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The day I became Mrs D

The new Mrs D Miss H is very into weddings and ‘marrying’ at the moment and poor Mr D has had to get down on one knee and propose at least 15 times over the last couple of weeks.  “Again Daddy!” she squeals “Lets do  marrying and you have to be the handsome prince”. It’s […] Read more…

The first day of Autumn

Isn’t it funny how the last day of summer was boiling hot with really icky,sticky humidity (and a very irritable me because the air con in my car decided to break!!!!) and the very next day, (which just happened to be the first day of Autumn) it was cool and grey?  How does Mother Nature know how to do that??? First […] Read more…

My first trip to Costco

I am forever on a mission to try and reduce our grocery bill.  I used to be a bit of carefree, just chuck it in the trolley, kind of shopper.  I’ll also admit to being a bit of a grocery shopping snob too, and used to do most of my shopping in Waitrose when we lived in the UK. […] Read more…

Traffic Light Brownies in thermomix

This is another idea that I saw somewhere – Pinterest I think, but I just can’t remember exactly where it was!!  Anyway I thought it was a great idea – and I’m very sorry for not crediting it’s original source. I’ve decided to use a lovely Nigella Lawson recipe for the brownies (which I altered […] Read more…

Liebster Award number 2

Last week I was lucky enough to receive my second Liesbster Award from the lovely Lisa at Mummy Manifesto.  It made my week being nominated again, so thank you so much Lisa.  I think this is such a lovely award in the blogging community as it really shows recognition for each others talents and it’s a fabulous way […] Read more…

Alfresco Dinning

Today was one of those days where the weather was just PERFECT!  Not too hot and the sky was as blue as the ocean with not a cloud to be seen. You see what I mean……..perfect! Being a school day I was all ready for the usual evening routine, when I got a txt from […] Read more…

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The last week of January in pictures. Love Instagram!

I’m a bit late with this post, I’m afraid.  I was due to write it yesterday but forgot that we had to spend the day in the city having full medical checks for our permanent residency application for Australia!!  What a process that was!!  But I am happy to report that we are all fit and healthy […] Read more…

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