tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32643345334254841102024-09-04T20:51:58.029+10:00Life Love and HiccupsLife Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comBlogger1224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-762277085571779572018-07-21T23:25:00.001+10:002018-07-22T00:17:01.678+10:00Psssst... Anyone There?
It's been SO long since I've blogged that the chicken sausage is practically a *geriatric these days.
*a gross overstatement but whatevs
Ahhh hello.
Anyone there?
Holy crap there's a lot of dust in here.
It has been SO long since I have opened my little old blog that I actually had a complete mental blank and couldn't even figure out how to get in the back end.
Cue the head slap 🙈
Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-38046413878736854412018-01-25T20:09:00.003+11:002018-07-22T14:13:22.505+10:00Life Lately... In a Nutshell
Yep, so I popped into the blog on the last day of 2017, announced that I was back and then promptly went AWOL again.
Well that was a great comeback huh?!
I guess there was no way of us for-seeing that my dad would be carted off to hospital in a red and white limo and that we could be preparing to face the New Year without him.
He was not a well man, at all, but the thing about my pop is Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-67367785485029813892017-12-31T15:07:00.002+11:002017-12-31T18:56:57.265+11:00Just A Break... Not A Break Up
Well hi there you guys...
You guys?
Is anyone still there?
It's been a long time since I last wrote on here... so long in fact that I kinda sorta almost FORGOT how to even get into my blog.
I've wanted to start writing again, for soooo long now actually... but the timing just always seemed kind of... I don't know... off?
So many times in this past 6 months I have made it as far as saying "Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-33887979019842946892017-07-17T19:00:00.000+10:002017-07-17T19:04:36.289+10:00Is The Internet Making Us (Me) Paranoid?
Social Media and the Internet has A LOT to answer for.
Aside from all the insecurities that are born from comparing our bodies, homes, families and lives to those of all the others that we see on our phones and computer screens, there is also the added bonus of paranoia to contend with too.
Social media and blogging unleashes ALL kinds of uninvited ring-ins into my already overcrowded Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-30144983741353464742017-07-14T19:30:00.000+10:002017-07-16T21:29:38.409+10:00Dyson VERSUS The Kids and Their Dogs
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OK my fellow neat freaks… get ready to be enlightened.
We (we as in our family but let’s face it, we are really talking about me - the neat freak) were sent the new Dyson V8 cord-free vacuum cleaner to try out and with the camera aimed directly at us - we set about putting it to the test.
Impressive huh?This beautiful machine is like Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-24337611266461838642017-07-10T17:23:00.001+10:002017-07-10T17:23:34.158+10:00Totally Worth The Pool Of Drool
Helllooooo and happy Monday lovely people!
It's been a looooong time between drool pools around here, but thanks to a stinker of a head cold that kept me in bed for a few days early last week, I had a chance to indulge in a little bit of Pinterest Porn.
Ahhhh... Is there anything quite like it?
Drooling over other people's perfectly staged homes and then mentally (& sometimes Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-5059420798834234722017-06-30T16:09:00.003+10:002017-06-30T19:55:47.160+10:00A Not So ADULTY Thing To Do
Deadset you guys, I think I have been more adulty in the past few weeks than I have ever been in my entire adulty life to date and honestly... I've never felt like such a phoney.
I half expect to look in the mirror and see a little person staring back at me, a little person all dressed up in her mum's high heels with a face full of blue eyeshadow and red lippy, a dozen strings of pearls Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-2122528601820085042017-06-23T13:50:00.004+10:002017-06-23T21:54:51.135+10:00Do you Believe in Signs?
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Do you believe in Angels and in the signs they send you?
I do.
I don't talk a lot about my spirituality here on the blog, which is weird I guess considering it is such a big part of who I am or at least - who I have become.
Maybe it is because a lot of what I believe in, others would possibly see as a whole load of whickety whack, which when I think about it...  Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-27205769940049070052017-06-20T22:05:00.004+10:002017-06-20T22:05:33.928+10:00Winter Schminter; Love it or Leave it?
When people tell me that they love winter, I kind of want to stab my eyeballs out with the sharp end of a severely charcoaled marshmallow roasting stick.
I should make a point of saying, just in case you happen to be a devoted winter lover... it's not you... it's totally all me.
You see, in my world, winter sort of sucks bulls balls.
I have all these romantic ideas of winter and Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-90254448686003798152017-06-14T22:03:00.001+10:002017-06-14T22:53:39.406+10:00Hemorrhoids, Zappos and Mummy Meltdowns
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Grab a cup of coffee or join me in a glass of coping cordial and come and sit down for a bit of natter.
If it's alright with you, I'd like to whine chat about the kids for a moment because honestly... I think mine might be out to get me.
No like REALLY, I think they are doing their best to send me to the loopy lock up.
You think I am kidding right?
I know, you are probably Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-76391535454432019202017-06-01T19:49:00.001+10:002017-06-01T19:49:06.035+10:00Bloggers On The Loose
I've only just realised that I have had this post half written and sitting in my drafts from a few weeks back and I totally forgot to hit publish on it.
I'm tempted to blame my recent lobotomy performed by a pack of ferocious little aliens... but that's not a very nice way to talk about my children so I'll just have to shrug my shoulders and plead insanity instead.
A couple of Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-74124125852808148272017-05-30T11:00:00.000+10:002017-05-30T17:26:34.473+10:00Ten Ways To Tell If A Friendship Has Past Its Expiry Date
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It goes without saying that life would feel pretty empty without your friends in it.
Your sisters from other misters or maybe even your brothers from other mothers, these friends are those special ones with whom you have chosen to trust with your deepest secrets, who you turn to when you are busting with exciting news to share, and who you seek out when you need someone to carryLife Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-16277254512952142602017-05-22T14:21:00.002+10:002017-05-22T14:21:44.867+10:00FETCH Me The Remote
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Fetch me the remote people because I am officially the Queen Bee of the Box… at least I am in Chateau Le Hiccups!
OK so technically I am kind of a self declared Queen Bee… but excuse me, I truly believe that I have earned this position.
You see, for years I have clung by my shellac to the very bottom of the hierarchy that determined who gets Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-31507518036378042902017-05-18T15:51:00.001+10:002017-05-18T15:51:29.409+10:00Four Years After A Little Insane Courage
A memory popped up in my Facebook feed yesterday from 4 years ago...
It was a reminder that it is 4 years since my fabulous midlife meltdown that resulted in me doing the craziest thing I have ever done - quit my job, bringing to an end my 20 year career in order to make those dreams of mine I had... a reality.
FOUR YEARS you guys!!!
Sweet Baby Cheeses, I can remember it as clearly as if itLife Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-26513510693932306162017-05-11T13:52:00.002+10:002017-05-11T13:52:13.826+10:00What's Been Going Down In Da Hood
My Dream Ride - From The Happy Bloom
Damn I've been feeling so gansta this week.
It's like I fell asleep on the weekend and woke up all renewed and ready to roll again.
That being said, I should probably make a little more of an effort to dress the part and wear something more fitting to my fresh 'gansta' mood than the 3 year old cardie and Uggs I've currently got on as I lie here on the Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-48092243008784800912017-05-03T19:40:00.000+10:002017-05-03T20:48:41.272+10:0013 Reasons is Way MORE Than Enough
I finished watching that Netflix series 13 Reasons Why last night.
YES I know, I know, I'm probably a bit of an idiot for even admitting that because no show has caused a greater divide among us people since that Moses dude did that thing with the red sea... not that that was a tv show or anything... um yeah moot point.
But I get the divide, I see the merit in the arguments both the experts Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-36190471326641067472017-04-22T16:19:00.001+10:002017-04-22T16:19:30.817+10:00Less and More
I remember reading this Less and More post over at the gorgeous With Grace & Eve a couple of weeks back, and it has kind of stuck with me.
At the time I recall thinking - HELL YES, I'm gonna do that right now... but then I must have gotten distracted by squirrels or something because it just hasn't happened... yet.
But the fact that it kept popping into my head made me promise myself Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-48647069406821620922017-04-18T19:52:00.001+10:002017-04-18T19:52:06.362+10:00Oh The Irony...
So we are head first into week two of the school holidays here and whilst I'd love to be able to tell you that my absence from this blog was because we've been busy working on our tans in Bali... but that would be a big fat lie.
A rather delicious sounding lie at that.
But alas, nup... I've just been doing the school holiday juggle like squillions of other parents around the world do at the Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-80543199395242530522017-04-03T18:06:00.005+10:002017-04-03T18:06:46.300+10:00Who Gave Him Permission To Go And Grow Up On Us?
The days seem to be getting shorter and the months passing by quicker lately.I remember my grandmother once saying that to me and at the time I recall looking at softy wrinkly face and wondering when exactly it was that she lost her marbles.
How can time ever go fast or slow? Isn't time just time?
I think that's because when you are a kid, time seems to stretch on endlessly.A birthdayLife Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-59221006269588521462017-03-27T21:10:00.000+11:002017-03-31T14:26:18.360+11:00A Bit Of Insight Into Why I'll Never Be a Renowned Beauty Blogger
I am never going to be a renowned beauty blogger - partly because I really suck when it comes to figuring out makeup and what to do and not do etc and, mostly because... well I really suck at figuring out makeup and what to do and not do etc.
My makeup case is an abysmal site to behold.
I have maybe two lipsticks, a blush that is fifty three years old, a concealer, a mascara (that probably Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-34201624803010589462017-03-16T19:00:00.000+11:002017-03-16T19:00:12.021+11:00A Thursday Throw Back of the Most Mortifying Kind
Clearly this is not me - I think I'm about to embarrass myself enough without photos!
I was driving home from doing a whole bunch of errands this morning, when out of the blue at a round-a-bout in the pouring rain - I had a flash back to being 13 and in high school and probably one of the most socially awkward crime scenes I have experienced... at my own hands.
I have no idea what prompted Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-22090775475985695862017-03-13T16:47:00.001+11:002017-03-13T16:47:02.251+11:00So THAT'S What's Wrong With Me...
For ages now I have been feeling like an old flogged donkey trekking the path and getting nowhere.
I've been a cranky and impatient moll (crankier and more impatient than usual).
My brain has been foggy, I've lacked my usual enthusiasm, my anxiety has been off the charts and I've been so irrationally emotional... like ridiculously teary.
Then there's the tiredness... oh my lord the Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-40921840246510134372017-03-07T16:23:00.002+11:002017-03-07T16:23:22.518+11:00The Magic Of The Parking Lot
I'm in planning mode around here at the moment you guys. I've spent a good part of today with my notebook, my computer and a king size cup of coffee.
Ok maybe two or three kins sized cups of coffee because I stayed up late last night watching trash TV... but that's a whole 'nother post in itself.
There's always a zillion thoughts and ideas I have bubbling around in my head at any given time Life Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-75026692769429039992017-02-28T14:32:00.003+11:002017-03-01T12:10:14.165+11:00I Don't Want To EVER Have To Say Goodbye
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*** Please know that this post discusses the very sensitive issue of suicide and reader discretion is strongly advised***
I once knew a girl who was so lonely, lost, confused and unexplainably sad.
She was only sixteen and yet felt like she bore the weight of eighty or more years of living on her shoulders.
She didn't really want to say goodbye.... she just couldn't bear toLife Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264334533425484110.post-15977975517932406062017-02-23T13:54:00.000+11:002017-02-23T13:54:01.114+11:00Too Pooped To Pop - An Explanation of Sorts
Can you believe that we are a hairs breath from being into March already...
MARCH you guys!
How the flip did that happen?
One minute we were on school holidays and the next... well the next I'm sitting here writing a blog post an lamenting how it is nearly bloody March!
I have been the worst blogger this year. THE WORST.
I have all the best intentions of blogging, I have had tons of ideasLife Love and Hiccupshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283618400442819761noreply@blogger.com