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Greetings fellow bloggers! You may not know but my MOB status has been restored with baby daughter's wedding planned for October 2017 - in Fiji! I've been told (by guess who?) that I've been very slack in keeping everyone up to date with news of this happy event. Hence this post!! In my last post, The MOB …
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Today is Stephanie Scott’s 28th birthday and her mother asked us all to join the family by stopping for a cup of tea and a mint slice (her favourite biscuit) at 3pm today. My workplace stopped to honour and remember Stephanie, it was a sombre tea break to say the least.
I’m pleased to say that most shops sold out of mint slices today as people heeded a mother’s simple request. At the end of the day I was able to come home knowing my three daughters are all safe and happy living their lives to the fullest. I have a 28 year old planning her wedding and another daughter was married late last year so this hit me very hard. I can only wish her family and her fiancee peace and the strength to continue on.
Her body was found on the day of her wedding and her killer was convicted to a life sentence just days before her 28th birthday. How sad!
As I said in my original post ‘Rest in Peace Stephanie’.
Today should have been the happiest day of their lives but it was the saddest day of all.
You may have heard of this but just in case you haven’t…..
A young teacher went into her school last weekend to complete work for while she was to be away on her honeymoon. She was due to be married within days. She was never seen again by her fiancée, her family or her friends. A massive search was undertaken.
What is thought to be her remains were found today, the day she was to be married to her childhood sweetheart. It is alleged that she was murdered by a cleaner at the school.
As the mother of a bride to be, I can’t begin to imagine how her fiancée and her family are coping with this awful tragedy. With everything ready for the wedding and guests arriving, the sadness would be…
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I'm baaack! My MOB status has been invoked for the second time as baby daughter moves into the countdown zone. And I couldn't be happier! We have a wedding planned for October 2017 in Fiji no less! And I'm told it will be a VERY small affair. So we are in countdown mode and the way this …
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Happily ever after....the day after my daughter's wedding looked a bit like this... I couldn't sleep in despite the huge day we'd had, so I got up and wandered around the marquee picking up bottles, collecting glasses, enjoying the presence of the wild brumbies and kangaroos, not to mention the shaft of early morning light. …
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I wasn't expecting that! No really! That was my most viewed post of 2015. I've been looking at my blog stats for 2015 and have been very surprised about what featured in my top 10 of posts viewed. Posts on babies and weddings collected the top votes based on what the stats show with running not …
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Looking back at the Wedding of the Year with the Mother of the Bride (MOB)! My first time as MOB and I loved it all.
Here's a photo of one of my favourite rosebuds. This particular rose bush has the most delightful fragrant yellow roses so I'm quite surprised that there is so much other colour in this bud. As an aside we used some of these roses petals for my daughter's wedding on the weekend. My husband and I collected a …
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Treats and indulgences can take many forms. We are asked to show what brings us happiness for this week's photo challenge. My weekend of treats went something like this.... finishing work on Friday afternoon for 2 whole weeks of holidays 🙂 Drive 5 hours down the highway to the big smoke Afternoon tea with my sister after a …
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Be careful where you tread! Michelle W asks us to show something careful for this week's photo challenge.... This week, show us something careful — a photo taken with care, a person being careful, or a task or detail requiring care. I was out for an early morning walk while at a Rotary conference over the weekend and …
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Update #3 from Mother of the Bride (aka MOB) There are now just 33 days to go until THE WEDDING. My daughter, B2B and fiance G2B, and two of the beautiful bridesmaids have just been and gone! We had a weekend jam-packed with all things wedding related. As they all live a long way away …
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I have been trying to write this post all week, it's been rattling around in my head, as things often do, until I can get it out. I've been suffering withdrawals and have felt lost and all adrift since I stopped my every day is an adventure project at Day 100. I had been aiming to …
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Update #2 from Mother of the Bride (aka MOB) My daughter, B2B, informed me a few weeks ago that the big day was less than 100 days away. It's now way less than that. Cue excitement levels rising!! I can't believe that time is flying by so fast. She appears organised, so I'm feeling quite relaxed about it all …
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Come on over to the Tea Party at Justine's Tea Time , I want to share with you my very exciting news! As we're now sitting comfortably and all have a delicious snack close to hand, superbly provided by the many other bloggers in attendance, (such as Desley), and accompanied by Justine's delicious chocolate tea, or Lucile's …
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Tell us something most people probably don’t know about you. Some people may know that I was awarded a Commendation for Brave Conduct from the Queen when I was a teenager, as it is listed on my About Me page. When asked why I got the award, I never quite know how to respond. I don't …
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An update from Mother of the Bride (aka MOB) I am enjoying the planning that is going into our first family wedding and particularly my role as MOB. My earlier posts on this subject include Venturing into a brave new world and It's official - I've joined the MOB and they set the scene to some …
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I feel like numbers are taking over my world! 1. I've started going to the gym and have so many numbers to think about - I have to count the reps, remembering to breathe in and out at the right time, ensure the right weight is on the machine, firstly find the machine by its …
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Today should have been the happiest day of their lives but it was the saddest day of all. You may have heard of this but just in case you haven't..... A young teacher went into her school last weekend to complete work for while she was to be away on her honeymoon. She was due …
A throwaway shot, or purposefully unfocused? I took this photo last weekend at the Wedding Fair and had to retrieve it from my deleted album as I had dismissed it as too blurry. The only editing I have done is to make it a black and white shot and now there's something about it that grabs …
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I'm bringing my very own Travelling Teahouse Caravan to Justine's tea party this time. It's the most gorgeous pink caravan that I came across at a Wedding Fair on the weekend. (If you'd like to read all about my venture into the brave new world of weddings, here's a link you can click). I fell in love with …
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