Author Archives: Jacinta

Creamy Celery Soup

I whipped this up for Greg and I for lunch today.  Greg works from home on a Wednesday, so I tend to try and make something a little more interesting for us to eat.  The creaminess of this soup comes … Continue reading

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Four ~ Celebrating Jairah

Our sweet boy, Jairah turned 4 today.  Always smiling and always finding mischief, this sunny boy keeps us on our toes, but oh how we love him.  I was all teary and emotional at dinner time tonight, thinking about how … Continue reading

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This Moment

From Soulemama {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo, ok two photos capturing a moment (or two) from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.  A moment I want to pause, savour and remember. I love your moments too.  So … Continue reading

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Butter, Enough Said!

It’s the simple things in life that give pleasure, butter being one of them, well for me anyway.  I used my thermomix to make it, following the recipe from the Everyday Thermomix Recipe Book, but regular hand held beaters or … Continue reading

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This Moment

From Soulemama {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – some words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.  A moment I want to pause, savour and remember. I love your moments too.  So feel … Continue reading

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Holiday Time

The girls are currently on school holidays, so if it is a little quiet around these parts, you know we are off having fun.  All three kids had a sleepover at my mum’s on Monday.  It was my first child … Continue reading

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This {Rare} Moment

From Soulemama {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – some words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.  A moment I want to pause, savour and remember. I love your moments too.  So feel … Continue reading

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I Am Cute Dresses by Sato Wantanabe

I completely forgot about this book until today.  I ordered it many months ago, from here, flicked through it, placed it in my bedside table drawer, then promptly forgot about it.  While bathing in the beautiful sunshine that was filtering … Continue reading

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Sacrificing Craft (Literally)

I’d been thinking about writing this post most of the day.  I was so exited that you would be getting a sneak peak of my next craft project.  A good part of an hour placing was spent arranging pieces of … Continue reading

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