One month exactly until I hit the ‘magic’ milestone that is 40 years old, and I’m sliding in to that big birthday with skin that I’m in love with right now. The past 12 months have definitely seen an increased investment in time, money and basically, just, attention to my skin. I’ve simply stopped being so lazy, I’ve made washing …
Fitbit Versa: My Winter #Fitspo
Nevermind how truthful such statements might be, I’ve never been one to live and die by mantras such as; Summer bodies are made in winter. The facts are, the gym and I aren’t ever going to be friends and my natural inclination to hibernate during winter is strong so, if there is a season in which all good intentions fall …
Home – Easy Eco-Friendly Product Switches
Reduce, reuse, recycle. Who would ever have imagined that Bob the Builder – a beloved children’s show – would be so ahead of its time? With sustainability and environmental issues ramping up in importance and public awareness every day, the onus on individuals to increase responsibility as both consumers and caretakers of the land is becoming a more widely accepted …
Summer like a Kiwi – What happens above 23°
January marks the second, ‘official’ month of New Zealand summer. We Kiwi’s are comfortably settled into the annual, seasonal slow-down we look forward to every year. The kids have chilled out after the excitement of Santa’s visit, Mum’s everywhere have celebrated ‘un-decking the halls’ and returning Christmas to the boxes in the garage and everyone sadly mourned the last slice …
Shop Local – Undercover Sleeping Bags
Coming up with super-stylish, innovative products is something kiwi women do amazingly well so it was no surprise to me to find out that the uber-cute range of Undercover Sleeping Bags for kids are designed, manufactured, and distributed right here in New Zealand by Marlborough resident, Kate Guthrie. It’s almost our prime camping and glamping Summer season here in New Zealand and I …
Fit Tech – how to get the most bang for your bounce!
If you’re talking about one ‘toy’ or piece of play equipment that just hasn’t disappeared from New Zealand backyards over the past 50 years, it’s undoubtedly the trampoline. Seemingly immune to trends, kiwi kids simply LOVE to bounce! In typical NZ Dad fashion, my first trampoline was made by my father who was an engineer. He carried me downstairs to …
Cool Stuff | Little Ones Care Pack
It’s a fact. I can’t resist mystery packs that arrive in the mail. I spied these gorgeous Care Packs around and about on various social media over the past few weeks so when Little & Loved posted a coupon code on their FB page I had to jump on the bandwagon and get amongst the goodness. Care Pack is a monthly …
Things I’m Loving
loving dahlia season. this is the second summer our bulbs have been in the ground and they are going nuts, not just these dinner plate sized purple ones, but the smaller red and whites that only had one bloom last year are looking much more promising i don’t know whether i’m loving this or hating it but will err on …
Things I’m Loving
Christmas always seems to pass in the blink of an eye for me and this year has proved no exception. Ethan’s birthday is at the end of November and we seem to focus on that a lot then get blindsided with HOLYSMOKESTHERESONLY3WEEKSTILCHRISTMAS!!! But, I was pretty organised this year, being at home with Nixon left me lots of time to …
Weekend Love
Loving all of these days, even the ones with no naps, which actually are most of these days who am I kidding! Loving that this month our Big Boy turns nine and I won’t be dry heaving with morning-sickness and I can take him out to Sushi for lunch – and EAT the sushi. Loving that I got my veges …