tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372654299801946862024-02-07T22:14:25.964-08:00the belovedbeloved: (adj) greatly loved; dear to the heartAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619953126543150869noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637265429980194686.post-84306972924020186622014-07-27T23:16:00.002-07:002014-07-27T23:17:51.295-07:0030/52<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Grace: Walks with a book. Brushes teeth with a book. Sleeps with a book. Eats with a book.</i><br />
<i>Tom: Can't hide from me baby.</i><br />
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On the blogging front I have been pretty slack (again!).. I have trying to cut down on the time I spend of social media, the first step, deleting Facebook from my iPhone so that I can't access it through the day, only at home. I must say it feels liberating, I am more 'in the moment'. So much so that I look around and notice everyone else on their smart phones and think how sad it looks!<br />
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This past month I have:<br />
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Visited open classrooms at school<br />
Started personal training to make sure I fit into my dress in 4 months time<br />
Cut out sugar from the diet<br />
Begun our house plans (well I havent personally.. but our builder has!)<br />
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<i>Joining in with <a href="http://www.practisingsimplicity.com/" target="_blank">Jodi and Poet</a> throughout the year in the 52 Project x</i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #666666;">Grace: Playing guessing games with me in the car to pass the time while we wait for Ian's soccer game to finish</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #666666;">Tom: We got up early on a cold wintery morning to watch the sunrise over Jervis Bay</span></i><br />
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This weeks images of Gracie and Tom are taken only 14 hours apart.. It started to rain as we were watching Ian play soccer so we took refuge in the car - I loved the way the raindrops glistened on the windscreen and their little shadows fell on her face. The next morning, the rain had gone, Tom asked if we could get up early and head to the beach to watch the sun rise over the bay. It was hard pulling myself out of a nice warm bed, but definitely worth it when those golden rays welcomed us into another day.<br />
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<i>Gracie: My spotty giggler, infront of my dream cottage</i></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Joining in with <a href="http://www.practisingsimplicity.com/" target="_blank">Jodi & Poet</a> in the 52 Project x</span></div>
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<i>Tom: I see the beginnings of a young man</i><br />
<i>Gracie: She suits the warm autumnal tones</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619953126543150869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637265429980194686.post-78969785544288685272014-06-07T21:54:00.002-07:002014-06-07T21:54:26.177-07:0023/52<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="color: #666666;">Tom: seeing how fast he can spin the umbrella... </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #666666;">Gracie: Oh Petal.</span></i><br />
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A black and white diptych of images for a wintery week. Both images capture the essence of each child: Tom, with his boyish smile and playful nature, and Grace, with her deep soulful eyes, she is wise beyond her years.<br />
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I am very much missing them this week.<br />
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<i>Joining in with <a href="http://www.practisingsimplicity.com/" target="_blank">Jodi and Poet</a> in the 52 project x</i></div>
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<i>Grace: she loves this weather - apparently it's 'perfect for reading, snuggling and playing schools'</i></div>
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<i>Tom: learning to play, I think Grace was only telling him the rules when it suited her!</i></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Last week I had a selection of images of Gracie and Tom but I simply didn't have the energy to even put a blog post together. We have been enjoying our last few weeks of autumn, outdoors and in the golden sunlight. The woody smell of neighbours fire's fills the air at dusk and our afternoon walks have started to dissipate as the darkness sets in not long after 5pm.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Today is the first day of Winter, and what a way to show it's presence. Here is is raining, dark and cool, the mood in the house is sombre and slow. Old board games are pulled out and enjoyed.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #666666;">Joining in with <a href="http://www.practisingsimplicity.com/" target="_blank">Jodi</a> and the 52 Project. x</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #666666;">Gracie: Calling for her brother to come and run amongst the corn stalks</span></i></div>
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Scored at soccer</div>
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Bought a wedding gown</div>
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Commenced renovation plans</div>
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Split a skirt</div>
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Bought a fish (welcome little Sushi!)</div>
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<i><span style="color: #666666;">Joining in with <a href="http://www.practisingsimplicity.com/" target="_blank">Jodi </a>- A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2014.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #666666;">Grace: She sits under the Weeping Mulberry, telling me stories and slapping away the mozzies</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #666666;">Tom: 'I want my picture.... here'...</span></i><br />
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Easter Long Weekend.. I plan for mine to be filled with a little chocolate indulgence and farm visits, leadership essays and a bit of an op-shop clean out.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tom: The best part of our engagement was the balloons. Aside from that, it was a 'boring adults party'</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">This week we have been organising the biggest party of our relationship thus far. I had been stressing over what I would wear, what the kids would wear, my hair, makeup etcetera. and felt so overwhelmed, even though Ian's Mum had organised most of it. I kept thinking, 'how am I going to plan a wedding?!'. And then Saturday came. All our beautiful friends were there, and all that worried me though the week didn't even matter. I had such a good time, Ian was there, I was there, and Grace and Tom were having a blast. That's what counted the most.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Grace: She was leaning against the wall chatting to me while I was cooking dinner, I went and picked up the camera as I loved the way the light was falling on her sweet profile</span><br />
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This week has been a week of re-evaluation and reflection (fitting for this weeks image of Tom). Collaborating with the beautiful girls from Wholehearted has opened my mind to so many things - I have connected with them more than I ever thought I would. We have been sharing our own personal stories with each other, acknowledging our different challenges, thoughts and ideas on parenthood and life.<br />
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Identifying strengths and weaknesses we have as individuals and our motherhood journey has resonated with so many of our readers. Differences we all have are our commonality.<br />
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This week saw the launch of a joint collaboration which I am totally thrilled to be a part of. <a href="http://www.wholeheartedjournal.com/" target="_blank">Wholehearted - A Journal</a>, is a space where women can come together and join forces and share stories about the rollercoaster ride that is parenthood. Come on over and have a look, you'll be pleasantly suprised to see it isn't all clean faces, tidy houses and good manners...<br />
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This woman is something of an inspiration. She has broad shoulders, a warm smile, firm beliefs and wears her heart on her sleeve. She digs her heels in when she wants to see something through, yet she lets her life lead her as it will. She is surrounded by three beautiful boys, all of them look at her with such love and adoration. Life with Jane is so sweet.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grace: It was warmer in the ocean.</span></i></div>
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Monochromatic images for week 9. I overlooked this image of Gracie initially but I picked it as it seems fitting for the last week of summer.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tom: The water child, having a 'surf' while Gracie and I watched on</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grace: Those soft peach lips with the devils peak, button nose and super long lashes.. her little characteristics haven't changed much since she came into this world</span></i></div>
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Oh how I love this time of year. The weather has cooled down, the smell of autumn is in the light breeze that comes by in the afternoon and the leaves are beginning to gently fall to the ground in warm hues of colour. The best.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tom: This week he received his new specs, his headaches have improved and reading is much easier now</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grace: An outtake from a 'set-up' shot, she looks much like my grandmother did as a little girl</span></i></div>
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1. Getting back into school routine<br />
2. Getting back into work routine (as much as shift work allows for 'routine')<br />
3. Working out what extra curricular activities we will undertake this year - soccer is a given but hip-hop is on the cards<br />
4. Gracie's cold - return to school means the germs go back as well<br />
5. Tantrum central - Tom pushing the boundaries +++.<br />
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This is my last day of my 4 week break before I have to get up at 530am and fumble my way into my uniform in the dark tomorrow. I feel so refreshed. I needed the break from shift work and irregular hours. My body soon found a summer rhythm - late rises, beach trips, coffee, visiting family, cooking, gardening and completing housework (sad I know). Having my life not bound by time constraints was such a relief.</div>
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This week was one I will always remember. "Will you marry me? You make me so happy"...looking down at Ian's face as he stared back at me with the most genuine smile (and glittery rock to boot!), I knew that this is the man who I was mean't to share all this world with.</div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">This week we were supposed to head up to South West Rocks. That was, until Ian's appendix decided it wanted out and landed him in hospital for three days. We had to pull the pin on our adventure, which we had much longed for. Instead, we went to Sydney and stayed the night. Walking through the concrete jungle, we explored back alley's and looked up at the tall buildings. Tom's hand was constantly interlocked with mine; Grace always a few feet ahead. We caught the Ferry to Manly, watched a SLSC competition on the beach and found Gracie some cool pink kicks. We ate Turkish Gozleme's and got lost in the history of The Rocks. At the aquarium he Dugongs brought the biggest grins to the kids faces (but not as big as the grey nurse sharks - eeek!) and escalator after escalator we reached the top of the Queen Victoria Building. About 40 mins into the trip home I had two absolutely exhausted children sleeping in the back seat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Tom: "Did you see that Mum?????" Of course I did. How could I not watch your little face light up as you rode the wave in (for the 27th time)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Grace: She received 4 pairs of swimmers for Christmas. I have a problem.</span><br />
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Salt + Water + Sand = pure, clean, fun. We took a <a href="http://thebelovedphoto.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/no-through-road.html" target="_blank">drive</a> down the coast this week and found ourselves in a little place called Narrawallee. The beach was dotted with beach umbrellas of every colour, parents chasing young toddlers and groups of teenagers hanging out with their surfing paraphenalia. I found myself people watching in between the distant nods and waves to the kids: confirmation that I saw their nose dives, wipe outs and successes!<br />
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I love that this diptych of images has the other sibling in the background in each portrait. It sums up my duo perfectly - where one plays the other is never far away.<br />
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Joining in with the ever beautiful <a href="http://www.practisingsimplicity.com/" target="_blank">Jodi</a> xAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619953126543150869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637265429980194686.post-64485158436212517832014-01-09T03:05:00.001-08:002014-01-09T03:05:04.281-08:00no through road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today we got in the car and headed south.<br />
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Grace: "Where are we going Mum? What do you mean you don't know? You're driving!"<br />
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We found an abandoned house and a patch of "prickly purple thingy's that look so lovely but hurt my butt". We found a view across some farms and listened to the echo's of the cattle. We stopped in the little village and had a flat white, caramel milkshake and a mango smoothie. We poked around in antique shops looking for an old mirror and found old glass milk bottles instead.<br />
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We rang Ian at work and told him that we loved him and wished he was with us. He wished he was with us too.<br />
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I like to get in the car and just drive. Down dirt lanes. No through roads. Streets I've never been before. Because I can.<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Tom: Aint it the biggest home grown cucumber you ever did see?</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Grace: Oh my heart. She hates pink but man does it suit her.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">And here we go, head first into twenty fourteen. After a crazy first week, ending with a 16 hour double shift... I am now officially on one month holidays! This year I will try and stick to my 52 project with more commitment than last year. I loved looking back at what I did manage to accomplish last year but think it will be even more awesome over a 12 month period.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">This year is going to be big, I can feel it! I love years with even numbers!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Joining in with <a href="http://www.practisingsimplicity.com/" target="_blank">Jodi</a> once more. x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619953126543150869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637265429980194686.post-25904331884222119822013-12-29T20:18:00.000-08:002013-12-29T20:18:03.423-08:0052/52<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDybdygoosk-ximRuoxg5ZoFdiGic5ho5XYqCb2XgJLGRkAI-jby2URXZN5UTynuZQSPfwZnT_FZVpqEFtpHJifcRsKtxBTDxW028VZRY3t7Dskn-Y_0P4-4TFbNmcnjTMGV9i6MXRKXE/s1600/52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDybdygoosk-ximRuoxg5ZoFdiGic5ho5XYqCb2XgJLGRkAI-jby2URXZN5UTynuZQSPfwZnT_FZVpqEFtpHJifcRsKtxBTDxW028VZRY3t7Dskn-Y_0P4-4TFbNmcnjTMGV9i6MXRKXE/s1600/52.jpg" /></a><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Tom: He kayaked all afternoon and then pushed it from the beach all the way home and he was still all smiles</span><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Grace: Tired from swimming and a day of sun, her summer freckles have come back</span><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></span><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Another year is gone. This one came and went, without too much fuss. I am hoping next year brings the start of structual renovations to our home, career progression and more study. I am going to be more committed to my 52 project, and documenting the lives of my beloved.</span><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></span><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">See you all next year.</span><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">A x</span></div>
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