The Veggie Mama
As I write this, I am sipping a cup of Gwinganna's signature tea, hand crafted using premium Australian lemon myrtle and aniseed myrtle. For a moment, I can imagine I'm back here: Instead of surrounded by toys and toddler ephemera. Although it is quiet here today, so there's that. Back in … [Read more...]
I DID IT! I posted every single frickin' day for 31 days! I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get back to regular programming. I've got some juicy recipes up my sleeve (not really, that would be sticky and probably unhygienic), and I'm looking forward to maybe adding some more random life … [Read more...]
Helllloooo today's prompt! Well I had a long and hard think about this, and really the only thing on my mind right now that I'd like some advice on is mum stuff! Nothing really in particular, just helpful hints, tips and resources that have been useful to all y'all with babes. I like obsessively … [Read more...]
Having little kids has meant my hair is in a braid more often than not, and over the course of the last year, I hadn't really noticed how long it was getting. Well, until it was time to wash it, and it was a huge drag and I swore I was going to do something with it. I mostly just swore. It takes an … [Read more...]
I have SO MANY favourite blogs. And as I was just saying to someone this morning, my tastes change as my life does, so what I loved a few years ago might not be what I love today. But there are a few that I always, always come back to for whatever reason. Oh and I'm ruling out Fat Mum Slim … [Read more...]
Can you believe this is almost finished! Are you over it yet? I am a little bit, haha. I love the prompts, but I don't like the obligation. Plus I think posting every day is just overkill, I've probably lost as many readers as I've gained! But it's been fun. So today's post is a goal, and I've … [Read more...]
Once upon a time, I wrote a post about trying a recipe and modifying it - that recipe was Strawberry Pop Tart Scones, and they are the most popular post on Veggie Mama. Only it was a bit of a one-trick pony, someone had submitted it to Stumbleupon and it went nuts over a month or so, … [Read more...]
There are some more interesting last meals here and here and here. What's yours? … [Read more...]
Are friends! My track record finding and keeping some nice ones had always been pretty hit and miss, so after a while I never bothered. I like my own company anyway, and was never lonely. Then one day about two months before Pepper was born, and Abby was 16 months old, I had an incredible urge to … [Read more...]
I don't know! I keep changing my mind! I just like so many things, and they're all so interesting and waaaahhhhh. Let's have a look at the timeline of things I wanted to be when I grew up. Age 6: Egyptologist/archaeologist Age 7: flight attendant Age 9: scientist or spy Age 10: … [Read more...]
For my birthday a few years ago, Matt bought me an iPod Touch. He is notoriously amazing at picking gifts, and this one was no exception. I didn't have an iPhone at the time, I was still trying to make BlackBerry a thing, so the apps and screens and videos and OMG READING ALL OF SHAKESPEARE IN ONE … [Read more...]
Is that I'm lazy. It's something I've tried to fight my whole life. If I start my day sitting down and reading something, whatever it is, then I find it so hard to get going doing anything else the whole day. I know its not good, and I do all sorts of hilarious things to combat it, but I'm naturally … [Read more...]
After my parents split up when I was about six, my mum and younger sister and I moved to Queensland, and my dad stayed in Victoria. I remember at his house we had bunk beds, a Sesame Street clock that taught kids how to tell the time, and a bookshelf packed to the brim with my books. I think they … [Read more...]
Hello! I've been out all day so this post is late. We played at the park and bumped into an old friend, then we spent the afternoon at my sister's new house jumping on the trampoline and eating cupcakes. This post is supposed to be about what is on my mind right now... so here goes. Oops just … [Read more...]
Is that you won't get out of it alive! heheheh. No seriously, life itself is about learning, and everything I've been taught would take 33 years to describe. I'm still learning. I don't intend to ever stop. But the lessons that have been most useful to me can be boiled down to these: Live … [Read more...]
