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Travelling with kids does not need to be scary, just organized! Here are some of my tried and tested suggestions. During our last trip we traveled for 13 weeks, had 10 flights, 14 different accommodations, visited 6 countries, 3 different climates with a mother-in-law, a 4 year old and a 2 year old.
Instead of … Read More ... “Travelling With Kids”
(Please note a little chocolate was wasted in the making of the artistic napkin art above).
When someone asks you to review a restaurant you don’t pick somewhere you have been before because well that’s just boring isn’t it.
SanChurro had been calling out to my chocolate desires for sometime now and the fact that the queue was considerably less … Read More ... “DineHear by knauf – 40 seconds at SanChurro”
When DineHear.com.au asked us to review the noise level in 3 random restaurants we were excited. Not excited because we were going to eat out, excited because we were going to call it work and leave the kids at home. 🙂
Obviously not taking our children decreased the volume level at our table dramatically and we were in fact able … Read More ... “DineHear by Knuaf – 40 seconds in Brisbane’s Lychee Lounge”
Well the time has come to give up my new Chocolate addiction the Chocolate MealReplacement Shake as I reach the end of my 8 week challenge. I have got so used to the shakes that I am dreading returning to finding my own lunches and returning to that late afternoon hunger crash which I have NOT been experiencing at all.… Read More ... “My Chocolate Addiction – Before and After”
So it has been six weeks since I started the Chocolate Diet Challenge. You can follow my weight-loss journey in my earlier posts here. So how am I going? Well it’s been a little difficult actually. Last week was a “Wedding weekend” . There was just too many restaurant outings and not enough Diet shake. I have to admit though, … Read More ... “6 Weeks Of Chocolate”
This is a progress report – for my Chocolate Diet Challenge (Read about it here)
If you haven’t been following the challenge, it is basically a meal replacement diet program for 8 weeks. The fun part is it’s all themed around chocolate.
Taste: I like the taste of the meal replacement shakesthe berry ones are really nice too. I … Read More ... “Chocolate Diet Update”
When Heather Von St.James approached me for a guest post about Cancer for a second I thought this is another one of those Spam e-mails but something made me reply. Cancer has taken away our loved ones time and time again and even though I never knew her my nephew lost his girlfriend who was 17 just last week. Cancer … Read More ... “Embracing Life As a New Mother With Cancer”
WEEK 1 – So since my darling babies I gained around 30 kg and have struggled to drop the last 10kgs of baby weight. My biggest problem is finding the time to exercise and the motivation. I am basically a Lazy dieter who is easily tempted by food (of any kind).
So I nominated myself to participate in an 8 … Read More ... “Eat Chocolate and lose weight – Yes I am serious”
I had no idea of what Scottevest was before a recent trip to Europe. You see, before this trip, I thought that jackets were required only when it was cold. While travelling, I preferred not to have jackets but cargo pants that I could fill the pockets of with the phone, tickets, wallets and what not.
Now, I won’t go … Read More ... “Review – Scottevest jackets – the Swiss Army knife of jackets”
Variety the Children’s Charity is dedicated to empowering Australian children who are sick, disadvantaged or who have special needs to LIVE, LAUGH and LEARN. Each month in Queensland alone, Variety receives over $250,000 worth of appeal requests for children in need. Through grants to children who are sick, disadvantaged and who have special needs, Variety – the Children’s Charity fills … Read More ... “Variety’s ‘Great Eight’ Chefs reveal menu for June 16 event”
