I have been nominated for ‘Best Blog 2013’. I am incredibly excited!! www.surveymonkey.com/s/BAB2013 The 2013 winner will receive: $1500 worth of writing courses at the Australian Writers’ Centre $1000 in cash A one-hour mentoring session with Brandon Van Over, managing editor at Random House, to discuss publishing a book based on their blog or any other writing projects the blogger wishes to discuss. $500 worth of books from Random House. Yesterday I told friends on facebook about my nomination for Best Blog 2013. I have never been nominated for anything so this is a big deal for me. I first of all want to thank all those who have already voted for…
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Its International Day of Happiness!!!
Are you happy? Today is all about being happy – Its the official International Day of Happiness. I personally believe that happiness is a choice. If we allow our circumstances to dictate whether or not we are happy, there are going to be ‘some’ who will live their whole life as a sad sack of potatoes. I personally have an issue with that mindset! Obviously there are times in our lives where circumstances do weigh into how we feel. A passing of a family member or a friend, or a loved one leaves and lives in another country, a business deal going sour, maybe our dreams haven’t come…
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A Beautiful Gift
http://www.joybells.com.au Recently a very lovely friend of mine gave me a gift! Its a gift that I have to admit that I had never heard of before, and when I had opened it I was surprised and thrilled. I bet your wondering what my gorgeous little gift is? Well I will show you! It’s a Spongelle! I have used this gorgeous gift every time I have showered for the last 12 days, and its still going strong. The Spongelle is a beautiful bodywash infused buffer or sponge. This one is known as the Hot Spice Ginger Infusion, and lets just say that I feel fantastic getting out of the shower. This ‘Hot Spice…
