Recently I discovered a new blog ‘Is This Mutton?’ and Gail who is certainly living life her way. Gail kindly invited me to join her WOW – #wowonwednesday link up. Last week I shared my Traditional Festive Baking and this week I thought I would just put together a post of 5 things I’ve done this week which had a WOW Factor for me. 1. Our first Festive Bon Bons Link Party Deb from Deb’s World, Jo from And Anyways..…
It’s time for the weekly #WeekendCoffeeShare where I share thoughts and special moments from my week. Natalie from Natalie the Explorer started this idea earlier in the year and I link up each week with my contribution. It is a great way to record…
FAMILY TRADITIONS We had our annual family Christmas get together yesterday. As we are a blended family, we celebrate Christmas with Nonna (my 93 year old MIL), all of our children and grandchildren a few days before Christmas. It has become a family tradition…
It is Mother’s Day and many Mothers are being served breakfast in bed whilst many others around Australia, are up early with joggers on and preparing for the Annual Mother’s Day Classic. Each year my daughter, Rachel and I run in this event. It…
Most of us have been there – the Empty Nest and some of us have survived this time better than others. I was always encouraging my children to fly and be independent plus being a full-time working Mum, I never really felt the loss.…
Over the last few posts I’ve been discussing the Festive Season and what is means to us. I asked some of my blogging friends to share their thoughts when I asked them: What does the Festive Season Mean to You? Family was the main…
Last week I wrote about My 5 Festive Traditions and also asked some blogging friends ‘What does the Festive Season Mean to You?’ My festive traditions were all about my current life but then I started to think about Christmas as a child and…
During our month of 31 Days to Celebrate Your Life Now we are looking at ways to celebrate our lives and an important part of these celebrations should be celebrating our family and friendships. Life just wouldn’t be the same without the richness that…
Meaningful Mondays: 5 Women Over 50 share their thoughts on what brings Meaning to their Life
What brings meaning to your life? That is the question I would like you to consider today. In this week’s Meaningful Mondays post, I would love to introduce you to some dear friends of mine who I have met through blogging. All of them…
Christmas and the Festive Season is such a happy time, however, it can also be stressful with all the planning and the number of people we have to catch up with. Why not just relax and make a few changes to make this time…