lifestyle

If the hecticness of the last few weeks has taught me anything, it’s that I can’t summarise all the things I’ve learned in one sentence.  I mean, I have been…

After spending all our time in Florence either jumping on a train to another town or wandering around getting lost in the dark, it was finally time to actually see…

We are deep in the throes of birthday month which is historically a bit of an emotional time for me.  I mean dealing with two out of three babies growing…

Our first day in Rome is not finished yet. If you thought those were all the pictures we took let me just take a minute laugh and laugh and laugh.…

Oh woah.  Hold up. If you’re here to read about me cheating on my husband, well, you’re in the wrong place.  No, no.  I’d never do that and if Seth…

After months of planning itineraries, some sleepless nights stressing about said itineraries and a flip load of worrying about a million little things, we awoke to the day of our…

Every single time I told someone that we weren’t taking suitcases with us to Italy, they just looked at me and laughed.  Or if they were too polite to laugh…

It feels so weird to be sitting back behind my computer screen again, catching up on work, drowning in emails, fielding school requests and rolling my eyes at social media.…

The countdown is finally over! If you’re reading this it means that our wait is finally over and we’ve said goodbye to our kids, boarded the plane and set off…

It was my Mom’s birthday on the last public holiday that we had and so I wanted to treat her to a lovely breakfast out at one of my favourite wine…

I think I may have mentioned once or twice that we got our dogs because we really wanted dogs.  But also maybe because I was so freaking broody that it…

Have you ever felt like you were making killer progress with something and then all of a sudden you just plateau?  That was me last week.  And it was flipping…

Over the last week or so I have watched this Netflix series called 13 Reasons Why. Originally I started watching it because I’d seen such a hype on Social Media…

It’s so easy to get caught up in the busy isn’t it? You know what I mean right?  Having a crazy busy week filled with work, extra murals, homework, stress,…

You know, I started this blog way back in 2010.  It seems like ages ago now. It was just after Riya was born, which is just a year and a…

Yesterday my daughter, who I might remind you, I lovingly nurtured in my body for 9 months, painfully pushed out of bits that will never be the same again and…

Jeepers people. Are you feeling like I’m feeling?  I don’t even know if I can express this in words without letting my ignorance hang out, so I won’t even try.…

It’s been 6 months since Skin Renewal guided me on the path to cutting out grain, dairy and sugar. This morning I looked in the mirror and I almost cried.…

Yesterday we went into great detail about our trip to Greyton which is just two hours drive from Cape Town.  But today I thought I’d do something different – a…

On the 21st of March, Seth and I celebrated being married for 10 YEARS! Yip.  We made it to 10 years.  I’d be totes lying if I said that it’s…

It’s official.  We have the VISAs and so these crazy kids are about to set off on our very first international trip to Italy. I think if you could bottle…

If you’re wondering, let me just quickly confirm that YES, we are still all about the grain, dairy and sugar free life.  I’m reaffirming this fact more for me than…

Well Hello Friday! This morning I finally woke up to my third alarm (yes, I have to have three because I love sleep and I don’t like getting up, so…