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Published on October 29, 2011, by in Lifestyle.

It’s October – it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Each year, my good friend Teresa and her sister host a  High Tea Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness. And each year I am always amazed at the time and effort all the ladies (who attend) put into making delectable high tea treats. All the goodies you see

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Published on October 14, 2011, by in Gardening, Lifestyle.

It’s great to have fresh home grown vegetables and fruits. Now that number 2, has settled down a bit (has a bit of a day routine), I have been able to get out into my garden again. What a jungle?! The glasshouse was covered moss and lichen. There were old bags of half used potting

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Published on May 1, 2011, by in Pets.

We spent our Easter weekend at Wairoro Park - Beachfront Estate, in Russell.  It was our second time there and this time we asked family and friends to join us. And we all had a great time there. The forecast was for rain for that weekend. Fortunately, the weather held out till our drive home on

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I am currently into the forth week of my Certificate  in Small Business Management (CSBM) course offered by Te Wānanga o Aotearo (TWOA). This is a level 4 programme The purpose of this course is to, “Provide business owners and potential business with the necessary skills and knowledge to set up and operate their own small

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Published on April 2, 2011, by in Things to Do.

If you are looking for playgroups on the Northshore. A good place to start is by visiting buzzonline. They will have the most up to date information. So far, I have only visited two playgroups – Highbury and Northcote. Both are quite good although it can get pretty crowded at times. I have tried to

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Published on March 27, 2011, by in Recipes.

As a child I remember having rice porridge for breakfast or lunch, usually in the weekend. We would usually have fish porridge or pork mince porridge, or just plain rice porridge with a few small side dishes. And on a day like this, when it is cold and wet outside, I love just a simple

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Finished a two-days writing course over the weekend. I am really glad that I did it. So maybe I won’t be a great writer but have discovered that (maybe) I can, in fact write. Good or bad, who knows? I was quite nervous to start with (at the beginning of the course). Not knowing what

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Published on March 20, 2011, by in Things to Do.

It is important to be prepared or at least, as prepared as you can be, in case of a disaster. I have put this off for a number of years. But have decided to finally do something about it. Especially now that I have a young family. The earthquake in Christchurch was the wake up

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