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A Word From The Inspiration

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It's Thursday? How did it get to be Thursday? In holiday mode where one day blurs into the other it's a surprise to discover today's post should have given you another scintillating serve of Diet, Question, Try Not to Kill The People You Live With. I am attempting a journey of self-discovery along the lines of the Eat, Pray Love bestseller but … [Read more...]

Creating a “brand” for your children

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When you venture into the on-line world of personal blogging you have to make some decisions. Namely, about how much you share in general but how much you share about your children in particular. My children aren't babies so the possibility of them reading whatever I conjure up here on Shambolic Living is very real. Initially, they did read a … [Read more...]

It’s In The Stars.

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Apparently last year's solar eclipse in Scorpio ramped up the power and volume of my energy enabling me to sweep away the debris and decaying aspects of my life. Although, in my usual procrastination mode I've still got to get around to that sweeping. Instead, I'm in holiday mode, reading trashy magazines and wondering if your life really is … [Read more...]

So 2013 Arrives

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The clock ticked over and the fireworks erupted, and so we moved on. Into a new year full of possibilities, with the usual clean slate and so many plans for how we'll do better, be better, achieve more. Or maybe we'll just sleep, swim and eat for the start of the year. Tomorrow we'll get onto that to do list, but today we'll just chill. How did … [Read more...]

2012 Favourites

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Taking a moment to consider my "favourites" for 2012. My favourite song of 2012 is from Delta Goodrem. It's dedicated to a childhood friend she lost in an accident in 2009. It's absolutely beautiful and deeply sad. http://youtu.be/tFFq31fBoeI The speech of the year goes to Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. When she stood up in Parliament and … [Read more...]

A Word For The Year

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Have you ever selected a "word" to be your focus for the upcoming year? I'd never thought of doing that before but I've just signed up to do Ali Edwards' One Little Word for 2013 over at Big Picture Classes. In the blurb for the class Ali explains her philosophy. A single word can be a powerful thing. It can be the ripple in the pond that … [Read more...]

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