Boom tish.For those unfamiliar with the term tautology, here is the definition from Macquarie Dictionary:tautology noun 1. needless repetition of an idea, especially in other words in the immediate context, without imparting additional force or ...
Losing weight for your wedding need not be painful (guest post)
Welcome to the second ever You learn something new every day guest post! Hooray says everyone!Please welcome Lady Daa Doo to the stage. I started following her blog late last year, and now find it easy to get my recommended daily intake of ...
Accepting a friend’s generous offer could save my life – and someone else’s
A little heavy for a blog entry, huh? I post my share of light-hearted stuff, so bear with me. On Sunday, I posted about it being DonateLife week, but didn't really explain why I support it. My friends called me on it. The word 'gutless' may have ...
The fifth wedding anniversary is all about wood
Teehee, giggle, snort. Perhaps I should be writing a different lesson today: 'I have a juvenile sense of humour'.Cameron and I are approaching our fifth wedding anniversary. For the first two years, we made a sterling effort to buy each other ...
Burqini is the word of the year
Macquarie Dictionary announced yesterday that the word of 2011 is burqini.burqini (noun) a swimsuit designed for Muslim women, comprising leggings and a tunic top with a hood.This was voted by a committee that awarded honourable mentions to ...
Brands and taglines are the new rhyming slang
Or maybe it's not that new. But 'I'm starting to notice that people using brands and taglines in everyday speech is more widespread than I thought' seemed like a boring lesson title.I'm not talking about brands becoming the accepted word for what ...
You don’t need a fancy camera to take a good photo
My camera's not the flashest on the market. (See what I did there?) It barely zooms. When it does, it loses focus. It's six megapixels. It's not waterproof. It's not super slim. It's not super huge with different lenses and features. It's not ...
Kids can embarrass you from a young age
You might think that Ashleigh is too young to do anything to embarrass me.You'd be wrong.A friend of mine recently came to our house for a visit, bringing the love of her life with her. It being an international romance, it was the first time we'd ...
Litter is (not) synonymous with rubbish
I love board games. A love shared by many in my extended family. However, games don't always end well. The competitive gene is in all of us. It didn't skip a generation, or concentrate itself in one cousin over another. We all have it. In ...
It’s nice to get a surprise gift from someone who knows you well
And it's not even an early Christmas present! It's a just because present. Hooray!My parents went on an overseas holiday earlier this year. They returned with nice presents for all children and grandchildren. I scored a gorgeous top, a belt and ...
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