My high school prom dress my mum made me a Jane Austen inspired gown. This past month I have read Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility for the #JaneAustenBookClub with Erin of Quintessentially English.  While I have seen the film starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet a number of times I have never before read the... Read More »

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June has arrived and with new month I have a new challenge.  I will be reading Sense and Sensibility as part of the Jane Austen Book Club and tweeting about it with the hash tag #JaneAustenBookClub  Every month there will be a new book and I am very excited to join Erin on journey of Jane Austen’s works.... Read More »

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Day 23, Thursday: Things you’ve learned that school won’t teach you At the last book release with my newly acquired book in hand while carrying my sleeping baby ‘Mandrake plant’ in my HotSling. There are many things I have learned through experiencing life that I did not learn in school.  However there are also a lot... Read More »

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Having just experienced my youngest turning six years old I am reminded of all the things that happen as your children start growing up and getting older.  One aspect is slowly getting rid of things that they outgrow and deciding which things to keep for sentimental reasons.  My children seem to just grow up so fast before... Read More »

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The boys went back to school this week and started our new journey: The Adventures of Home Education.  We are not sure when we are going back to England, so being able to home school will help keep us going through out this transition period.  The boys and I have already had a lot of... Read More »

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