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musings of the big red hen: November 2013
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Musings of the big red hen. Friday, 1 November 2013. Hi ho, Hi ho. It was preparing me to take a BIG dose of medicine. I recently had a late-night, wine-fuelled conversation with a friend, in which I said some things that were really hurtful to her. I didn't say mean things, but I spewed out some nonsense that was really unsupportive of her life choices (which you can read about here. The truth about me, is that sometimes I don't, sometimes, I judge - ugly, but true. Since I'm being brutally honest here,...
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musings of the big red hen: Hi ho, Hi ho...
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Musings of the big red hen. Friday, 1 November 2013. Hi ho, Hi ho. It was preparing me to take a BIG dose of medicine. I recently had a late-night, wine-fuelled conversation with a friend, in which I said some things that were really hurtful to her. I didn't say mean things, but I spewed out some nonsense that was really unsupportive of her life choices (which you can read about here. The truth about me, is that sometimes I don't, sometimes, I judge - ugly, but true. Since I'm being brutally honest here,...
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musings of the big red hen: April 2012
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Musings of the big red hen. Tuesday, 24 April 2012. Ever since seeing that episode of Ugly Betty. Where Wilhelmina gets a fish 'pedicure', I have wanted to try it. So I was pretty thrilled when my mum bought us a couple of groupons. For a little fish therapy. We went to Le Fish Spa. I hate looking forward to a spa experience, and then sitting there for an hour dehydrating. After all, isn't hydration the cardinal beauty rule? I'd say about 15 to 20 cm each - not exactly the little nibblers I had imagined&...
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musings of the big red hen: November 2011
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Musings of the big red hen. Tuesday, 29 November 2011. Be kind to yourself. When we are constantly focusing on what we haven't achieved yet, we so quickly forget to celebrate what we HAVE achieved. And I don't know about you, but I tend to find it much easier to reach my goals when I remind myself that I AM a strong, capable woman, rather than constantly berating myself for not being there yet. I have given birth naturally, with no pain medication. I have breastfed a child for over 3 years. And watched a...
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musings of the big red hen: Body Thrills: 100% homegrown & handmade
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Musings of the big red hen. Friday, 1 June 2012. Body Thrills: 100% homegrown and handmade. I am a hippy. I don't generally like labels, but this one is hard to get away from. I recycle, have a worm farm, gave birth at home, still breastfeed my 3 yr old, use a moon cup, no poo. My hair and use bicarbonate of soda as deodorant. So, while I don't have dreads and I do wear shoes, I accept that I'm a hippy. However, that doesn't mean I have to be deprived! I have written about Body Thrills. Carousel: Learnin...
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musings of the big red hen: The perfect antedote to cold, wet weather....?
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Musings of the big red hen. Saturday, 20 August 2011. The perfect antedote to cold, wet weather? A candle-lit bubble bath of course! Particularly the Lemongrass, Lime and Neroli Bath Crystals. And finally, you need a little mood lighting. Candles are better than electric lights, any day of the week. My favourites are these gorgeous Charlotte Moss Left Bank Votives. That my sweet sister bought me for Christmas. SO divine, again with hints of lemongrass.sensing a trend here. I'm Natashia, a green-fingered,...
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musings of the big red hen: Got Milk?
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Musings of the big red hen. Thursday, 28 February 2013. As anyone who knows me will know, I am a MAJOR proponent of breast feeding and the concept of 'human milk for human babies'. That said, somewhere along the way cows milk gets introduced to our lives and we never seem able to part company - bread and milk, they are the staples, yes? Uh, maybe not so much. They other day I was sent a link to 'Milk: It does a body bad'. And the information they gave got me thinking. Then, today I watched this.
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musings of the big red hen: September 2011
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Musings of the big red hen. Tuesday, 6 September 2011. One of my favourite things, now that Chicken Little is almost 3, is story time before bed. When she was younger she would enjoy looking at her books with us, but didn't yet have the patients to sit through a whole story. Now she will quite happily sit through 3 or 4.or 5 or 6 stories. The first book she fell in love with was Cat in the Hat. Such a classic, the copy she has actually belonged to the Rooster when he was little. Enough said. Carousel: Le...
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musings of the big red hen: January 2012
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Musings of the big red hen. Sunday, 8 January 2012. The other day I was accused of not getting out enough, while out enjoying a beautiful lunch at DeliCATessen. The irony was not lost on me. Yet, at the time, I really couldn't think of a good way to respond to this, except to say 'Of course I do! When are we going to grow up? And the Community Exchange System. Sure, the hours between 9pm and midnight are no longer the most happening (thank God! But from 6:30am to 9pm I'm your girl! 15 Holiday Decor DIYs.
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