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A day at the beach

June 26, 2009
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Photos by Leanne Nelson A couple of weeks ago I decided to shut the door on the housework, packed Little Mermaid, a snack and my camera and headed down to the beach for the day. We were all rugged up as the weather was looking typically winterish. It turned out to be a beautiful day, […]

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Christmas in July

June 24, 2009
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It’s nearly that time of year again.  Can you believe it?  I can’t. Christmas in July is a bit of fun, especially here in Australia.  Our Christmases are usually hot and dusty.  Not the ideal time to be enjoying traditional Christmas fare, although we still give it a pretty good go 🙂 Not only is […]

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$21 Challenge Fail – Sort Of

June 9, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Well, the first week of the Simple Savings $21 Challenge has passed. You can read a bit more about the actual challenge here. And although technically I failed because I spent more than $21, I still came out on top. In total, I spent $55.05 on food items (not including fruit, veg, […]

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Big Savings on Groceries

June 2, 2009

Over the last few months our bank balance has been looking sadder than usual the week before payday. I don’t think it’s because we’ve been spending excessively, rather the cost of everything – especially groceries – has been increasing. The Thinker has been picking up our fruit and veg at the market each week. This […]

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Windmills

May 13, 2009
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Little Mermaid loves windmills.  It took me a little while to figure that out because she used to call them wombats.  I was often surprised at the number of wombats she could spot in the middle of the day on western Victorian roadsides. One holiday, less that an hour after we’d left home she declared […]

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The pleasure and the pain

May 8, 2009

The girls had birthdays over the last week, Little Mermaid (now 4) last Friday and Cinderella yesterday (now 6).  We’re very clever to get them close together like that I know.  So far I’ve been able to get away with one birthday party between them, with a cake for dessert on the day of each […]

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