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I’ve had a welcome change of pace this week with the girls returning to school from summer holidays. After several care free months of enjoying sun, sand and surf, the little darlings have swapped sunscreen for shoe nugget. They looked mighty uncomfortable in their freshly ironed uniforms and ...
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Is there anything funnier than a dog in an Elizabethan Collar (bucket)? Yes… two dogs with buckets on their heads!!   I have to see the humorous side, because the not so funny part is the sound you can hear in the background… listen… kaching, kaching, kaching. That would be the vet bills ...
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Special friends... we all have them. Sure we all have lots of friends and acquaintances but some friends fall into that distinctive category of ‘Special Friends’. They are the friends who really ‘get’ you. Who are there both for the good times and the really crappy days of your life. They are ...
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I’m playing ‘hookey’ this week. I’ve decided to hug my children. Take some time to talk with them, listen and just be there. They are kind of sick of me already.... but they are humouring me. This week we have all been devastated by Australia’s horrific natural disaster in Queensland. It is all ...
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