Month: December 2011
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Happy fifth birthday, Astrid
Astrid turned 5 this week. Five. Five years ago in New Zealand on a Summer’s evening and there she was. End of 2006. That was the time I began writing this blog. It was a time to begin documenting our lives with the children. We’ve made family albums. I’ve not done the last two. The…
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A winter kitchen
I’ve taken delivery of the amazing and beautiful Nigella Lawson mixing bowls. Amongst other things. The brilliant secret sale compares only to the Le Creuset half price sale of sky blue cookware a few years ago. I spent all weekend rearranging and clearing the kitchen. This evening I briefed Joelene our nanny on where everything…
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First ballet recital
The other Sunday we went to the girls’ first ballet recital. I can’t remember why there wasn’t one last year, although last year I went to see their final ballet performance and I went to end of year festival for Astrid. This year I did neither. I’ve taken so much time off lately while we…
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Parts of rooms
Now the house is slowly beginning to take shape I’m taking photos of part of rooms. A couple of people have said they’ve seen my house photos on the blog but they still can’t really tell what the house is like; just very small zoomed in bits of it. So I’m branching out a bit…
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Nigella Lawson secret sale
Today I came across a Nigella Lawson secret sale on eBay totally by chance. Today I spent such happy piles of money at their amazing sale they refunded my postage. The best thing about this secret sale is that it’s full of Nigella Lawson Living Kitchen things – in Rosebud PINK. Yes, pink. I kid…