Gossip is very much a part of our culture. Morning programs have regular segments dedicated to celebrity gossip marketed as ‘news’. Magazines such as ‘New Idea’ and ‘Woman’s Day’ make their money out of peddling gossip about celebrities and we, as a society can’t get enough. We have shows such as ‘Gossip Girls’ that […]
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A great meal if you forgot to defrost meat in the morning! A quick and easy family meal. Originally posted 2015-03-16 12:00:26.
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My children are becoming more independent every day. Master 6 and Miss 4 have been making their breakfast, with varying degrees of success, for about 6 months now. This is, I’ll admit, often a messy way to begin the morning but their skills have improved out of sight and the biggest issue we run
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We have recently been blessed with identical twin boys who are now 11 weeks old. That brings us to a total of five kids under five! Life is certainly busy and the house is perpetually noisy. The days go fleeting by filled with a lot of love, laughter, joy, and happiness but also accompanied by
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I have been a mum now for almost 7 years (where did that time go?) and I’ve met and spoken to a lot of mums, in those years in particular, and I’m beginning to wonder if there are four mothering styles. You see, we don’t all approach our role and vocation as mother in
Ok, I have a confession to make…I love Lego. As a learning tool and platform for unlimited creativity and imagination it is fantastic. It’s also durable and long lasting. We have found that each of our children, no matter their temperament or interest, all enjoy Lego. Master 6 is a choleric/melancholic on the autism
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Pumpkin and Beetroot soup! So, I got a tad ahead of myself last night and decided to mix it up a bit for my husband’s dinner! I began by making pumpkin soup which ended up as Beetroot soup! To my surprise my husband didn’t mind this meal at all and said although pumpkin
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Feast: March 8th Patronage: Booksellers and firefighters St John of God, a man whom followed the promptings of the Holy Spirit, oppose to his own human temptations. At the young age of eight he ran away to join the priesthood. He travelled with travelling priests until he fell ill and was left with a
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I have been eating predominantly gluten free for a couple of years now. I do have gluten occasionally; this can be due to being polite when I am out at a friends house and served gluten or if I slip up and take a bite of my husbands garlic bread! Yet I do try to
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In my late teens I was part of a ‘Catholics Returning Home’ program that was run out of my parish. The program is specifically designed to successfully reintroduce lapsed Catholics back into the fold. It is a five week program that helps guide their faith journey and prepares them by explaining important truths about
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