Crap, we ran out of money

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This is me handing our last $20 to CrashHubby so he could go back down to the petrol station and make good on an IOU so they wouldn’t call the police! We have never run out of money before. I guess there’s a first for everything! Luckily we’ll only be without funds for two days. [...]

CTMs vs MUMs Home Organisation Update + Giveaway

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It’s results day for Team Crash Test Mummies! I’m going to be totally upfront and say I feel like I’ve let the team down.  I have found this quite hard and I think it’s because I’ve been a little too relaxed about the baby steps approach. Maybe I need to be more prescriptive and make [...]

Top tips from the Sugar Crash Challenge support group

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It’s time for my Monday Challenge Update.  I have just finished week 7 and am heading into the last week of the I Quit Sugar program.  I don’t think I would have got this far without a) the support of my husband who is doing this with me and b) the support of more than [...]

Success served up with a healthy side of fear and failure

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This week’s Challenge Update is brought to you today by a healthy dose of success and failure.  I have just completed week 5 of the 8 week I Quit Sugar program and it was also the week where I brazenly committed to exercising at least 15 minutes a day for 7 days.  Guess which one [...]

Challenge Update: What challenge?

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OK, so I’m probably sounding a bit cocky here!  But I have to say that I think I’ve nailed this whole no sugar thing.  CrashHubby and I are at the end of week 4 (half way!) and so far neither of us have suffered any major withdrawal symptoms. Nor have we threatened to bite each [...]

Challenge Update: Ready to give it all up

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That’s right, I’m ready to give sugar up entirely!  Well for the next 3 weeks of the I Quit Sugar Program anyway.  CrashHubby and I are two weeks in and it is going remarkably well.  Too well.  I keep looking over my shoulder nervously, waiting for sugar to jump out and kick my butt! This [...]

Crash Log: Challenge update

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“All you need is a heartfelt reason” Yesterday I started my Sugar Crash Challenge – an 8 week program to quit sugar by Sarah Wilson.  I’m completely freaking out because I love sugar and I’m afraid of failing – very publicly.  But I’m also excited because people are joining me in the challenge.  I won’t [...]

We can’t go on like this . . .

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Dear S, It pains me to write this, because I’m not sure I can follow through. But I’ve been thinking a lot about our relationship and it saddens me to admit -  it has to end. You had me right from the moment I met you. You sparkle and I smile. You beckon and I [...]

Top tips for healthy skin

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Brought to you by . . . Crash Test Mummy’s Guide to Everything for the Exhausted, the Desperate & the Downright Distracted . . . with thanks to contributions from the Crash Test Community In the recent ecostore giveaway I asked the Crash Test Community for their best tips for healthy skin. There was a [...]

{Take Care} Introducing “Operation Crash Hot”

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If you watched my vlog last week you will know that I had a bit of a health scare and that it got me thinking about my body in general.  All has not been well in the body department since I had kids!  I had difficult pregnancies, problems with wobbly joints, a pelvic floor injury, [...]