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This was a blog of a modern housewife and in a way still is. But like any person this blog is changing, developing, growing into something different. I was going to start again, but the past is part of my journey forward and should never be forgotten. This is a blog of a mind that never stops, a mind that is continuously thinking. Thoughts, that if not written down will be forever lost. This is a blog of ideas that should be shared with the world.

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Packing for 2 kids

We are going for a short visit to my mums house this weekend. I was just getting used to travelling with my two year old daughter. She is potty trained now so her bag is substantially smaller than it used to be. I just pack her clothes as I would pack my own, maybe with a few extra pairs of underwear and pants. Since her clothes are soooooo much smaller than mine it means she only needs a little bag. Now I have to pack for a 5 month old as well, oh man. It seems silly that when you go and visit someone for two days that you take 50 bags and just about need a roof rack to hold everything. Ok it isn't hat bad, at least there is a cot, blankets and thousands of toys at mum and dads. Otherwise that car would really be packed to the rafters, with porta cot, blankets, teddy's for baby, nappies, clothes and toys for my daughter etc etc etc. Not to mention the two Nelly's (my daughters little soft toy doll she sleeps with). Why two Nelly's you ask? Well after my daughter got...

Litter bug (warning slight rant ahead)

I was watching a documentary last night on the degeneration of coral reefs in the world due to global warming (very interesting). During the program the guy picked up rubbish out of the pristine sea and with a sad face plonked it in the boat. It reminded me of being in Fiji. What a beautiful Island that is, my husband was born there and on our visit we saw all sides of that wonderful country. The most disturbing part of our trip was the resorts. It saddened me that all these tourists who were sucking up what Fiji had to offer cared so little for the place that they just let their rubbish float out into the sea. We used to enjoy Kayaking in this little bay at our resort. Everyday when I took the kids out, there was always rubbish floating on the waters edge. It was a different Fiji than I had expected to see. Other visitors would just zoom on past all this rubbish, Kayaking out to the lovely reefs... I ...

The bread making continues.....

Who would have thought that after a few months I would still be making bread on a 2 day basis. NOT ME. Granted we have had a bit of brought bread (still haven't used a whole loaf of brought bread since starting the challenge, it sits in the freezer for emergencies). I went away with the kids for a week and hubby was disturbed to find there was no homemade bread left for him, so he had a piece of brought bread only to find the taste so horrific that he called me to find out how to make bread himself. I hate to say it but he did a dam good job, so good it made me try harder. We now have two lovely puffy loafs of bread made every second day. Just to give you a giggle each bread tray has two little balls of dough in them so when the bread rises it looks like someones bottom bursting out from under the teatowel. If nothing else it makes me smile. Today after trying to find snacks for the kids in a house with not to much food left in it (grocery da...