GIVEAWAY: An Ecostore Pamper Pack

My brother got me onto Ecostore products years ago, and they’ve been a regular part of my household shopping ever since. One of my kids has sensitive skin, and it has helped reduce reactions, and I like the fact I don’t get a chemical smell in my house when I’m cleaning.
I used the baby [...]

GIVEAWAY: Giovanni Organic Hair Care

I have hair that is temperamental and tricky. I measure my good hair days as opposed to my bad hair days as otherwise I’d lose count! It’s been helped by having a great hairdresser- Chloe at Stephen Marr, who has really helped me make peace with my curls big time.
Because my hair is a wee [...]

My New Years Resolutions for 2010

I’m quite big on New Years resolutions. I tend to stick to the ones I make, and if I don’t I make it a point of coming up with a REALLY good reason why I didn’t so that I don’t get the guilts.
I’ve just spent four days by myself, which is the longest stretch off [...]

Words of Wisdom: Is Anyone Listening?

My daughter gave me this picture today and I actually cried. She’s been working on it at school, and it’s a picture of me surrounded by all the words of wisdom she feels I’m passing onto her, things that I say that she’s taking on board and trying to live by.
To see my words to [...]

COMMENTS on AVATAR: Letting Things Be

Getting to watch Avatar the day after Lovely Bones was incredible. Here are two extraordinary films- yet both so vastly different from each other.
There is of course no comparison, as they are both so different. To say one is better than the other, when they are both completely different genres and have a different message [...]

LOVELY BONES: Fighting for Control

I’m going to write about how awesome the whole NZ premiere was in a separate post, but I wanted to talk about the movie itself first.
It took me a year of the book on my shelf before I could drum up the courage to read it. In part because its chief protagonist, shares the same [...]

Life isn’t fair dammit

How often do you think life isn’t fair? That you deserve to be married, or not married, have children or no longer have them at all, get invited to something that others have, or just be left alone?
Just over nine years ago I committed to myself that I’d be grateful for every day of life [...]

The Mammoth Micro Makeover Offer

 
On the bad side this is two weeks later than I planned it.
On the PLUS side that means more giveaways for you!
Our last makeover was all about making over one curvy chick- Samantha.
THIS TIME THIS BIG PRIZE COLLECTION IS GOING TO BE SEPARATED OUT TO MAKE LOTS OF LITTLE PRIZES
It was awesome because we got [...]

Why emails, texting and electronic communication isn’t

I wrote a book on internet dating- which of course is all about internet communication. I love social media, and facebook chat. my life is ruled by emails- if it’s not written down to me I often forget about it. I email myself to make sure things get done.
My life is run using written electronic [...]

The Makeover Winner

Samantha Davey won the Ask Rachel makeover, and got to spend $600 at The Carpenter’s Daughter in their new store in Takapuna. Sam is a self declared black clothes girl who never wears colour as she had no idea what suits her. So the two plus hours in the store was a huge eyeopener to [...]

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