https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/11/803.html?showComment=1321264289148
13mimosa: 803
At 3am my mum awoke, as she often has on November 13th, and thought I was pushing about now . We all slept until 7:45 and then only woke...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2007/11/sometimes.html?showComment=1195632240000
13mimosa: Sometimes
you feel grateful for the most simple of things, like your child's empty dinner plate. Until recently I would never have described Ella as a...
sometimes
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/09/down-on-farm.html?showComment=1221622980000
13mimosa: Down on the farm
Pre getting married we lived only a 5 minute bike ride away from this farm . It's in the very centre of Melbourne, a completely urban settin...
on thefarm
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/11/australiana-2.html?showComment=1226877840000
13mimosa: Australiana 2
Pikelets for breakfast with (not necessarily though ours was) French raspberry jam. 1 cup SR flour 1 tbs of caster sugar 1 egg 3/4 cup of mi...
australiana
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2007/12/im-not-proud.html?showComment=1196761200000
13mimosa: I'm not proud
of myself tonight. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned Ella's changing eating habits - we'll things are getting worse. I lost it tonight. T...
i mproud
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2012/12/982.html?showComment=1354709236416
13mimosa: 982
Sometimes you have to tune your focus very finely to right now. Many of us talk about living in the present, not missing the sp...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/12/661.html
13mimosa: 661
Every year, when we decorate our Christmas tree, I wish for a tree with the decorations distributed absolutely evenly, alternating all the w...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/01/674.html?showComment=1297064724646
13mimosa: 674
I always think if I could just take pictures of myself , then I'd look great! So anyway, I thought I looked really nice but as we couldn't ...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/10/636.html?showComment=1288905146971
13mimosa: 636
The last of our leeks, a la vinaigrette. Yum.
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13mimosa: 767
A single moment in time.
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13mimosa: May 2013
One big girl, two little ones, not enough spare time
may
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2012/04/868.html
13mimosa: 868
The quilting was quicker than I'd imagined it would be and I'm really pleased with the result. Blowing on the line at my parents house the q...
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13mimosa: These days ....
Ella is six now and becoming a young lady, something that's surprised me as six still seems to me a little girl age. She's still very much...
days
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/10/627.html?showComment=1286771263908
13mimosa: 627
Strictly speaking they're weeds, but en emass aren't they lovely? If you like, look at this gorgeous post , it inspired me.
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13mimosa: 810
The advent calendar is hung and eager fingers are busy "looking" at each piece. The first of this years "Pozie" ornaments is finished. ...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/03/692.html?showComment=1299463427544
13mimosa: 692
One dozen hot cross buns and a dozen bagels out of the oven by 10:10, not bad. Breakfast was late, as a result. I often wonder, when I think...
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13mimosa: Patience
They're so smart, it's like they know when I'm feeling weak and vulnerable. They're always good, my girls, but some days are harder than oth...
patience
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13mimosa: 880
I had a thing for lines when we were out today.
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13mimosa: 841
A day at the Museum with Nan and Pa. Yes, Leila's wearing a school uniform, she still is. The girls started the day playing schools and my o...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/05/it-was-gorgeous-day.html
13mimosa: It was a gorgeous day
so we spent a few hours this morning with friends at the park near us. They have lovely walking tracks and it's so peaceful, the air almost ...
gorgeousday
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/01/674.html?showComment=1295167442829
13mimosa: 674
I always think if I could just take pictures of myself , then I'd look great! So anyway, I thought I looked really nice but as we couldn't ...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/02/words.html?showComment=1204282140000
13mimosa: Words
Pina wrote about words today and it's strange because that's what I wanted to include too, words. When we lived in London on the tube they h...
words
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13mimosa: The Shop has been restocked
The shop has been restocked with more lovely girls.
the shophas beenrestocked
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/11/809.html
13mimosa: 809
I do love cherries. I love the way they taste but I love their look even more. Visually I find them utterly utterly appealing. This year I i...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/08/heart-rate-definitely-reached-180.html?showComment=1218758280000
13mimosa: Heart rate definitely reached 180!
Oh my god, went for a ride with Leila today and seriously thought I was going to die on the return, that's how unfit I am. We went along the...
heart ratedefinitelyreached
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/12/817.html?showComment=1323328965704
13mimosa: 817
Far from perfect, kinda like me, but I love it all the same and so do the girls, which is what counts most. It reminds me a little ...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2009/08/granny-bets-walnut-bread.html
13mimosa: Granny Bet's Walnut Bread
Best sliced, slathered in butter and eaten whilst drinking a cup of tea.
granny betwalnutbread
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13mimosa: I ask not why, but why not?
One big girl, two little ones, not enough spare time
ask
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13mimosa: Celebrity Sightings
I am new to Loobylu although I know many of you aren't. It's funny when she's so popular knowing she's in the same town as me - she sounds...
celebritysightings
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/01/20.html?showComment=1264586325801
13mimosa: 20
Ella's cooking family dinner tonight. Her first choice was for dessert, chocolate mousse. I'm not a fan I must confess, of most chocolate de...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2013/06/1064.html?showComment=1371296246496
13mimosa: 1064
Yesterday afternoon, at 2:15pm, our beloved Flatty (aka Paul) peacefully slipped away. He fought so hard to stay with us, his beloved w...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/10/796.html
13mimosa: 796
I'm taking advice from a professional. Sounds a bit serious, but it's a choice, so therefore I guess it's just a good thing, for me. Since M...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2009/08/she-swims.html
13mimosa: She swims
Leila is now in classes on her own, although we have a play swim afterwards so I don't completely avoid chlorine hair and skin. So cute, wa...
swims
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2009/08/beautiful-kate.html
13mimosa: Beautiful Kate
Geoff and I went to the movies together on the weekend, something we don't get to do enough of. We saw Beautiful Kate . The theme that runs ...
beautifulkate
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13mimosa: Pinnie
This time I used the wall as my model and it gave me no grief whatsoever. When the life model woke from her nap I insisted she try it on. In...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/02/27.html
13mimosa: 27
I've got new shoes (and dirty floors). I'm sharing this fact with you because I do love a good bargain. I am notoriously hard on my shoes. I...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2012/04/872.html?showComment=1334019747227
13mimosa: 872
This year's hunt was over, once again much faster than I anticipated. What excitement though, if only these days could last forever. There a...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2009/01/polly-esther-cotton.html
13mimosa: Polly Esther Cotton
She's an actual person and she lives in Melbourne. On RRR some time last year, one of their call ins was looking for Melbourne people with ...
pollyesthercotton
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/12/812.html?showComment=1323143442141
13mimosa: 812
We made a teepee with bamboo sticks, blankets and garden trimmings. This golden haired girl of ours. Her love for me is fierce. She is tende...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/03/700.html?showComment=1301665476483
13mimosa: 700
He's been my love for quite some years now. We've seen each other through our 20's, our 30's and now into both our 40's. He is a quiet man,...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/05/68.html
13mimosa: 68
Nan's birthday on Friday and today a celebratory lunch. Too much food, luckily only a moderate amount of wine, but enough so I feel like goi...
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13mimosa: 996
Phew, the craziest days are done and now we're winding down to just be, together. Christmas highlights included time with family, for t...
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13mimosa: 782
Truly breathtaking temples.
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13mimosa: Celebrity Sightings
I am new to Loobylu although I know many of you aren't. It's funny when she's so popular knowing she's in the same town as me - she sounds...
celebritysightings
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/08/minimum-expense-maximum-pleasure.html?showComment=1219765200000
13mimosa: Minimum expense, maximum pleasure
I think a lot and I like to be organised. This translates to me being organised about things like birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and Ch...
minimumexpensemaximumpleasure
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13mimosa: Quick brag ....
I sold FIVE (5) dolls today!!! I can't believe it I'm so thrilled. Now though, the pressures on, I have to restock so you know what I'll be...
quickbrag
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13mimosa: 763
This is the smell of summer for me, completely, and like no other. Buddleia is not the most beautiful of plants, quite scraggy and prone...
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13mimosa: Magnolia Square
A friend mentioned the Magnolia Square market to me a number of months ago and thought it would be something I'd like. She suggested that i...
magnoliasquare
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13mimosa: 40
Hip, hip, hooray to me!! I always hope that my loved ones feel special on their birthdays, I do try to do everything I can to make them feel...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/09/617.html?showComment=1284366412188
13mimosa: 617
I'm being ambitious, I know that. On our holidays over the past 6+ years I can't recall the last time I read a whole book on holiday. Of cou...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2013/06/1063.html?showComment=1371150964806
13mimosa: 1063
A lovely weekend away with friends to a gorgeous part of Victoria . Clear crisp days, lovely light. We dipped our toes in th...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/02/36.html?showComment=1267321221011
13mimosa: 36
In my fantasy life, the one where I can be anything I dream of, in that life I am super organised. I have a crafting/creating studio (read o...
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13mimosa: 785
And there was plenty of water too.
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13mimosa: Amy comes through
I am so crap at taking photos of myself, or rather being the subject of photos for the purposes of this site. Socially I don't mind having m...
amycomes
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2012/01/841.html?showComment=1326684196829
13mimosa: 841
A day at the Museum with Nan and Pa. Yes, Leila's wearing a school uniform, she still is. The girls started the day playing schools and my o...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/07/celebrity-sightings.html?showComment=1214932680000
13mimosa: Celebrity Sightings
I am new to Loobylu although I know many of you aren't. It's funny when she's so popular knowing she's in the same town as me - she sounds...
celebritysightings
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2009/06/trying-to.html?showComment=1245204453299
13mimosa: Trying to
knit. Trying to paint. Trying to escape. Good thing he's cute!
trying
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13mimosa: Show me the greens
Our little vegie garden is coming on in leaps and bounds. We've always had something every season, but this year have planted a lit...
show megreens
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13mimosa: 785
And there was plenty of water too.
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/09/612.html?showComment=1283496462102
13mimosa: 612
I think that the greatest gift you can give your children is your time. Most children crave the company, the companionship of their parents....
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13mimosa: Potatoes .... tick
One big girl, two little ones, not enough spare time
potatoestick
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13mimosa: Little Joy
I went shopping alone for a few hours on Saturday with very little success. I went with a very open mind, looking for everything from underw...
littlejoy
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2014/01/1088.html
13mimosa: 1088
Today she accrued 7 years. She wished for a day with her family, starting with water slides after breakfast, chicken sandwic...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2009/06/trying-to.html?showComment=1245383909583
13mimosa: Trying to
knit. Trying to paint. Trying to escape. Good thing he's cute!
trying
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13mimosa: 40
Hip, hip, hooray to me!! I always hope that my loved ones feel special on their birthdays, I do try to do everything I can to make them feel...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/12/655.html
13mimosa: 655
Another annual Christmas activity. One year we made up our own design , but most often we've used the ones from IKEA and they work just fi...
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13mimosa: 10 Pin Pleasure
I'm quite fond of supposedly daggy pursuits. I like a good game of Boggle and I adore Pictionary, although so rarely get the chance to play ...
pinpleasure
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13mimosa: 803
At 3am my mum awoke, as she often has on November 13th, and thought I was pushing about now . We all slept until 7:45 and then only woke...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/07/99.html
13mimosa: 99
A very small garden at my in-laws' house has a very bountiful supply of citrus fruits.
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/04/64.html?showComment=1272967102030
13mimosa: 64
You may well not believe me, and I can't say I'd blame you, given that this gift is near to being 3 months overdue. You know it's not becaus...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2013/06/1064.html?showComment=1371358867905
13mimosa: 1064
Yesterday afternoon, at 2:15pm, our beloved Flatty (aka Paul) peacefully slipped away. He fought so hard to stay with us, his beloved w...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/02/31.html?showComment=1266112098807
13mimosa: 31
Firstly, thank you to everyone for your supportive words on my last post. My funk only lasted a day, but in the scheme of things it's enough...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/10/actual-sewing.html?showComment=1224064500000
13mimosa: Actual sewing
I admire the self portraits that a number of you manage so well, I'm not sure how you do it but I'm pretty sure it's not with a Canon compac...
actualsewing
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2009/03/pattern.html
13mimosa: Pattern
I love seeing where others work on their crafting activities, but I never show my own. We don't have a big house, my crafting is done on the...
pattern
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/09/shaun.html
13mimosa: Shaun
the sheep is pretty big with Ella. She and her Pa watch it together and almost wet themselves laughing. In a dvd that Pa gave Ella it had in...
shaun
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/09/618.html?showComment=1285557070474
13mimosa: 618
Well we're back, although I'm wondering why? I think it takes a good 10 days to really settle into the rythm of being on holiday and then it...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/07/97.html?showComment=1279595377679
13mimosa: 97
I remember someone taking a picture of me with a Polaroid, when I was a child. I remember the amazement of it. You pulled back the paper and...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/09/612.html?showComment=1283489368048
13mimosa: 612
I think that the greatest gift you can give your children is your time. Most children crave the company, the companionship of their parents....
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/10/tree-hugger.html?showComment=1222916040000
13mimosa: Tree Hugger
It wasn't at all cold today, but Leila has a thing about hats, woollen ones. I've mentioned before her fondness for picking balls of fluff f...
treehugger
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/02/26.html?showComment=1265409079925
13mimosa: 26
Two more Poppy dolls - this time for my own living dolls. Green haired babe, whose name is apparently Ruby, is Leila's. Why is it that green...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-ask-not-why-but-why-not.html?showComment=1227563280000
13mimosa: I ask not why, but why not?
One big girl, two little ones, not enough spare time
ask
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/10/actual-sewing.html?showComment=1224069240000
13mimosa: Actual sewing
I admire the self portraits that a number of you manage so well, I'm not sure how you do it but I'm pretty sure it's not with a Canon compac...
actualsewing
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/07/759.html?showComment=1311752246121
13mimosa: 759
I've been a mother for almost 8 years and only today did I make my first batch of homemade playdough. Palest of pinks with glitter. A small ...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/06/loving-loving-loving.html?showComment=1212751440000
13mimosa: Loving, loving, loving
this album. Finding a new band you love, few things better. Especially love tracks 2 and 3.
loving
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13mimosa: Ponyo
We've been meaning to go for weeks, finally today we managed it. Ella's been to the movies many times, Leila (at 2 1/2) only once before. On...
ponyo
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/04/46.html?showComment=1270422344970
13mimosa: 46
Hip, hip, horray - connected to the world again. We love scones in this house, but hadn't had them in a while, so reading Molly's post we ...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/07/whats-wrong-with-her.html?showComment=1215409980000
13mimosa: What's wrong with her?
I'm sure that's what my fellow passengers were thinking as I cried on the train home on Friday. I just couldn't help it, something about thi...
wrong
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2012/01/838.html?showComment=1326119627339
13mimosa: 838
Another birthday party - tick. Leila's 5th birthday and the years have flown by. Last year we had a low key affair in one of the nearby park...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2013/01/1001_7.html
13mimosa: 1001
Back in November you may remember that I embarked upon a limoncello journey with Jo and Julia . 45 days passed at the end of 2012, b...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/08/767.html?showComment=1314144151709
13mimosa: 767
A single moment in time.
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/02/26.html?showComment=1265288626087
13mimosa: 26
Two more Poppy dolls - this time for my own living dolls. Green haired babe, whose name is apparently Ruby, is Leila's. Why is it that green...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-favourite-cuddle.html?showComment=1198341240000
13mimosa: My favourite cuddle
position from the smallest one.
my favouritecuddle
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13mimosa: Scratching the itch
I posted about the pleasures of packet cakes the other day, but I didn't mention the actual eating. It wasn't good. Out of three adults and ...
scratchingitch
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/08/give-me-light-hearted.html?showComment=1219732320000
13mimosa: Give me light hearted
Pre children most of the movies we watched were foreign language, worthy films. At the time they were everything I loved. Post children I ...
give melighthearted
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/09/612.html?showComment=1283770235389
13mimosa: 612
I think that the greatest gift you can give your children is your time. Most children crave the company, the companionship of their parents....
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2011/11/807.html
13mimosa: 807
A challenging weekend is almost over, but I feel like the challenges themselves will hang around for a long while. We returned to Beechworth...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/08/you-want-broccoli-too.html?showComment=1219762620000
13mimosa: You want broccoli too?
I'll just go get some from the garden. Still always such a rush!
you wantbroccoli
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2010/02/31.html?showComment=1265963765598
13mimosa: 31
Firstly, thank you to everyone for your supportive words on my last post. My funk only lasted a day, but in the scheme of things it's enough...
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2008/10/amy-comes-through.html?showComment=1224523080000
13mimosa: Amy comes through
I am so crap at taking photos of myself, or rather being the subject of photos for the purposes of this site. Socially I don't mind having m...
amycomes
https://13mimosa.blogspot.com/2013/02/1016.html?showComment=1360481131655
13mimosa: 1016
After quite a few weeks the first of our gorgeous sunflowers have dried out. I love the dried heads with and without seeds. A bit ...