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PicStick Magnets (Review)
I was recently asked to check out PicStick personalised photo magnets. I had lots of ideas of what to print but when I started to think of the magnets coming in packs of nine (It’s a sheet of magnets...
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Tinkerbell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
We are huge Tinkerbell fans in the Dare household and we have become quite the Disney Fairies experts so the boys (and I) were just a little bit excited to preview the newest film, Tinkerbell and the...
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2014 Project – the last weeks
I neglected to post my weekly pictures of the boys the past few weeks, but wanted to wrap up the year with the last few pictures from our 2014 Project. Week 47 – My little Thanksgiving turkey. He cut...
View ArticleA Year in Books, Yes Please!
I’m going to attempt to keep track of all the books I read this year because I have a pretty terrible memory lately. I know I’ve read a ton of great books in the past few months, but without scanning...
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Happy New Year!
Not really the best start to my ambitions of joining #meandmine for this year but there’s no where to go but up as the year progresses, right? We’re gearing up for a year of changes as we have to move...
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Slim with Tina
Move over my adored cake cookbooks, there’s a new girl in town. Her name is Tina and she’s here to slim us down! Along with everyone else, or at least every female if you’re to believe what the telly...
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Girls (and boys) in Peacetime Want to Dance
You may remember from last year, that Nate is a big fan of Belle and Sebastian’s new single Party Line (if you don’t remember, check out this awesome video of him dancing). We picked up their new album...
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Bonding with my Baby, Again
If you own (or have owned) a two year old, you’re likely to understand. If you have a newer model, just wait. Your time will come. We all hear about the Terrible Twos. It’s a cliché of childhood and...
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Easy Knit Circle Scarf
I’m not a knitting expert or pattern designer, but I did make a super easy and cute circle scarf (or cowl, I’m no terminology expert either) and want to share it with you. Let’s face the facts, winter...
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Treat Yo Self…to Healthy Chocolates!
Whether you’re spoiling a loved one or yourself this Valentine’s Day, you can feel a little bit less guilty by making these delicious and nutritious Chia Seed and Cacao Energy Balls from Tina Murphy’s...
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Adventure Time with Minted
Minted recently contacted me to ask if I’d review some of their products in a wish-list style post. My first thought was to just link to the site and say I want it all. Because seriously, I do. My...
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Siblings (February)
This is such a sweet, unexpected moment between my two boys as we walked Nate to preschool (and I let them go off just far enough to snap a picture before I became Mother Hen, it’s a busy road). They...
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Slim with Tina Results
Last month, I completed the 4-week Slim with Tina online Kickstarter course and read her book by the same title. You might remember when I started, my goals weren’t about weight loss or dress sizes,...
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Me and Mine – February
These are ridiculous pictures; definitely not the best and pretty cheesy set up. I nearly didn’t post them, because I thought maybe people would think ugh, terrible photos Lauren! What were you...
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World Book Day 2015
Ah, World Book Day, the best day of the year! We love stories and dressing up and themed events and celebrating for no particular reason, so of course it goes down well here! We have so many favourite...
View ArticleThe New House Project
If you’ve noticed my absence from the online world the past few weeks, it’s for good reason. We have suddenly decided to jump in the deep-end of adulthood and buy a house! After a few months of...
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Blogtacular Meets Me
I am a terrible blogger of late, too busy being a real-life human being and house hunter to update regularly. It’s not the first or last time I’ll appoligise for that. I completely neglected to share...
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My Year in Books (so far)
I intended to update this regularly as I read each book, but realised it’s hard to write reviews (at least for me). And it’s even harder to write reviews about books you didn’t really enjoy but lots of...
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Saying YES in my First Election
I know very few words in Irish (not for lack of trying, I’m just really bad at foreign languages), but being a Dubliner for seven years I have picked up a few: An Lár, bruscar, tacsaí, siopa, uisce...
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24 Hours in Belfast (with kids)
If you follow me on Instagram, you might have noticed our little adventure to Belfast last March. Chris woke us up bright and early on a Thursday morning with Top Secret file filled with our plans for...
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