Seven Day Mother: Baby and Children I got it all

Behind the Sun…

When Luke told me one of his colleagues had written a science fiction book I actually listened to him, rather than throwing in a “oh” or “really” every now and then as my contribution to the conversation. That’s because science fiction is something I am interested in and I was keen to read the book. [...]

Slippers as footwear

In these colder months I wear my slippers throughout the day in the house and even outside… to get the mail, hang clothes up etc. I have come close to leaving the house with my slippers on but thank God I noticed as I stepped out the front door, some people aren’t as lucky. The [...]

Super easy lemon cheesecake mousse

I was fiddling around with some recipes the other day and to my palates great delight this super easy lemon cheesecake mousse was born! It’s so quick and easy and I’m sure you’ll get all thumbs up from your family once they taste it. Ingredients 250g cream cheese 395g condensed milk 1 tablespoon of lemon juice 1 10g sachet of [...]

Hannah Montana:The Movie

Recently I enterd a few competitions and I was so excited when I got a phone call from “Bmag” saying I had won… yippee. But then she told me it was a double pass to a special screening of Hannah Montana: The Movie… oooohhhh… I wanted the laptop!!! However, free is free so I took [...]

Patrick Warburton – That Dude!

My kids were watching a Disney movie the other day when the very distinctive voice of Patrick Warburton cut in. Claire jumped up and said, “Hey it’s that dude, you know… that dude!” Yep, I know ‘that dude’ alright, he seems to pop up in every half decent animated movie as well as video games [...]

Made-in-china-saurus?

My nephew noticed writing on the bottom of my girls dinosaurs and asked me what it was. I told him that some of the dinosaur figurines had the name of the dinosaur printed underneath. He then proceeded to hand me the toys so that I could read the names out to him… Braceosaurus, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, [...]

Police shoot family pet

Even though I am a big animal lover I understand that in certain situations dogs have needed to be shot by police. What I don’t understand is why police would taser and then shoot dead a Chihuahua! Well actually a Chihuahua cross but it’s just as shocking. I was horrified when I read a news [...]

Dead easy chocolate brownie recipe

An afternoon cup of tea with two brownies… delicious! This recipe is so easy I let my six year old make it, with my supervision of course. It’s inexpensive and most people will have all the ingredients sitting in their cupboard right now. * 150g butter * 3 eggs (lightly beaten) * 1 tsp of vanilla essence * 1 [...]

Hungry Jacks stunner deal

Last weekend we treated the kids to a ‘Hungry Jacks Stunner Meal’ and with my thrifty nature I discovered how to make a good deal great. At $4.95 each the kids got a cheeseburger, chips, drink and sundae… that’s a good deal. However since the store had free drink refills I filled the cups up [...]

Where are the keys?

The other morning as Luke was heading off to work he went to get the car key…oh no… the keys were not on the key rack. We looked around the house on the tables, bookshelves, computer desk, kitchen benches but no keys could be found. Perhaps they were in the car, we sure hoped the [...]