When things don’t go to plan

One thing I’ve learnt in my time on earth is this: Life doesn’t go to plan.
Well…it can, but only when we plan a life that is completely under our control. It would be a lonely life- one where you could not talk to or interact with another person, and you’d have to make sure [...]

Should I know what I want to do by thirty?

Hi Rachel, I’m almost 30 and I’m struggling what to do with my life career
wise. I’ve never known what it is I’ve wanted to do and i think about it so
much it drives me insane!! Any ideas please would be greatly appreciated.
I’m one of those annoying people who have trouble deciding exactly what they can [...]

GIVEAWAY: Ecostore Mother’s Day Pamper Pack

Ok, so I know we are meant to just appreciate our kids and not expect anything, but us mothers can sometimes feel a little like we need some pampering.
So THIS giveaway is for you if you are a mum. You don’t need to justify yourself- just enter to win one of these Ecostore Pamper Packs
I’ll [...]

She’s Out of Your League

Have you ever liked someone and thought they were out of your league?
I personally don’t believe someone can be in or out of our league. I do believe that we are all at different points of our journey, and we tend to be attracted to people at the same point of that journey through life, [...]

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 [...]

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