About 8 years ago, I had to have two of my bottom molars extracted. It was a traumatic and rather awful event and not one that I ever want to go through again! At the time, my dentist told me that there was nothing more to be done, that I would learn to live with the gaps in my mouth and I should just carry on with life as normal.
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Managing our budget and Five Family Meals
After two or three months of struggling to make our food budget work, Phil and I decided to take an in depth look at what we were spending our money on and how we could manage things a little better. We know that we have a healthy budget and so it didn’t make sense that we were constantly scraping our pennies together and still feeling like there was never any food in the house.
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Answers
Its been a little over two weeks since a pregnancy was prescribed by my gynae. Two weeks of thinking, processing and people asking what we have decided to do and how we are going to move ahead.
…and here are our answers
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Building Character
The first term of the school year is always one that is so full of decisions. Extra murals both in and out of school being one them. I’m sure all schools are the same now that most extra-murals are out-sourced. Tai will come home with a backpack full of brochures and enrolment forms which I will then sit with, explore, discuss and decide on whether any of them catch our interest or will benefit her in a particular way. There is a lot of thought that goes into it really. I want what is best for my children, I want them to explore new things and I want them to excel in what they are doing… as most moms do.
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A Prescribed Pregnancy : our fertility journey continues
Warning: this post contains details of a personal nature
One Shade . Grey
It happened on the twenty-fourth of January Twenty Fifteen. The discovery of my first Grey Hair. I’m 29! This wasn’t supposed to happen for at least another seven years. Right? I am still busy thinking about nappies and milk and pregnancy tests. I can’t possibly factor hair dying into my life now as well!
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I’m Baaaack . a little bit of a catch up
I have a dream. A dream where I have this space to sit and write freely about, well, whatever really. And now, here it is. This space that I created well over a year ago, that sits dormant because when it comes down to it… I don’t know what to write about, how much to share and whether YOU will actually want to read it.
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Missing Home – my mini vent
So, we finally found the house of our dreams! We put in an offer, it was accepted and our bond was approved. Three months later we packed all of our goods into boxes and moved.
But, we did not move into our new home. Nope, we decided to renovate (and by renovate I mean practically tear the house down) and my Dad very graciously agreed to let us stay with him for this time.
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Dear Keatynn – on your first birthday
A year ago this time we were just a few hours away from meeting you. Now, you are tucked up in bed and we cant imagine what life was like without you!
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1 Kid, 2 Kids, 3 Kids Or More
Many people want to know whether the Richards family is now complete… in truth, we dont know…
When Phil and I first met, he wanted to have eight children…EIGHT!!! By the time we got married, that number was down to four. And then, while we were expecting Keatynn, we decided that life would be very simple and much easier if we just stuck to having our two girls. The thought of being pregnant again while in my third trimester of pregnancy was just too much to bare.
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