My Life

My husband is my best friend… Cue gag.

May 23, 2013
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I always rolled my eyes when people said they married their best friend or their spouse is their best friend. Cue the gag motion and much judgemental sniggering. I didn’t get it. Didn’t they KNOW any other people? Have other friends? Really? How sad for them. Honestly I thought that half of those people were lying. The [...]

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Party People!

March 27, 2013
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Moooooooore party photo goodness!! Yay! Short version it was an amazing night, I danced until the wee hours of the morning and ate cheeseburgers on my way home. I was gifted some many presents and the presence {see what I did there?} of so many wonderful people. I worked hard to pull it off with the help [...]

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Queensland FINALLY delivers!

March 19, 2013
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Oh my goodness Sugers did my little piece of Queensland turn it on this weekend. We had been planning to camp as a celebration of my brother’s birthday for months. The ongoing rain and mad weather made it look like a long shot. We booked it in anyway and come Friday the skies were clear, [...]

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I was a Smug Twenty-Something

March 18, 2013
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I clicked a link through to the CLEO Australia webpage today to read an article title Is Being Twenty-Something Overrated. I read it and HAD to comment here, of course, it was too long for a comment comment. Firstly, why the Australian CLEO has an article referencing 401k plans and American bloggers when there are sure [...]

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A bit wobbly.

February 21, 2013
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My niece Arleigh has often been heard to say ‘a bit wobby’. A bit wobby is her version of a bit wobbly. The cutest possible version, mind you, I’m not biased at all. So why are we talking about Arleigh? Well, lately, I’ve felt a bit wobby myself. I’ve talked about it on this blog. More than [...]

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Party Update! #sugersneon30th

February 16, 2013
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Yeah. My birthday party has a hash tag, what of it…? Ha. Not much to report as yet, but I thought I’d share some of the inspiration going into the decorating and other theme type things. I did what all modern interwebs type girlies do when there’s an event to plan and started a Pinterest board. [...]

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Something or Other. Blaaaah.

February 14, 2013

This blank page has been taunting me. Teasing me with its blankness. If it was a person, it would be doing that thumb on the nose, fingers waving thing that basically means nah na na na naah. It’s sitting in front of me with the cursor flicking mocking me. So, it says, don’t have much [...]

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Australia Day Weekend {Pre-Flood}

January 29, 2013
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It was a dreary start to the Australia Day weekend when most of the plans we had were cancelled. Inskip Point was being evacuated, people we were hoping to see weren’t coming any more and there was no sunshine to speak of. Thankfully my brother and sister-in-law went ahead with their party, wet weather and all. Though [...]

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From Zero to Major Flood in One Week.

January 28, 2013
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It seems ridiculous to once again be in my home, confined to my side of the river. I am safe, so are my family and friends, we are well. Family north of here in Bundaberg and Mundubbera are safe and well too. The thing that amazes me is that yesterday, when notification came through the [...]

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Confessions of a Converted Pinner

January 19, 2013
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When Pinterest opened the secret boards there was never a question in my mind about what they were for. They were for pinning when you didn’t want people to know you were still pinning after hours and hours. You know those nights when you tumble down the rabbit hole that is a new found obsession. [...]

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Unlimited.

January 6, 2013
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Earlier this week I found out that I was nearing the top end of my hosting allowance on my current plan. The next step up was to go to unlimited for a still reasonable price but it got me wondering. Maybe I use too many photos. Perhaps the video idea wasn’t a good one. I [...]

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The Power of the Beach.

January 2, 2013
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We were talking about it today, the restorative power of the beach. It’s ability to wash away your cares and bring you back to yourself like nothing else. My father believes it has to do with the salt air, the power of the ocean, the sunshine. He’s probably right. There is magic at the beach. You can [...]

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Merry Christmas from The Sugers

December 24, 2012
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This year I invited myself along to the Christmas goodies cook up at my cousin’s house. We were making all the balls; chocolate, apricot and rum. Bec had baked some cookies and we were going to ice them. Christmas cooking fun. So what perfect photos to add to my annual merry Christmas post. I hope [...]

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Beach Baby

December 22, 2012
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Today is the day, I am officially at the beach for a week. Yes, I’m packing my iPad and keyboard. Yes, I would like to blog. No, I don’t care if I do or not. You guys will be pretty busy now anyway, right? Christmas and all that jazz. There is something very particular about [...]

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Summer Lovin’

November 29, 2012
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Sponsored by Magshop per my disclosure policy. You guys know I grew up on a farm right? A pineapple farm in what some people would optimistically still refer to as the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, a place called the Mary Valley. When it came to holidays my family, long before a holiday home/unit became a prospect, [...]

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Road Tripping Part 2 {She Wore What}

November 21, 2012
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This year we were determined to get out more. See more of what our beautiful country has to offer and take advantage of our car being a Hybrid and us being able to get away whenever we like. Sort of. The first {and turns out only major one, so far} road trip into the calendar [...]

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Full.

November 17, 2012

Life is full for me right now. It’s one of those moments where I sit {actually lay if you want to get technical} and just be so filled up with the things I have in my life and the richness of it. It just overwhelms me sometimes. Usually when I’m sick and tired and sad. [...]

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Road Tripping {She Wore What}

November 16, 2012
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We make excellent tourists, what can I say. When we decided that for this visit over the border that Hubby would come, immediately we thought about driving it. Neither of us had been much further south than Tweed so we were looking forward to the drive. See some stuff. Visit some places. Do the touristy [...]

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Clean Up. Clean Out.

October 7, 2012
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Sometimes in life we get lazy about stuff. We don’t pay this or don’t do our taxes, for say a year or two. Things start to slide and then all of a sudden the house is a mess and nothing is working as well as it could be. Life gets bogged down in the things [...]

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A Cupcake Story: It involves longing. And a bit of ranting. And some other stuff.

September 13, 2012

It’s been almost two months now since I first though, hmmm, I wouldn’t mind a cupcake. No just any cupcake. But a cupcake cupcake. Beautifully baked cake, perfect icing lovingly applied. Perhaps some decoration on the top. A thing of beauty cupcake. The thought crosses my mind every now and again. I think about a [...]

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