Year: 2012

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    Soothe the soul…

      Holidays have that precious ability to soothe my soul, especially at this manic time of the year. After the frenzied crazy of Christmas it’s so good to get away from it all, even if it’s only for a short while. My family and I have just had three amazing days away and we’ve loved […]

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  • Seasons Greetings to you all!

    Christmas is almost upon us, just two more sleeps! And I’m almost ready. All the presents are purchased and wrapped, a very long list has been written ready to take grocery shopping tomorrow (I don’t do the food shop earlier than that because the Blokes Wot Live Here would eat it all) and I have […]

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    I’ve won a Sunshine Award!

    “Thank you to all the members of the Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press, my agent* and my parents… I’m beyond thrilled!”  *tearfully clutches award* Okay, it’s NOT the Oscars but it’s an award nonetheless (and a blogging one, at that!) which makes it pretty damn special to me all the same. I’d like to give […]

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    17/12: Music for Monday…

    I was waiting outside my youngest son’s school with a small group of mums I know this afternoon. It didn’t take long for the Connecticut shooting tragedy to come up in our conversation. We’ve all been horrified and deeply saddened by the deaths of so many innocent children and their teachers in America. For such […]

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    What’s this thing called love…

    ‘Love can mend your life  but love can break your heart’                              ‘Message in a Bottle’ – Sting Ain’t that the truth. I have two dear friends who are in the fresh hell of ending their marriage after ten years. It is raw, […]

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    10/12: Music for Monday…

    Smile, Charlie Brown… it’s almost Christmas! Christmas. It’s only fifteen days away. But the more pertinent fact for me is the number of school days  left – and that number is seven. SEVEN. Bloody hell. I don’t know about you but I still have quite a bit to do! There is some good news though. […]

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  • So this is Christmas… and what have you done?

    Well quite a lot this week, actually. For starters I’ve dragged out all the Christmas decorations, no mean feat in itself. There are now far too many lots of boxes to get down from the top shelf of the cupboard. It’s taken YEARS of collecting to get them all but the payoff means our house is well […]

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    4/12: Music for Monday…

    Wow. It’s been a huge day. My youngest had his first transition day in the high school support unit today. We’ve been building towards this moment all year and H was keen to finally check out his new school a little more closely. We arrived at the office to find a small group of other […]

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  • Hot town, summer in the city…

    I don’t think I have loved our ducted air-conditioning quite as much as I have loved it over the past 48 hours. Summer has definitely arrived in these parts. Since Friday we’ve been blasted with the most incredibly hot and humid weather, much hotter than usual. We didn’t have much of a summer last year, […]

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    26/11: Music for Monday

    I am exhausted. I smell. And I’ve spent the last twenty minutes picking paint out of my hair. It was another huge day painting but, I’m happy to say, we are actually getting somewhere! All undercoating of house ceilings and walls is about 95% finished! We had dreadful humidity in ol’ Sydney town today (felt like […]

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Hi, I’m Sarah!

Former wild-child of the 80’s, classic rock fan and loyal friend to a particularly awesome group of people. Forever planning to write more. Fervently wishes she lived at the beach. Loves the mighty All Blacks. Rather partial to a cheeky glass of red.

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