LIFESTYLE
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Seth’s Surprise Party
6 February 2017I decided to throw Seth a surprise party. Which is cool right? Except for a few little problems: Seth is actually not that big on social gatherings so he’d either…
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A Love For Reading – Something Genetic Or Nurtured?
1 February 2017I cannot tell you how hectic it was for us going back to school this year. Except that, I totally did tell you. Because I have no secrets – my…
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SKIN UPDATE – 3 Months NO Dairy, Grain or Sugar
23 January 2017Hello there! It’s so lovely to meet you, I’m Cindy – Mom of 3, Wife and Business Woman (or that’s how they described me on The Weekend Edition anyway). That…
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20 January 2017If you’ve been wondering around the internet this morning and wondering who is the most excited about Friday, I have the answer for you. It’s me. This week, although quite…
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A (Little) Dining Room Make Over
17 January 2017Even though we spend about 40% of our family time around our dining room table, I didn’t like it. No, don’t get me wrong. I liked spending time with my…
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It’s Not A Holiday Unless You Unplug – Our Tulbagh Adventure
13 January 2017It’s so amazing to me how you can take a break and feel so wonderfully well rested, but then head back to work for a week and it’s like you’ve…
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Our New Years Celebration – “An Around The World” Theme
5 January 2017When we had kids we realised that the time of doing something out and about for New Years was behind us. We made peace with the fact that we couldn’t…
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A Merry Christmas Indeed – 2016
26 December 2016Never before have I seen my kids so excited to go to bed! But this Christmas Eve, they were begging to get into bed at 5pm already! Even though they’d…
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20 December 2016Just had such a surreal moment. We’d just come back from The Playshed and were sitting watching Matilda when I started trying to work. This isn’t usually a problem, but…
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Good Old Uncle Paul’s
16 December 2016If you live in Cape Town and have not heard about Uncle Paul’s (or their companions – Uncle Willy’s or The Noddy Party), may I ask you which rock you…
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First Swim Of The Season And Packing That Beach Bag
2 December 2016Cape Town has finally wisened up to the fact that it’s Summer. Granted, it may still be as windy as all heck, but at least it’s warm. I’ll take a…
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29 November 2016We are one-fifth of the way in to what could easily be the busiest week ever. In this week alone we are squishing in 3 concerts, a graduation, a karate…
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SKIN UPDATE – It’s Been A Month, So What’s Changed?
23 November 2016The biggest change since my three week update has to be my attitude. Honestly, I was in a bad place. There was an insatiable craving deep in my bones –…
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We Had A “YES Day” And This I How It Went Down
22 November 2016A little while ago I wrote about being a NO Mom. If you missed it, you can catch up here. I’ll wait. Cool – welcome back. OK, OK. Before you…
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Skin Update – Three Weeks In
7 November 2016Sheesh guys. I’m not going to lie. This last week and a bit on the whole NO dairy, grain and sugar train has been HARD! I think the fact that…
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31 October 2016I was going to try and make a joke about the weekend going by so quickly, but it’s just SOOOOO not even funny that I won’t. Instead let us take…
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On Friday we had a wonderful, kid free date night. Instead of the usual dinner and movie at the Waterfront, we decided to mix it up a bit. Our plan…
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Confessions Of A “NO” Mom
17 October 2016“Hey Mom, can I please have this delicious looking sweet that my friend gave me in my party pack?” “NO!” “Please, please, please, please, please, please can I have it?”…
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Celebrating 30 in Tulbagh
12 October 2016A couple weeks ago I celebrated the big 30. So for my “party” we took 4 of our favourite couples away with us to the Country House at Kloofzicht Estate in…
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The Deception Of Date Night
11 October 2016If you had cornered me a couple of years ago and interrogated me about my favourite types of movies, I would have wondered who the hell you were and tried…