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Quick Takes: Lenten Sacrifice
1.We know it's Lent in our house, because 1stSister's hair is shorn, and 2ndSister inflicted a burn on her hand with a frying pan.2.Thankfully 1stSister's hair looks pretty good, and I didn't even need...
View ArticleNew Food CatchUps!
Well, I have been keeping up with my new food trials, but not updating them here. And I really need to take shots on the camera and upload them! But still....here is a brief recap.Lamb Tagine - 29 JanI...
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A Fussy Eater, and a Book Review
2ndSister, age 6 and three-quarters, has not had a great relationship with food for some time. Always less enthusiastic about food than 1stSister, who wolfs down olives, chorizo and korma without a...
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Meal Planning Monday
Well...I missed the last couple of weeks due to the kids being off school, and generally being tired and disorganised (35 weeks pregnant, anyone?!). I assure you my menus were all planned out, even...
View ArticleSunday Worship ~ what do we expect from it?
Sometimes we're called to be at the foot of the Cross. Life...people...merely existing physically can be a struggle. But I've always thought that attending Communion or Mass on a Sunday morning should...
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Meal Planning Monday ~ 11 March 2013
Yes, it's late! I'm having another baby, don't you know? (#36 weeks pregnant.) So yesterday, when 3rdSister was at her Gran's, the priority was getting gifts for the Sisters from the new baby, and...
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Note to self - must blog on other themes than Meal Planning Monday!
I'm officially full-term with this pregnancy and scheduled for a C-Section in a mere 10 days. I'm trying to wind down cooking (watch me hobble across the kitchen floor on crutches and you'll know why!)...
View ArticleA Book to Save a Life
Last summer, pregnant with my fourth child, I was at the end of my tether. Struggling to do anything much for my family, almost resentful of the new life within, unable to keep much food down and...
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Meal Planning Monday/Prodromal Labour Version
As weird as it may seem, one of the main reasons I like menu planning in advance is that it means I have a back-up plan if things are subject to change. For example, last week after posting (and before...
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7 Quick Takes: Giving Thanks (for babies!) edition
1.First of all, I give thanks for Jen's buddy Hallie Lord finally going into labour x days overdue with baby number 6. I happened to be up doing a night feed, so even though things seemed to kick off...
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Meal Planning Monday: the We Have a Baby edition
It's amazing we're eating at all, to be honest. The last couple of weeks, everything went to complete pot as I was in a) 'false' (but still painful) labour for an entire week, then b) I finally had the...
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7 Quick Takes: the probably completely random edition
(Well, hosted this week at Camp Patton, for reasons described below.)1.Firstly, it's been quite a month for babies in the blogworld I inhabit.First Brianna Heldt took a bunch of her eldest kids to...
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Church Firsts
I've now linked this post to the First Communion Link Up at Catholic Icing, part of the First Communion Promenade. Read other First Communion Posts there!It was 2ndSister's First Holy Communion...
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Meal Planning Monday - 15 April
I'm sitting holding a newborn typing with one hand, so no preamble today, just what we're having:Meat Free Monday - Ploughmans Salad (baguette, leaves, celery, tomato, cucumber, chutney, carrot...
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Meal Planning Monday 22 April
Well - things are getting easier in this family of six and I've progressed to roasting a chicken weekly again. In the next few weeks I'll reintroduce 'proper' cooking again and I'll even be scheduling...
View ArticleA Book Review: Let's Stick Together: The Relationship Book for New Parents by...
In short - 7 out of 10 - Definitely worth a read. Concise reminders to help rejuvenate your relationship - a definite read for all men and also useful for women.I should first perhaps say that this...
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7 Quick Takes: Reflection on the Week
With thanks to Jennifer Fulwiler for hosting - head over there to read a whole load of other Quick Takes and post your own!1.Please be under no illusions that this will be a spiritual reflection! I...
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Meal Planning Monday: 29 April edition
Sleep deprivation continues aplenty so I have few words. We never had the pink peppered mackerel from last week because we took 1stSister and her friend on her Brownie Pack Holiday on Friday evening...
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Meal Planning Monday: The Oh it's a Bank Holiday edition
Firstly - this Bank Holiday thing has thrown me! Coupled with a newly magical baby, who now puts herself to sleep when she's tired, letting me do all sorts of other things (including cooking!), the...
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