it’s beginning to look like Christmas

christmas meny

As I started writing this post I thought to myself this is a keeping it real post. Because this is one last minute rush to Christmas at our house. And some things are not going to plan. Like having to go to the dr’s today to get emerson’s immunisations as we’re behind schedule. Instead of […]

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retro mummy’s favourite Christmas recipes

coconut snowballs

I can’t believe how close we are to Christmas and that I still have presents to buy for and haven’t made 50 million batches of rocky road this month. Thankfully I planned out my Christmas menu here which is one less thing to worry about when you’re hosting Christmas lunch. Anyway, if you feel like […]

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out past my bed time

uberkate

Last night I snuck in the door at almost midnight and tried not to wake anyone up. Oh no wait, I went straight to our bedroom and told retro daddy that I was home and checked in on my babies. I never really go out late. Certainly not on  a Tuesday. I’m kind of jealous […]

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quilt for keira’s teacher

keiraquilt

I finished the binding on this quilt late last night and mentioned on instagram that I’d blog it today. But then I woke up to read about the shocking school shooting in the US, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I have such a heavy heart I didn’t know how I’d blog about something cheery […]

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how I learnt to quilt

howilearntoquilt

I got a great question over on my Facebook page yesterday about how I learnt to quilt. And I’m going to start out by saying that I wish I hadn’t learnt the way I had. If I had my time over again I would have loved to have gone to a course and learnt the […]

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five months today

emerson blog

Emerson is 5 months old today. And I love to look at the photo of his first day at home and his photo today. Wow. He’s done a whole lot of growing in that time. I could never have imagined how much I would love having babies. I knew they were always going to be […]

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I’m giving away a Kitchen Aid this Christmas

redkitchenaid2

There is a bit of background to this giveaway. I was  chatting last year to one of my sweet blogging friends and we were discussing how cool it would be to give away a Kitchen Aid on our own blogs.  It seemed like something that was so far off and such an expensive thing to do. […]

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flying solo on a sunday

books

I don’t know how some of you do everything at home with hubbies away in the forces or for work or the single mummies out there. It’s hard work. I try not to grumble too much when retro daddy goes away for work. And he only goes away for a few days at a time. He’s […]

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my Christmas list

larger fabric photo

I am seriously behind with my Christmas shopping this year. I’m usually so much more organised but I’ve had quite a bit of work due and still have one more sponsored post to write then I’m done till later in January! Woo hoo. Anyway, one of the things that I do at Christmas is buy […]

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