Last year, Harris Coffee contacted me and organised a giveaway on this blog, along with sending us some coffee to sample for ourselves. I’ve not stopped drinking it since. Hand on heart, that’s the brand I buy when we shop for coffee now. Harris are very proud of the way they roast their beans in…
I’ve gotten everything backwards and seem to have talked about the blog’s new look everywhere except on the blog itself. So, for those of you who haven’t seen it (*cough* feed readers? *cough*) I gave the blog a new look last week. What do you think? I wanted something white and fresh, more colour (but…
I started writing this post back last August. I’d just bought and read Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar and, spurred on by the listlessness I was experiencing (as well as a dose of curiosity), I decided to take the challenge. A magnificent misjudgement of timing saw me quitting sugar right before my period was due, and if…
Canvas prints are still in vogue years after first becoming popular. My sister has them, so do cousins, friends – a whole lot of people except us, I think! If you’re in the same boat, or want to make an addition to your existing collection, then this giveaway is for you. Photobox canvas prints are…
I love an Iced VoVo biscuit. And while these aren’t the Iced VoVos you might be used to buying in the supermarket, they do contain the essential elements of raspberry and coconut. Combine that with the deliciousness of melted marshmallows and voilà! You have s’mores. The kids created this recipe, I can’t even claim it…
My friend Laurie tagged me in this writing meme that I’ve seen around the place and I thought I would give it a go. Fascinating reading, finding out what makes creative brains tick! My answers are below. What am I working on now? I am currently completing the draft of my YA manuscript Back When…
Sometimes we need a book like we need to take a deep breath: to recompose, relax and bring a little bit of presence and perspective into our day. This is the effect Life Lessons From Byron had on me. By no means a full biography, but author Matthew Bevis takes snippets from Byron’s poetry and…
As I alluded to yesterday, we now have new floorboards, thus finishing off the second half of the house. Goodbye carpet! Just like we did in 2011, we went away on a road trip holiday to visit family in NSW, leaving the builders and sanders alone to do their thing. It was very exciting to…
Before I do a big reveal post on how our brand new floorboards look, I can’t help but smile and marvel a little about the appropriate timing of today’s giveaway. Oneflare is celebrating the launch of their new (free) iPhone app and I’ve been having a play to see what it can do. First, it…
