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pateygirl | five minute family photo
Once upon a time all three of my children would quite happily let me take their photo. They even smiled occasionally at the same time, and readily took direction when it came to looking a certain way...
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pateygirl | who are you
You might have noticed a huge stall on the posting of the pateygirl blog over the last couple of months. Partly the crazy of the beginning of the year, but mostly because I just didn’t know what to...
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pateygirl | Etzcetera Magazine issue 9
Yes that’s right. Issue 9. What a crazy trip it’s been getting to this issue. Perhaps we say that every issue?? perhaps? All I know is that no matter our BEST intentions, something always makes us...
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pateygirl | the beautiful days
Are not the ones where everything is going to plan, the sun is shinning and my house is *sorta* clean. The beautiful days are when I wake in pain, knowing just uncurling myself out of the fetal...
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pateygirl | doing the best I can
Here right now. We are busy, and hectic and trying to enjoy the most out of every day. We release Justin with encouragement,love and thankfulness as he travels around the country and world to work....
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pateygirl | you have been challenged
I love a good challenge. and I have to say Jot Magazine has a brilliant one running at the moment. You can find the details here. What could be more simple than a mood board challenge? Just take the...
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pateygirl | the teenage years
I had no idea when I bought my babies home, spent many nights with no sleep, put up with crazy toddler years, and sent them off to school, that the *best* was yet to come. Ah, yes teenagers. Now first...
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pateygirl | Jot Magazine weekly challenge
If you head on over to Jot Magazine you will see all the details about how to enter this weeks Mood Board Challenge. When Kim first sent me the colours I was a little surprised as they are not Kim’s...
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pateygirl | Jot Magazine Mood Board Challenge is UP!!!
OK, so I am going to admit that I haven’t done a whole heap of traditional scrapbooking in the last 12 months. I’ve been art journalling, painting HUGE art works, making cards, home decorating and...
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pateygirl | I love my food
You only have to know me for probably about 5 minutes to know that I LOVE my food, I mean REALLY love it. Don’t even think of asking me to go three hours without eating something. It will be bad,...
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pateygirl | the price of happy
We are on the home stretch (yeeeeeee haaaaaaa) of a very very big 5 weeks of Justin being away for work. This weekend felt all too much, he left early Sunday morning (after a quick trip home to...
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pateygirl | on the soapbox
Yesterday I had a small soap box moment on my facebook page – as you do. It’s not my first and I can tell you now it won’t be my last. I’m concerned. I’m concerned for my girls, and my teen son …...
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pateygirl | get your sparkle on
My youngest, she knows how to sparkle. It’s just who she is. It’s the clothes she wears, the sound of her laughter, the way she dives headlong into life, she gives everything to whatever activity is...
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pateygirl | Jot Kids
It’s been so very hectic here lately. Busy kids, busy parents, stuff to do. You all know the feeling. I like to call it organised chaos. The lovely Lauren Hender put together a fun challenge for our...
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pateygirl | Christmas 2013
This is what our Christmas 2013 looked like. Happy faces, lots of laughs, a bundle of tears (in a happy kind of way), family, cousins, presents and great food. No pressure, no fighting, even NO TOYS...
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pateygirl | 2014 we are ready for you
It’s going to be a BIG one. 2014 is going to be filled with the usual crazy, busy, how much more can we fit in kind of stuff. We have a teenager sitting his FINAL year of school. We have just moved...
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