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  • Only Hearts Should Be Worn On Sleeves: The Virtual Book Tour

    Only Hearts Should Be Worn On Sleeves: The Virtual Book Tour

    This week I’m going on a virtual book tour for the new ebook. It means I get to go out, meet people, talk about my ebook, have a laugh – and I don’t even have to leave the loungeroom. Or get out of my PJs. Seriously, why sit in a dusty old bookstore?

    If you’re not sure how a virtual book tour works, then I hope you’ll come along for the ride this week. Basically though, mum bloggers are going to host me in their little space of the interwebs. I feel pretty humbled by that thought.

    Some might offer you up a wine and cheese. Others a cup of tea and a Scotch Finger.  If any of them offer you cocktails though, run, or it could get messy.

    Only Hearts Should Be Worn On Sleeves: The Snotty Truth About Motherhood

    The book tour, to promote Only Hearts Should Be Worn On Sleeves: The Snotty Truth About Motherhood, starts TODAY. There’ll be book reviews, Q&As, giveaways, book excerpts, videos and more. Each day I’ll update this post and link directly to the next stop on the virtual book tour.

    Only Hearts Should Be Worn On Sleeves ebook virtual book tour

    Strap yourselves in for the 10-day ride.

    Monday, April 23: Kylie of Kylie Ofiu will review the ebook and offer a giveaway.

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    Tuesday, April 24: Veronica of Sleepless Nights will show a YouTube of me revealing the story behind the ebook and include a giveaway.

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    Wednesday, April 25: Jolene from Jolene’s Mumbo Jumbo has a cheeky post about mum bloggers from Ella’s point of view.

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    Thursday, April 26: Jodie from Parent Wellbeing has an extract from the ebook: Six weeks down, 18 more years to enjoy.

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    Friday, April 27: The Advocate, where the idea for this ebook all began, will run the excerpt: This protuberance is not public property.

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    Saturday, April 28: Kyla from Beyond the Bump will host a YouTube video with a giveaway.

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    Sunday, April 29: I’ll be running a Q&A, with myself, here on Three Li’l Princesses.

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    Monday, April 30: Daisy from Daisy Roo and Two will be hosting a guest post on my top 5 concerns pre baby, many of which were taken direct from the book.

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    Tuesday, May 1: Kate from Kate Says Stuff will be running the excerpt Milk On Top Means A Quieter Night For Mum and giveaway.

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    Wednesday, May 2: Louisa from Louisa Claire will round out the 10-day tour with a review of the ebook.

    Once the tour’s finished, I highly recommend you follow these women. Their stories and messages are inspiring. They’re mums of young children and/or authors themselves. They’ve been through much of what I’ve written about in the book before. And they’re darn fine women.

    Have you been on a virtual book tour before? Or have you done an old fashioned book tour in a real, live bookshop? Who was it for?

  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #46: Celebrity edition

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #46: Celebrity edition

    Princess Ella and I were mini celebrities yesterday. Watch out Monday morning show and tell.

    Only Hearts Should Be Worn On Sleeves

    During the photo shoot in the teddy bear corner of Toy World, Ella had a giggling fit and ended up drawing quite a lot of attention to us. I now know how Britney Spears feels when she wears no underpants.

    It’s been a whirlwind couple of days, but I certainly feel like a winner in so many ways this week. However, now it’s your turn to score some happiness by clicking the giveaway links below. Last week’s linky attracted 46 links. Can we beat that do you think?

    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.
    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



  • Aussie Giveaway Linkup #45: The Easter Bunny poo edition

    Aussie Giveaway Linkup #45: The Easter Bunny poo edition

    Easter eggsMost of you may remember last Sunday I mentioned how The Bloke in The Shed had painstakingly turned choc bits into balls to pretend they were Easter Bunny’s poos. Well, just wait till you see Princess Ella’s reaction when she witnesses him eating it. And then watch how fast Li’l Holly tries to stuff them into her mouth as she quickly acquires a taste for rabbit excrement!


    A win to Dad! Now time for you to score a win in the linkup below. Get clicking.

    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.
    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



  • WIN: Aussie Giveaway Linkup #44: Easter edition

    WIN: Aussie Giveaway Linkup #44: Easter edition

    Happy Easter. May you be rolling in chocolate this morning and your children bouncing off the walls. Or something like that.

    Happy Easter PlayDoh

    Apart from an 11th hour call to Easter Bunny to let him know he could now finally put Ella back on his chocolate list,

    Smiles

    Easter planning went as smoothly as The Bloke in The Shed’s main task for last night. What was that, you ask? Making rabbit poo out of choc bits. Because we all know Easter Bunny poos chocolate, right?

    chocolate rabbit poo

    Holly rode off to bed without fuss (or pants)

    riding a horse

    and Ella waddled off to her bed soon after.

    waddling penguins

    Now all that’s left is this morning’s Easter hunt, some Choccie Hot Cross Bun and Butter Pudding, then to score a few prizes in this week’s giveaway linky. Enjoy!

    And PS. Yes, I’ve just become addicted to Instagram.

    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.
    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



  • WIN: Aussie Giveaway Linkup #41

    WIN: Aussie Giveaway Linkup #41

    Red Balloon voucher

    Well, there’s been some interesting wins this week:

    • Finally getting through to Ella that you can’t visit things that are pretend. She asked if she could visit Snow White and Cinderella. It resulted in a detailed explanation of why they’re pretend. “Tell me all the things that are real and all the things that are pretend, Mum’’. After a long sigh, I explained how she can’t visit The Faraway Tree, Play School, Robbie Rotten and more. “But we can visit Sesame Street. Can’t we? Sesame Street’s real.’’ Oh dear.
    • While the debate over whether Ella should have glasses was reignited during on Thursday (final verdict to come Monday), it also led to discovering Ella now DOES want glasses. “I’d love to have some little windows on my eyes,’’ she said. As long as she doesn’t think she has to walk around holding the two glass slides the opthamologist used to check her vision.
    • I forgot to mention that last week I won a $200 Red Balloon voucher courtesy of Mojito Mother, Nuffnang and this little linky. Now just to figure out what I’m going to spend it on.

    If that last one’s not incentive enough to start clicking on the below links, I don’t know what is. Good luck.

    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.
    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 unfilfilled prizes or a blogger/business not abiding by their own terms and conditions.

     


    Aussie Giveaway Linky
    Hosted by Three Lil Princesses



  • My Tasmanian Backyard: Devonport Food and Wine Festival 2012

    My Tasmanian Backyard: Devonport Food and Wine Festival 2012

    Tasmania is nearly half way through the Devonport Food and Wine Festival 2012 and I think I’ve already experienced the two highlights (and gained a sizeable belly from it).

    Friday night was the Taste the Harvest Celebration Dinner – a five-course degustation dinner, with Melbourne’s Pure South chef Dwayne Bourke. It was led by a Melbourne restaurant that champions Tasmanian produce. The owners even get their gummies on and tread the paddocks where the produce comes from. There’s nothing qute like getting a bit of cow excrement on your boots.

    Pure South sources the main ingredient for its dishes from Tassie, including Petuna seafood and Mount Gnomon Farm’s free range Wessex Saddleback pork. Then add a splash of Barringwood Park and Ghost Rock wines. Yummo. If you live in Melbourne, seriously, make a special date and go. The food was sublime.

    Devonport Food and Wine Festival Taste the Harvest dinner

    Apologies for the quality of the photo. You’ll need to click on it to see a bigger version.

    Devonport Food and Wine Festival Taste the Harvest Dinner Petuna Ocean Trout

    Here’s the recipe for the above dish from Petuna Seafoods:

    Petuna Seafood recipe

    Again, click for a bigger version.

    And apologies, but I kept forgetting to take photographs of all the dishes. I’d only remember when I’d finished eating. I didn’t think you’d care for an empty plate.

    The dinner was followed by yesterday’s Taste the Harvest Festival on the Mersey Foreshore. The question is, what didn’t I have? After sushi was a Moroccan chicken burger, a taste of the girls’ Ashgrove ice cream and finally this:

    Pardon My French Taste the Harvest Festival

    The Pardon My French dessert tasting box – minus the vanilla slice because I ate that before remembering to photograph it. I would make a hopeless food photographer.

    I’m ashamed to say I ate 90% of it myself. I didn’t feel much like dinner last night. I swore The Bloke in The Shed was going to make me sit at the dinner table until I’d finished all my veggies. Or put it in the fridge and make me eat it for breakfast this morning.

    If you’re planning on heading to Tasmania, make sure you make it for the Taste the Harvest Festival next March. This year it had more than 50 food, wine and beer businesses showcasing local produce, interactive agricultural marquees with cooking demonstrations, live music, roving performances and a dedicated children’s area. Although, I swear Li’l Holly’s been having nightmares since about the puppet show.

    And make sure you tell me if you’re heading this way. We’ll share a Barringwood Park or Ghost Rock vino!

    Some other highlights for the rest of the Devonport Food and Wine Festival (sorry, but my tired fingers couldn’t type out the entire program):

    Tomorrow: Cooking for Families on a Budget – Nigel Squibb, The Zone

    March 14: Cooking with Primary Schools, Country Women’s Association

    March 15: Mediterranean Night, Bella’s Restaurant

    March 16: Cherry Tapas, The Cherry Shed

    March 17: Forth Valley Blues Festival.

    March 18: Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting, Ghost Rock Vineyard + A Taste of Life, Barringwood Park Vineyard

    March 19: Taste of India, Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant

    March 20: Chocolate Masterclass, Anvers

    March 21: Thermomix Cooking Class, with Deidre Triffitt, Girl Guides Hall

    March 22: 100 Mile Dinner, Drysdale Restaurant Devonport

    March 23: Sweet Treats, from The Edgewater, Roundhouse Park

    March 24: Hop Picking, Seven Sheds Brewery + How to Cater for a Dinner Party, 5 courses with Ben Burgess, Tranquilles Bed and Breakfast, Cafe and Gallery

    March 25: Australianising the American Plate, with Sally James, Waterfront Function Centre + Devonport Motor Show

    March 26: Traditional Chinese Cooking, with Anthony Kwong, Reece High School

    March 27: Heaven’s Kitchen, Gateway Church

    March 28: My Favourite Secrets Revealed, with Nigel Squibb, Reece High School

    March 29: Cocktails and Jazz, Laneway

    March 30: Thai Tasters, Thai Imperial Courthouse

    March 31: The Finale Dinner, Waterfront Function Centre.

    Learn more about the full program via http://www.facebook.com/devonportfoodandwinefestival and Taste the Harvest at http://www.tastetheharvest.org.au/

    What’s been your best foodie experience?

    Read more about Tasmania in the My Tasmanian Backyard series.