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  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #74: Laughing out loud

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #74: Laughing out loud

    ladybird

    Holly was much more comfortable with the ladybird Ella had.

    The Aussie Giveaway Linkup couldn’t go past sharing a funny story this week.

    Friday night, the girls get to shower with their dad. It’s a big event here. Yes, and I know how sad that sounds.

    This Friday, while Julian was holding Holly and washing her face under the shower, she sang out “Spider Daddy, spider’’. Julian, who hates spiders and always asks me to dispose of them, squealed out in an equally high-pitched voice: “Where?’’ She then proceeded to point to the inside of his nose.

    It seems she thought his nose hairs were spiders. Looks like Julian is getting a spider trimmer for Christmas!

    OK, onto some more wins.

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup instructions:

    If you’re a blogger or business wanting to take part in the Aussie Giveaway Linkup:
    1. Only link directly to the giveaway post/s and include the prize and end date in the linky tool below. Link each giveaway separately. If you need to delete it, hover over your link, wait until the red “x’’ appears and click.
    2. Giveaways must be open to Australian residents and be run by Australian-based bloggers or businesses.
    3. Grab the button below to add to your post.
    4. A new list is added each Sunday so bloggers need to add their links weekly.
    5. Start entering the giveaways! Entry is at your own risk. We do not take responsibility for unfulfilled prizes or a blogger/business not abiding by their own terms and conditions.

     



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  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #73: Decadent Dessert Edition

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #73: Decadent Dessert Edition

    We went out for dinner last night as a special treat. Julian and I indulged in three sharing plates of pork belly, wagyu beef and scallops. We ended with two super indulgent desserts of Moo Brew Vanilla Panna Cotta with Brandy Snaps, and a Caramel Brick.

    Panna Cotta

    Caramel Brick

    After their kids meals, Holly had ice cream with caramel topping and sprinkles. Ella had a pre-packaged tasteless jelly cup.

    Everyone tried a little of everyone else’s dessert. Julian and I tried Holly’s mushed up ice cream, followed by Ella’s wobbly red jelly, oohing and aahhing as if it they were the most devine foodie experiences ever.

    Ella, quite thoughtfully, finally piped up with: “mine is by far the best dessert here’’, looking at us with pity in her eyes. That’s kids’ tastebuds for you.

    It was a win in her book.

    OK, onto some more wins.

    If you’re a blogger or business wanting to take part in the Aussie Giveaway Linkup:
    1. Only link directly to the giveaway post/s and include the prize and end date in the linky tool below. Link each giveaway separately. If you need to delete it, hover over your link, wait until the red “x’’ appears and click.
    2. Giveaways must be open to Australian residents and be run by Australian-based bloggers or businesses.
    3. Grab the button below to add to your post.
    4. A new list is added each Sunday so bloggers need to add their links weekly.
    5. Start entering the giveaways! Entry is at your own risk. We do not take responsibility for unfulfilled prizes or a blogger/business not abiding by their own terms and conditions.

     



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  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #72: Melbourne madness

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #72: Melbourne madness

    DrawingThis photo has nothing to do with this post! Pictures of Melbourne to come.

    Right now the two princesses and I are in Melbourne. Shopping. Eating good food. Drinking coffee. Well, babyccinos for the girls.

    Meanwhile, the Bloke in the Shed flew home yesterday afternoon so he could take part in the Burnie Ten, Australia’s premier 10km road race. He’s been training all year for it and, stupidly, we booked a holiday right smack bang in the middle of the event.

    Which would you rather be doing?

    We’ll be thinking of him and barracking from across the Strait.

    OK, onto the all-important Aussie Giveaway Linkup entries.

    If you’re a blogger or business wanting to take part in the Aussie Giveaway Linkup:
    1. Only link directly to the giveaway post/s and include the prize and end date in the linky tool below. Link each giveaway separately. If you need to delete it, hover over your link, wait until the red “x’’ appears and click.
    2. Giveaways must be open to Australian residents and be run by Australian-based bloggers or businesses.
    3. Grab the button below to add to your post.
    4. A new list is added each Sunday so bloggers need to add their links weekly.
    5. Start entering the giveaways! Entry is at your own risk. We do not take responsibility for unfulfilled prizes or a blogger/business not abiding by their own terms and conditions.

     



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  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #71: Put your dancing shoes on

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #71: Put your dancing shoes on

    I put on my dancing shoes last night and went to a cocktail party to raise funds for a little girl with cancer. So I didn’t have time to come up with something insightful, witty, entertaining or educational.

    I was too busy creating this:

    Instragram Kellie O'Brien

    So instead, let’s get onto the all-important Aussie Giveaway Linkup entries.
    If you’re a blogger or business wanting to take part in the Aussie Giveaway Linkup:
    1. Only link directly to the giveaway post/s and include the prize and end date in the linky tool below. Link each giveaway separately. If you need to delete it, hover over your link, wait until the red “x’’ appears and click.
    2. Giveaways must be open to Australian residents and be run by Australian-based bloggers or businesses.
    3. Grab the button below to add to your post.
    4. A new list is added each Sunday so bloggers need to add their links weekly.
    5. Start entering the giveaways! Entry is at your own risk. We do not take responsibility for unfulfilled prizes or a blogger/business not abiding by their own terms and conditions.

     



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  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #70: How to bake a birthday cake recipe

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #70: How to bake a birthday cake recipe

    Dolly Vardon Cake

    Choose the hardest cake you can possibly find to make.

    Combine the ingredients, stand back and smile at the resulting perfection you’ve achieved with your mixture. Place in tin.

    Check cake midway through cooking, only to topple the whole thing over in the oven. The oven cleaned painstakingly by your husband only a week before.

    Start from scratch. Find yourself doubting the consistency of the mixture because you’ve rushed it.

    Put the cake in the oven. Stay 10 feet away from the oven for entire 1.5 hours of cooking. Worry about the result for entire 1.5 hours of cooking.

    Take the cake out of the oven. Be concerned by the crystalisation on the top of the cake.

    Turn the cake out onto a cooling rack. Be concerned about the colour of the cake.

    Spend the entire day playing with fondant while you decorate the cake into a masterpiece.

    Make a batch of cupcakes as a backup in case the cake is inedible.

    Day of the birthday: Watch people ooh and aah over the cake.

    Cut the cake. Nervously. Offer a piece with a large dollop of apology on the side. Followed by: here, have a sausage roll.

    Receive (surprisingly) wonderful feedback about the taste of your cake.

    Hide the cupcakes.

    Dolly Vardon Cinderella Cake

    That all counts as a win to me! OK, onto some other wins in this week’s Aussie Giveaway Linkup.

    If you’re a blogger or business wanting to take part in the Aussie Giveaway Linkup:
    1. Only link directly to the giveaway post/s and include the prize and end date in the linky tool below. Link each giveaway separately. If you need to delete it, hover over your link, wait until the red “x’’ appears and click.
    2. Giveaways must be open to Australian residents and be run by Australian-based bloggers or businesses.
    3. Grab the button below to add to your post.
    4. A new list is added each Sunday so bloggers need to add their links weekly.
    5. Start entering the giveaways! Entry is at your own risk. We do not take responsibility for unfulfilled prizes or a blogger/business not abiding by their own terms and conditions.

     



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  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #69: Bloggy absence

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #69: Bloggy absence

    clock and time

    I feel like I’m tiptoeing into confession today. Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It has been exactly a week since I last posted. These are my sins: I’ve been cohorting with another site. I have been posting there every day. For 30 days. And I have neglected the ones I love here.

    It’s true. I’ve been doing the #Blogfor30 challenge during September, which meant posting every day for 30 days on my Mum PR site. I finished my last post for the challenge last night and just fell into a bloggy heap.

    I used to post here every day once. Raising girls, running a business, writing a book, being a wife, home duties and running two blogs has meant I just can’t sustain daily blogging anymore. Blog for 30 reminded me of that. It’s not so much the writing. That’s easy. I used to write between six and 10 stories daily as a journalists. It’s the uploading of content, finding images, promoting etc.

    The other reason for my absence is because I’ve been spending some time garnering ideas for this site. I have a bit of a vision of where I want to take it and give it some purpose – other than being a brain dump of my thoughts. Now to put it all into action. That requires lots of battles with blogging codes and likely me breaking my site in a horrendous way. Think Mr Bean walking into a China shop. Well, we’ll see anyway.

    I can assure you all though, the Aussie Giveaway Linkup will still be a key part of the weekly posting schedule. So don’t stress there. Not that you probably were!

    Anyway, all will be revealed soon… And if you visit one day and discover a blank screen, you’ll know why.

    Are you good with tech-related “stuff’’ or do you end up having words with your computer (and I don’t mean on a Word document)?

    OK, onto the all-important Aussie Giveaway Linkup entries.

    If you’re a blogger or business wanting to take part in the Aussie Giveaway Linkup:
    1. Only link directly to the giveaway post/s and include the prize and end date in the linky tool below. Link each giveaway separately. If you need to delete it, hover over your link, wait until the red “x’’ appears and click.
    2. Giveaways must be open to Australian residents and be run by Australian-based bloggers or businesses.
    3. Grab the button below to add to your post.
    4. A new list is added each Sunday so bloggers need to add their links weekly.
    5. Start entering the giveaways! Entry is at your own risk. We do not take responsibility for unfulfilled prizes or a blogger/business not abiding by their own terms and conditions.

     



    Aussie Giveaway Linky
    Hosted by Three Lil Princesses