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the lessons of a daughter
I am the product of my parents, and they the product of theirs. All the good and all the faults… … plus the bits that are solely me. The OgreKids are the same. A product of me and OgreDad – in the case...
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#OpMOVE squish to buff – i’m still not dead
Remember a couple of months ago when I figured out a failsafe way to die – run? Then about a month later Husband and I celebrated our 21st anniversary and I ate so much crap I still wanted to throw up...
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Now what?
It happened. The final thing in the road to being high school graduates for the two big girls – Gravel and The Sixth. Their Yr12 formal. They looked stunning in their formal dresses. Not only them, but...
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JFDI
I decided last night enough is enough. I set my alarm for 6am this morning intending to get up and go for a walk. I lay there until 6.30 trying to decide if I’d go or not… Ended up having a stern...
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conquering mt everest
When I was a little girl – I think about 6 years old – my siblings, a friend of my sista, and I, were in a pretty horrific car accident. My dad was driving when he shouldn’t have been. The car rolled...
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on the grid, on the move, bring it on #walk400
I woke up at some ungodly hour this morning – like most mornings. I’ve had my running gear hanging over the end of my bed for days, itching to get back out and running after the hell that has been the...
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habitual
Everything is a habit. Everything. Habit is good, and it can be bad. Life is habitual. May last year I made my very first change to one of my habits. I stopped eating TimTams like they came out of a...
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thankful – for all of the awesome things
Sitting back on a Sunday morning, watching one of my favourite movies of all time – Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya- Sisterhood – and blogging, while most of the kids are still in bed, can only be...
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things i know #2
Happy Friday gorgeous ones! Welcome to Things I Know, the easiest Friday meme ever, because we all know shit! Sorry I’m a little late, we have rain! Lots and LOTS of rain! HURRAY! But the downside is...
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miss gravel
You can totally do a Thankful post on a Sunday! Thursday sucked, so I decided to put off my Thankful post until the weekend. I’m glad I did – I’m also glad Rhi leaves the Thankful linky open all week...
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on the farm – rain glorious rain
The past eight months have been dry. Drier than dry. A couple of times we have been teased by Mother Nature, thinking we were in for a good dumping of rain. A couple of times we came so close to having...
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things i know #3
I am in the car heading for the city today. The smallest OgreBoy is being admitted to hospital for some tests relating to his food issues. The lovely R @ Mystery Case kindly offered to help me out by...
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things i know #4
Hello lovely ones! Welcome to Things I Know, the easiest Friday meme ever, because we all know shit! If you haven’t noticed, it’s been a whole week since I blogged – if you could call it that, I’d say...
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things i know – up for adoption
Hello beautiful people. If you haven’t already guessed by the complete lack of posts or comments, things have been somewhat busy here in Ogreland of late. And they don’t appear to be settling down any...
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ronny and woody
If you weren’t a reader of The Miss Cinders before the great blog malfunction of a month or so ago, you may not know that I have a habit of giving people and pets nicknames, and naming my household...
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accountability
The only way forward, is accountability. Back in January I wooped some moving butt by walking purposefully a total 400 minutes for the #walk400 challenge with Operation Move. Before then, late last...
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Recipe – Jam Drops
Due to the huge amount of search queries for my Jam Drops recipe, I’m reposting. You’re Welcome xo This recipe can be made Gluten Free and Lactose Free – Just substitute ingredients with gluten and/or...
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OperationMOVE – tougher than the rest
I was a day late in getting my move groove back on, but I did it. I did a 5 kilometre walk today with Gravel, and I have to say I feel awesome for it. So weird, again feeling all the sensations through...
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i was wrong, oh how i was wrong
You know how when you’ve been a Mum since forever you forget stuff? Yeah well I have been talking shit about one specific detail of parenting for the past nearly 12 years. It’s only this weekend that I...
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FODMAP. paleo. food.
So last week we received a diagnosis for the smallest Ogrekid. IBS – Irritable Bowel Syndrome. After seven years – which at times had me pretty much begging – looking for an answer, IBS is apparently...
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