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Bumparella: August 2013
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Running for the Fertility Express on Route IVF to Babysville. And making it. August 23, 2013. In Which I Hobnob With Fancy Fashion Folk. Mercedes Benz Sydney Fashion Festival kicks off. So onto more desirable subjects . . . On Wednesday night I was lucky enough to win two tickets to the Mercedes Benz Sydney Fashion Festival. As a guest of fashion/style/beauty guru Nikki Parkinson from Styling You. That's a whole lotta name dropping isn't it? Well here's another one. Ruby Rose. Pic courtesy Styling You.
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Bumparella: October 2013
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Running for the Fertility Express on Route IVF to Babysville. And making it. October 8, 2013. I hadn't planned to do anything special for my birthday this year. After all, forty-five isn't a 'big' year ending in a zero and, unlike Jack who celebrated the big double-figure milestone this year, I have been in double figures for quite awhile now. Forty Freaking. Five. Quick, pass the champagne. Let's turn it into a birthday week! The thing is, when I think of that number (let's say it again shall we? I pray...
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Bumparella: A Luau Party
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Running for the Fertility Express on Route IVF to Babysville. And making it. December 13, 2013. Last weekend we channeled our inner hula-hula and threw a luau for Francesca's third birthday party. We hadn't held a party for her before because, well, who wants to throw a party where the guest of honour is likely to face plant in the cake (one year olds) or snatch things out of the hands of party guests shouting "MINE", leaving a trail of wailing toddlers and distraught parents in their wake (two year olds).
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Bumparella: On Turning Thirty-Fifteen
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Running for the Fertility Express on Route IVF to Babysville. And making it. October 8, 2013. I hadn't planned to do anything special for my birthday this year. After all, forty-five isn't a 'big' year ending in a zero and, unlike Jack who celebrated the big double-figure milestone this year, I have been in double figures for quite awhile now. Forty Freaking. Five. Quick, pass the champagne. Let's turn it into a birthday week! The thing is, when I think of that number (let's say it again shall we? I pray...
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Bumparella: The Mystery of the Exploding Toilet
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Running for the Fertility Express on Route IVF to Babysville. And making it. August 19, 2013. The Mystery of the Exploding Toilet. I will preface this post with a warning: Do not read if the subject of poo offends you. Also don't read if you are eating, especially if you are eating mushy weetbix. If you are a parent, read on, as neither of those things will bother you in the slightest! Parents of the world, you know what I'm talking about. We crave this milestone. We love. Well okay . . . Then Guy arrive...
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Bumparella: March 2013
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Running for the Fertility Express on Route IVF to Babysville. And making it. March 22, 2013. Grand Dames and End Games. A year ago today, the Barraclough clan gathered at the home of my splendid mother-in-law Dorothy. We sat around her antique mahogany dining room table, spread out the place mats and coasters like she always showed us, and ate Shepherd's Pie. We talked and told stories and even laughed a little while down the hall, Dorothy lay in her bed (her own. Bed, mind you) dying. But something alwa...
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Bumparella: December 2013
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Running for the Fertility Express on Route IVF to Babysville. And making it. December 13, 2013. Last weekend we channeled our inner hula-hula and threw a luau for Francesca's third birthday party. We hadn't held a party for her before because, well, who wants to throw a party where the guest of honour is likely to face plant in the cake (one year olds) or snatch things out of the hands of party guests shouting "MINE", leaving a trail of wailing toddlers and distraught parents in their wake (two year olds).
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Bumparella: Swish
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Running for the Fertility Express on Route IVF to Babysville. And making it. August 16, 2013. There are many, many reasons why I love my mum. She is warm and loving, buys nice clothes in the wrong size which end up in my wardrobe, cleans my fridge whenever she visits and, much to my brother's delight, has stopped putting sultanas in savoury dishes. Don't be ridiculous. Looking after my kids is her REWARD after all those years. Just ask her. Oh, she's probably at the golf club showing her friends the ador...
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Bumparella: April 2013
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Running for the Fertility Express on Route IVF to Babysville. And making it. April 15, 2013. To Wee Or Not To Wee. The only problem with all this undie-wearing business is the wedgies . . . And so we come to the most interesting of toddler milestones (if your definition of 'interesting' includes potential disaster, frequent embarrassment and involves poo in places other than a loo) . . . . toilet training. Once again, because of the seven year age gap between my children, I have. Taking a toddler out wit...
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Bumparella: May 2013
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Running for the Fertility Express on Route IVF to Babysville. And making it. May 31, 2013. Plaits, Ponytails and Plenty of Posing. Oh dear, there I go with the alliterative title again. That Mauz. Has a lot to answer for! Anyway, many of you will already know, due to my daily bombing on Facebook of my mug and various body parts, that I partook in the April Style Dare. What is a Style Dare? Well, lone reader, I'm glad you asked. Style Dares are run by the gorgeous and very foxy Andrea over at Fox In Flats.