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Letter to Daughter worth sharing: Finding a Hundred Happy Dollars
Dear H, This one is about making money, finding money, setting goals, and happiness. Yeah I know, they’re all about happiness – but that’s because if there’s one single thing I want to help you be, it’s that. Everything else… Continue Reading →
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Book Two.
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Dog walks in the sun
During the week I get up, before the sun does, to take the dog for a walk.So its nice at the weekend to be able to take the dog out whilst the suns shining. This weekend I took my camera with me to take a few pictures.It was clearly going to be another… Continue reading
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recent acquisitions + hebes
a) Scandinavian and Scottish winter weather feels very far away at the moment, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love looking through the windswept and grey photos of my latest book purchase, Knitting from the North by Hilary Grant. I… Continue reading
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CocoChoc Smoothie
Y’all know that I love me a daily smoothie. But I’ve never really dabbled with anything outside of the green variety. Until now! I don’t mean to blow my own trumpet but this smoothie is 5 star, family approved, sensational! I can only liken it to drinking an icy cold liquid chocolate lamington! And it’s 6 simple ingredients are all wholefoods which make this sweet treat actually good for you! Sooooo good! H2Coco’s new COCOCHOC premium cocoa blend coconut water is the base liquid to this chocolatey goodness and is absolute delish! Check out the recipe below. Enjoy x
Little Housewife CocoChoc Smoothie
Ingredients
2 bananas, sliced and frozen (make yourself or available from Ceres Organic)
4 dates
1 teaspoon cacao powder (I used Ceres Organic)
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
Handful of ice
Add all of the ingredients to your kitchen whizz and blitz until smooth.
Serve while icy cold.
Garnish with your favourite toppings. I used Tatua Whipped Cream and unsweetened shredded coconut.
H2Coco COCOCHOC is available at leading supermarkets nationwide. 330ml RRP$2.99. 1L RRP$5.99.
This is blog is in no way sponsored by H2Coco. All recipes, thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Activity Spotlight: Gym Jam
What is it? A fun indoor playland filled with soft play equipment and a bouncy castle for gym-jamming preschool fun. Where is it? Karori Rec Centre on Fridays (9.30am – 11.30am) and Nairnville Rec Centre on Saturdays (9am – 11.30am) Best for: 2-4 year olds Why go? Your kid will thank you and what else can…
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Book Review :: The Land of Nod
The Land of Nod – Robert Louis Stevenson & Robert Hunter
“Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic children’s poem about dreamland, as narrated by a convalescing young boy, is given new life in this wonderfully illustrated book. Accompanied by Robert Hunter’s bold and beautiful illustrations, this picture book will bring the beloved Scottish author’s work to a whole new generation of young readers.”
If you haven’t come across this pretty book, you’re in for a treat. If you consider children’s books a treat, that is… I do… The illustrations are soooooo lovely! The Land of Nod is printed on matte pages, with a simple colour palette that is spot on. Largely blues and pinks, with a smattering of other soft hues. Very dreamy indeed. The discerning toddler will love spotting familiar items in the dream scenes, lifted from earlier pages in the book.
The text is short, but a great way to introduce/include a little poetry in your daily routine. Slow reading is good for this one, further emphasising that dreamy tone (and hopefully priming the scene nicely for sleep). You’ll want to spend a little time on each illustration anyway, so #perfect.
The Land of Nod is available now, RRP $27.99, so keep an eye out in for it.
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Book Review: Lexicon by Max Barry
A thrilling novel has to have the right balance of plausibility. If it tips too far in either direction, the thrill is replaced with either revulsion or ridicule. Too much plausibility, and it becomes a novelisation of horrific evening news reports. (I don’t know anyone who watches those for entertainment.) Not enough plausibility, and it […] Continue reading
Book Review: Like A Queen
© Maria Foy | Happy Mum Happy Child Book Review: Like A Queen by Constance Hall Before I launch into the review, let me say that I’ve enjoyed most of Constance Hall’s posts online for a while. Some of them I don’t like, but I don’t have to – we’re not all the same and […]
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Comment on FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY Copycats and social media. by Simone Graham
To me out and out copying just shows a complete lack of originality and creativity. Inspiration is a totally different thing, IMHO, and quite often credited with something like: “I was inspired the other by XXX’s Blog post on XYZ and it got me thinking…” and a link. Or some such thing.
It’s sad and rude and just ugh.
Copycats who just keep copying can’t keep it up – they aren’t using their true voice, and eventually people will figure them out. You just keep being you – you’ve done an amazing job on your blog Lisa – I remember when you first began and you’ve come SO FAR in both your writing and your content – I really enjoy your blog posts. x Continue reading
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The Failed Whiteware | Friday Favourites
Best friends, library trips and failed whiteware appliances. It’s another Friday Favourites linky with Maria and Lisa. If you missed my post last week, you can read it here! Failed Whiteware I swear the universe is just laughing at me right now with two failed whiteware appliances. This week BOTH the dishwasher AND the washing machine …
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My latest adventures
beach artSo my eldest turned 14 – wow how did that happen. The next weekend while the youngest was at Soccer trials Jakob and I went for an hour and half walk to the beach and back. Even though it is summer it was cool. Jakob picked handfuls of tiny ti… Continue reading
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Wolfram Eberhard and the willow tree
My Dad was bilingual. He told me a story involving a non bilingual person who named his house something like the Willow Villa. Dad said the Chinese educated people laughed until their teeth dropped.
In the Chinese beliefs,a house of willow means a brothel. I finally found out the following.
https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Chinese-Symbols-Routledge-Dictionaries/dp/0415002281
Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought (Routledge Dictionaries) Revised ed. Edition
by Wolfram Eberhard
Wolfgang Eberhard’s Dictionary of Chinese Symbols:
The willow, much valued as firewood, is a symbol of spring. As spring is the season
of erotic awakenings, the phrase ‘willow feelings and flower wishes’ means sexual
desire; ‘looking for flowers and buying willows’ means visiting a prostitute, ‘flowers and
willows by the wayside’ are prostitutes, and ‘sleeping among flowers and reposing
beneath willows’ is a term for visiting a brothel.
The waist of a beautiful woman is compared to the willow, her eyebrows to
the curve of willow leaves. A young girl is a ‘tender willow and fresh flower’ while
a woman who can no longer claim virginal freshness is described as ‘faded willow and
withered flower’. A woman’s pubic hair is ‘in the depths of willow shade’. Continue reading
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Dog Zoo (or “what was I thinking?”)
It started as most adventures do – with the kids nagging. This time it was for a second dog. They had all the reasons, all the well-thought out arguments, all the reasons why: Clyde the not-so-puppy could really do with a friend to play with during the… Continue reading
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How to cope with night terrors
A loud scream wakes me from a deep sleep. Knowing that it has come from my 3 year old I jump out of bed and run to her room to see what is wrong. As I sit next to her on the bed, she kicks out at me, thrashing her arms around and not wanting […] Read more…
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