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findingalisa.blogspot.com
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I am a mum to three kiddos (8,6,3yrs), on a journey to a more natural back to basics lifestyle. I love to create things and am in love with being a mumma. This blog is a way for me to keep a journal of sorts. Journal the journey to "find alisa" :)
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Everything is going to be OK

I want this adorable book so bad. The cover was just perfect for tonight.I have had a rough month.Having to head away again was hard. Being 3hours away from my kiddos makes my heart ache.I can talk t...

1 day ago

Glass goodness

A couple of weeks ago I hit the glass motherload.Half price lidded ribbed glass storage jars at farmers. I got just a few.They have been put to good use in the kitchen and as craft storage.Then I pop...

2 days ago

A favour from my visitors

Sorry to do this. Ok maybe not. I like winning.On facebook there is a wee competition I am wanting to win. For a product I have been wanting for a while. I am second place and at this point will get ...

2 days ago

back again

SO just a quick one.I ended up spending all afternoon on Thursday 17th at Southland hospital. I had the most traumatic lumbar puncture I have ever had. As in I had had bad dreams where i wake up jolt...

3 days ago

Randoms

Today has been a blobby, random tidying, hanging with my boy kind of day.The fires on, we are toasty and happy just plodding along together.I suggested a bit of a walk and maybe getting a pie for lun...

15 may 12

Lets throw a little fun in with the waiting.

On Saturday we got up bright and early. We were on the road just after 5am.It was actually nice getting to watch a sunrise and a sunset on the road that day.We spent two hours at the hospital then Ru...

14 may 12

On the mend, bye bye hair and happy mothers day.

day 3day 3might as well finish what the Drs startednew haircut day 7day 9day 10Its been a long, exhausting week.I am more tired than I can ever remember.I went back to Dunedin Hospital yesterday to g...

13 may 12

Update .. Intercranial hypertension is a pain in my head.

So since we spoke last.I headed up to Dunedin last Tuesday morning after taking kiddos to school for a lumbar puncture.I forgot how much I hate lumbar punctures.My pressure was 4 times what it should...

08 may 12

Update.. IIH is a pain in my head.

I seen my neurologist man today.He is a hard doctor to read, quite practical and serious. He is kind and good but I guess I wish I had a doctor who was a bit warmer. But he is good at his job and tha...

29 apr 12

Life took over.. again.

How did I let so much time pass before visiting again. Oops.School holidays got the best of me. I loved them but 3 kiddos home all day made life more hectic.I have been unwell still and to be honest ...

27 apr 12

From the mouth of babes

I love conversations with kids.Like HEAPS.After seeing the Lorax last week I thought it was a good time to talk about what they thought the moral of the movie was. And then about being environmentall...

16 apr 12

A year ago today

I need to say just a quick hello today.I am utterly exhausted and ready to fall asleep where I sit so I will make it quick.A year ago today I had my surgery on my head.As far as neuro surgery goes it...

13 apr 12

A few birthday pics

Before I get to Easter lets finish off the birthday celebrations.I started the day with hugs and love from my babies. Got them off to school and preschool then headed home for a cup of tea and some l...

10 apr 12

Easter and wool

Every year Easter is a little different.Last year I got the kiddos new gumboots and had them placed by the fire with one boot full of Easter eggs.Some years the goodies are on their bed.The Easter bu...

09 apr 12

A gift like no other.

A very picture heavy post.I got this amazing box of goodies on my 30th birthday from one of my favourite families in the world. The Sears.

07 apr 12

Today I am 30

Its a weird feeling.You know when your a child you think 30 is SOOO OLD.You think you will have it all together.You think (or I thought) I would be married, with kids, have travelled and own a home.I...

04 apr 12

Scrap happy part 2

PIC HEAVY.. and sorry they are taken with the pages still inside the albums.Most of the pages I completed. Loving the simple style means I get lots done.

04 apr 12

Scrap happy part1

I spent the weekend at a scrapbook camp.It was a great weekend and I am so glad I went (considered not going since I had been away from kiddos while in the hospital), I got to be lazy all weekend jus...

04 apr 12

And again

Same time same channel.Like a repeat I ended up in hospital again this year.I ended up getting a few headaches and then on the Friday night it got real bad real fast. I was just not feeling well at a...

03 apr 12

Im backkkkkk

Sorry for the unplanned blog holiday.I have been a bit sick and ended up spending some time in the hospital :(Will try and plan some posts soon.I am home and just trying to get caught up around here ...

28 mar 12

Flower in her hair

Often at around 2.30pm I sit on the sofa by my front window. The sun starts to stream in there about then and its a lovely spot to catch the afternoon warmth. I usually sit with a cup of tea and ofte...

18 mar 12

Contentment

First computer lesson. He rocked it.Im feeling strangely content lately.I am trying to "want" less and enjoy what I have. With raising kiddos they of course get tempted by advertising (dont w...

15 mar 12

Letter to Gabe

Dear GabrialYou are 9.5years old. Alot of the time I cant believe you are that old and other times I cant think of a time without you in my life. You made me a mumma. You are my crash test dummy chil...

14 mar 12

Grocery shopping and greening my home

I dont mind grocery shopping. But I hate the cost.Every week I walk away amazed at the cost to feed my growing kiddos.In the past 5 years my grocery bill has doubled.I need to take the job of cutting...

13 mar 12

A growing collection - Amber glasses

I love to collect things. I love having things to seatch for in Vintage/Thrift shops and that thrill when you see a new treasure.One of my mini collections is amber glasses. I have a couple of double...

13 mar 12

Autumn

Im sitting here tonight looking out the window watching rain fall and trees blow in the wind.Realising Summer is most certainly over.The sky is grey and the light is fading.The tree I watch the seaso...

12 mar 12

My kind of weekend

This weekend has been LAZY. But in the best kind of way.I get up to the kiddos in the morning but then hop back in bed with a cuppa and the laptop.. I sort out arguments and help with little things b...

11 mar 12

Things they say

At night when I tuck the Zeke into bed we have a routine.. the usual... PJs, brush teeth, pick stories, read stories etc... but the bit I love the most? The bit right at the end... the bit where he a...

05 mar 12

Vintage wishlist

I am a vintage lover.Always have been.I tried to not be for a while, thinking I needed flash new things, trendy thing. Wanting to keep up with the Joneses... But the truth is I swoon over cool vintag...

05 mar 12

Random musings

Writing this as I sit outside my childs room. Growing up I had a few different career dreams... Ideas of what I might like to do..Fashion designer was in there for a SHORT time (really?... so not me)...

04 mar 12

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