I love you all and I love this blog, but I love it even more when my life is going the way I want it to, and so I am going to take a break from the former for the sake of the latter. Im so thankful f...
There are two key dates in the Mel calendar each year.1. The day I realise that spending exorbitant amounts of dosh* buying my lunch each day is not the most fiscally responsible of lifestyle choices...
Things I hate: 1) That, after a week of intense bonding with his mama, KJ was weaned and separated from her in the space of a week. 2) That he is now off bonding with some complete strangers (who are...
(source)Needless to say, my quarter-life flashed before my eyes.Its funny how when an event is distant and indefinite its easy to think big, heroic thoughts. As if we were a character in a movie, we ...
I mentioned in a previous post that I recently became an aunt. He was born just five weeks premature, and a tiny 1504g. Severely undernourished in the womb as a result of calcification of the placent...
(source)After spending the greater part of my young adulthood making dumb mistakes and not going anywhere, I thought to myself "If I havent at least learned something from this, then the whole la...
I have a confession to make. Ive been seeing another blog.Well to be honest, at this point its a little more than a blog... Its a full blown obsession. You see, for the last month, along with three o...
Ive been known to come out with some crazy, thoughtless crap. For example, I rarely think before telling randoms I only just met that if they start their own vlog, Ill feature their first episode on ...
Source: xkcd*Here it is. Its been coming for almost a month now. This is the post where I apologise for being such an inconsistent blogger of late, make vague reference to some real life "drama...
Bloggerstock May is here and I have the pleasure of hosting the dangerously readable (Im on to you guys. Theyre not paying you to read blogs all day, yknow. Blogging, on the other hand, is an entirel...
I assume youve noticed, since I know that you all hang off my every word, that I havent updated the bloggy in about a week. Its ok, nobody panic. Im back now and back to being a little bit blog-crazy...
If you know me at all, you know that I tend to be a bit of a....well, if you know me, you already know.And if youve read back to the beginning of my blog (which Im assuming you all have) you know tha...
Its been almost a week since I posted last, but I have a good reason for my silence, which I will get to in a moment. In the last couple of months, three roles have been thrust upon me which have tak...
Um... a little help please.I just got home and it's 2 in the morning and I'm really tired and I just want to go to bed but I had to have a shower and when I got out of the shower I went to turn on th...
Y'know how I'm a bad mama?Well not any more I'm not! I'm all over this letter writing business. Watch me not neglecting my Sponsor babies emotionally like some sort of non-neglecting maniac. Honestly...
Do you remember how I told you guys that I'm a mama? Do you remember how I told you all about the joys of sponsoring a child from a developing nation? The cute letters in the mail? The sense of super...
It's game on! The humble blog-swap has been taken to a whole new level by a group of imaginative bloggers with a desire to mix things up a tad. Born from the newly revived 20sb chat room, Bloggerstoc...
I bought a webcam. This has led to a few revelations: I am incredibly narcissistic. Ever since discovering Twitcam, I have had reckless thoughts of broadcasting every tedious detail of my life for al...
Who's ready for some lovin'? I was honoured to receive a couple of rad awards recently from the lovely Ella (From the Stupidest Corner of my Mind) and Magpie (Dazzled By Life). Ta lovelies! I am so e...
So, while Mel's busy on her Anzac long weekend she asked me to stop in and do some house sitting for her. Until a moment ago, I was intirely unsure as to what to put. So I've decided on a game.What i...
If I could have a superpower, it would be the supernatural will to resist the snooze button on my alarm clock. My superhero costume would be the hair and make up I had time to do because I didn't spe...
I love my city. I love the crowds. I love the grit, the texture. I love the colour, and I LOVE the food. Today, I would like to make you an offer you will find it very hard to refuse. I would like to...
As I mentioned in my last post, I am taking part in the 7th 20sb.net Blog Swap. It's an exciting opportunity to discover a new blogger and I couldn't be more excited to introduce you to my lovely blo...
I had a little incident recently. Something happened that I am not very proud of. In fact, I have managed to hide it from the majority of my social circle to this day, including all of you. Although ...
I'm not the kind of person who looks good in clothes. Now don't get all encourage-y like you guys do so well. I'm not fishing for compliments here. I don't hate my appearance at all, but I do have a ...
You may be familiar with my profile pic...... and if you're anything like me, you will also be familiar with the 45 minute self-photoshoot it took to get a pic of the back of my head I was happy enou...
It's the moment you've all been waiting for. Votes are now open for the First Annual MLHL Ugliest Self-Portrait Competition. How to vote: Leave a comment voting for your top three entries, your favou...
I woke up this morning only to find to my utmost horror that someone had unfollowed my blog. Of course, this led to an early morning emotional meltdown. Someone out there had decided they disliked my...
Put me in a box. Tell me where I begin and where I end. Mark out my boundaries. Fence me in so that I can't help but colour between the lines. Reduce me to a list of traits. Colour code me. Turn me i...
For those of you who have taken your entry photo for the Ugly Self-Portrait Comp, you will know that taking a truly grotesque self-portrait is no easy task. If you're anything like me, you now have a...
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