A few months back I was staring at my ‘Divine Mercy Calendar’ which hangs on the back of the toilet door, like I do every day at some point or another, and I learnt something. Forgive me if I am way behind the curve here, but I just noticed that every month is dedicated […]
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Winter has been hitting us hard in Melbourne this year. It has also been hitting our bills hard from our use of the heater. Not being made of money, we’ve been trying to do what we can to keep these bills as low as we can. Here are our strategies to keep the heater
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People I talk to have often been intrigued at how early we started toilet training our kids and are sometimes astounded that our less-than-2-year-olds are out of nappies and using the toilet. While some would say that toilet training is best left until the child is older and more teachable, we’ve found that starting
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Oh it’s just a little bit of clutter we say! Yes, but what is this clutter actually doing to us? Slowly but surely, if we live in a house filled with mess and chaos, we are bound to become overwhelmed. We will find our lives disordered and this will cause us to lose our
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While sweeping my dusty floor boards today, my mind started to wander, and I began to think about the state of the world. Or the state of the world according to my Facebook news feed. I become so frustrated looking at my news feed, constantly being bombarded with opinionated, argumentative articles, boastful Facebook statuses
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In most cases, to pass on the faith to others we need to show them our Joy. Our love of Christ in our words and actions, so they may be inspired. Intrigued as to what is the source of our light? In a similar way we can do this for our children but we
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Looking through my computer, I found an old article I wrote last year when I realised I was pregnant with my fourth and was a little nervous because of the hormones I experienced in previous pregnancies. I thought I would share it for a laugh.. *** The Pregnancy Monster I decided to write this
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The kids are sick. Again. The bugs keep hitting and those kids of ours keep getting sick. What can we do? Germs are passed, the bugs brew more easily in the colder weather. No one’s fault and not much we can do! Our whole family has unfortunately just been hit with a Gastro type
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Sometimes when life gets busy, we can fall into a little trap. A trap of having everything a little too ‘practical’. When this happens we tend to fit people in to part of a routine, a schedule. This unfortunately includes the ones we love the most. When your husband gets home from work, how
We all know there is a ton of great storage stuff out there! Here are some helpful tips when it comes to storage around your home. 1) Organize First; Buy Second. Even though it can be tempting to run to the shops and buy those pretty little storage containers, boxes and baskets – STOP!
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