We decided to go camping over the long weekend with friends. This was our first camping trip after lockdown, so everyone was very excited. But preparing for a camping trip after you haven’t been on one in a few months, and with a baby on the hip and two young boys needing attention, can be …
During lockdown I played a serious game of tag in the house with the boys (they are really getting fast! Or I’m getting old…) and I tripped over the baby gate. I flew through the air and got a massive bruise on my right thigh. It made a big hard lump, which is aparantly known …
Applying oils to our skin is great for soothing sore muscles, promoting healthy-looking skin, healing burns, wounds and bruises, but because essential oils are a lipid soluble substance, it can also penetrate the skin easily. Some of you might know this already, but to me it was interesting to learn that, just like our gut, …
When I was pregnant with my third baby, I got the flu that later developed into sinusitis. I remember feeling so ill that I couldn’t even sit up in bed to do some work on my computer. My eyes and face ached, I couldn’t smell a thing, and felt tired and weak. To be honest …
As a mom of small kids, having a fresh batch of playdough available for a fun, non-screen activity to keep the kids busy while I get some house work or cooking done, have always been a must-have for me. Not only does it keep them busy for a good chunk of time, but we’ve all …
One night, a few months ago, I woke up at 1am from a horrific scream. My 4 year old boy had severe growing pains. This was not the first time. Both my boys get them quite often and at the most random times. I would sit there in the dark half asleep and rub their …
One of my absolute favourite aromas is that of the common Jasmine. Whenever I come across a Jasmine plant I would pick a cluster of the white flowers and take it with me, regularly inhaling its exotic scent. When I was a little girl, a Jasmine vine found its way creeping up the burglar bars …
It was early 2004 when my boyfriend at the time (now hubby :)) and I were roaming the streets of Vancouver, Canada. We were on a working holiday visa and looking for work. At this point we realised we are probably not going to get the type of “career advancing” jobs we were hoping for, …
