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FYBF Featured Flogger – Lisa from New Life On The Road

July 19, 2013 By: mamagrace7149 Comments

Before I introduce you to our next lovely FYBF Featured Flogger, just a bit of housekeeping. You may have noticed that over the past several days, the usual FYBF button disappeared.

I don’t think Photobucket liked the fact that we were getting too big for our buttons and therefore tried to reap the rewards.

Soooo…the beloved FYBF button has been moved over where nothing will ever harm it again. But you do need to grab the new code over from my sidebar.

Okay, that’s all! As you were!

Now, for the fun stuff!

Imagine you had limited living space. I mean, really limited space. Now picture this tiny area on four (or so plus) wheels. Got the visual? Okay, see if you can squeeze in a couple of growing, thriving boys in there…let’s say 5 of them. Oh, and throw in a husband as well.

Welcome to Lisa’s life. Blogging over at New Life On The Road, Lisa and her family have been experience domestic family life in a motorhome.

Meeting her a couple of months ago at a World Vision function, her story completely captivated me and I’m glad she’s agreed to share it here today as our next FYBF Featured Flogger.

Feel free to follow Lisa over on Facebook and Twitter.

Raising Five Sons and Still Living {Sane} in a Motorhome!

Never ever in my wildest dreams would I think that I would be raising five boys, let alone living with four of them in a Motorhome. Our oldest is now in the navy, and our second oldest is also getting ready for the navy.

David and I got married over 18 years ago, and we decided we wanted a big family, mind you that was before they were walking and talking!! Fast forward to now and we wouldn’t change anything about our family.

But there is one thing that I do hear all of the time, when we are out and about with them all. And at first I never knew what to say……

“Oh you poor thing you only have boys, that sure is a hand-full. So when are going back to try for a girl” Then I would sometimes also hear “Oh the gates to heaven will be open for you because you are raising so many boys” !!! {can’t remember how many times I have heard that one!!}

At first I used to nod my head and smile.

Then I used to reply with “Oh You know they don’t come on Express Order” or “Gee aren’t I lucky that they are all healthy”. Now days I just roll my eyes and say that I was very blessed.

But seriously who cares what we have/don’t have….as long as they are happy then I am happy. And that is the secret to all co-existing in a Motorhome together. Mind you when it rains outside, and there is Mud Piles that are calling out to our youngest son (who is now 8) then those are the days that I second guess our decision to live our way of life.

We also get asked a LOT “How Do You Live in a Motorhome with Four Boys” so I thought I would share

5 Tips to our Motorhome Happiness:

1. Never ever stick to a plan, cause each day is a new day and its all different….so be flexible and go with the flow.

2. Find somewhere to escape to when it is raining – Libraries, Science Centres, Art Galleries, Museums, Shopping Centres, Indoor Rock Climbing….all these places are now our best friend

3. Walk. To anywhere you like, find a place where you can walk for hours on end and discover what’s around you. Best way ever to help them sleep better at night, and to help with their energy levels

4. Make the beds into Cubby Houses. We have a queen sized bed which has been transformed many times into Caves/Cubby houses!

5. Re-arrange the Book/Toy Cupboard. We have a very small cupboard where we keep the Art n Craft supplies along with their books and a few toys. Every time I arrange that cupboard they all get into the mess and rediscover what was already there!

Watching their creativity side come out is the biggest hi-light of our “new life on the road”. And at the end of the day if they are really truly happy, have had at least “one favourite moment of the day” experience to share with us…then surely my job is done.

So even if I do get told “Oh you poor thing” at least I know that my boys are turning into fine men and it was meant to be!

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FYBF Featured Flogger – Kim from Spirited Mama

June 21, 2013 By: mamagrace7164 Comments

Our next FYBF Featured Flogger is a lovely lady whose blog I discovered last year. I finally had the opportunity to meet Kim of Spirited Mama in person at DPCON13. I pleasantly discovered that her charm and gentle nature is just as real as it is in her writing.

On her blog, Kim has recently launched an on-line shop full of exquisite French treasures, inspired toys and homewares. Make sure you check it out!

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Man Spaghetti

I believe every woman deserves Man Spaghetti – spaghetti bolognaise made by a man, served by a man and cleaned up by a man.

Man spaghetti can be plated up by many varieties – by a husband, lover, father, brother, uncle, friend.

This recipe was created in the mad rush of a school night in the kitchen of one multi-tasking dad with two teenage kids. It’s fast, simple, and absolutely delish – and after personally testing, it got the thumbs up from one little fussy eater, too.

Despite its spicy touches, this recipe will not put hairs on your chest. What it will do is give the woman it is served to time out to do her nails, have a relaxing bath, breathe … what’s that you may ask? Go ahead, try some man spaghetti and find out. You’re worth it!

Bon appetite!

Man Spaghetti

2 tabs olive oil

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, chopped

500grams mince

1 cup finely grated carrot

1/3 cup tomato paste

1 tinned tomatoes

1 tab soy sauce (secret ingredient 1)

1 tab Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce (secret ingredient 2)

1 cup water or stock

½ packet spaghetti pasta

Tsp oil

Pinch of salt

Parmesan or grated cheese

In a heavy based frypan heat oil. Add onions and garlic, cook till soft, stirring. Add mince, cook till brown. Add carrot and ensure it’s cooked through till soft so no child can detect it’s a vegetable. Stir in tomato paste, tinned tomatoes. Add soy and Worcestershire sauces. Add water or stock and let simmer for 30 mins stirring occasionally.

To cook spaghetti, fill a large saucepan to ¾ with water. Boil water, add a teaspoon of oil to stop the pasta sticking and salt (optional). Add spaghetti. Stir to ensure covered with water. Cook with lid off for about 10 mins or until soft but firm (al dente).

Serve spaghetti in bowls, add bolognaise sauce and top with cheese.

Serves two adults, two teenagers and one child, or two adults and three children and four toddlers.

Image credit: ©flyingmiffy53.com/spiritedmama.com

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FYBF Featured Flogger – Vanessa from Babbling Bandit

April 26, 2013 By: mamagrace7145 Comments

Howdy ho!

Time for another FYBF Featured Flogger – Vanessa from Babbling Bandit!

A proud single mum with stacks of street cred, Vanessa writes with the perfect balance of punch and perspective.

Never short of an honest, authentic opinion, Vanessa can be as controversial as they come with her addiction to overshare but she writes with the same purpose that many of us do; for therapy.

Please welcome her into the FYBF spotlight and leave lots of comment love.

And afterwards, feel free to catch more of her candid, off the cuff stuff on Twitter and Facebook.

Harness or leash? It’s a personal choice really

I’ve noticed a few judgey FB conversations lately about parents who put their kids in toddler harnesses. There was also an article on iVillage this week on the same topic. It’s a personal choice to restrain your child on a leash and one I made without a second’s thought.

You see Ned was a bolter. From the moment he started walking he was off! At daycare they called him the Energizer Bunny and his carers in the nursery would look at me with sympathy as I tried to round him up at the end of the day.

I knew the toddler harness was controversial but I thought, stuff it, I want an alive kid on a leash rather than a squished one on the road. We live right on the edge of the Sydney CBD. There’s a lot of traffic. And there’s no way I could always contain Ned in a stroller – he had energy to burn!

There was one incident, however, that my little boy on the leash sent flushes of red across my cheeks: Meeting a friend for lunch at a city foodcourt Ned and I lined up to order a sandwich. With the leash in one hand I was focused on ordering when I felt a tugging around my wrist. I turned around and at eye level saw two young men in suits looking down with smiles on their faces. Looking down to see what was so funny I was mortified to find my little boy on the leash on all fours, licking the ground and panting with his tongue hanging out, the occassional bark coming from him. He was playing right into the hands of the toddler harness naysayers!

While embarrassing at times, that leash allowed Ned to run around our neighbourhood for fun and for exercise, while keeping him safe from the road and my anxiety to a minimum.

What do you think of the toddler leash harness? Use it or no way?

Ned and me in Hyde Park

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FYBF Featured Flogger – Kim from Falling Face First

March 29, 2013 By: mamagrace7143 Comments

Please welcome Kim from Falling Face First! I’ve been stalking her blog for several months now because well, she’s just bloody funny and being a mum hasn’t stopped her from living on the edge. Or at least wanting to 🙂 I had the pleasure of finally meeting her at a DP Drinks catch up in February.

How ironic that while walking to the train station together, it was I who happened to trip, roll my ankle and almost fall face first. After recovering from the sharp pain, I just knew then I wanted Kim as on board as a FYBF Featured Flogger!

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A letter to myself – before children (BC me)

Dude! Please, do not ever let me hear you say you’re bored again. Future you will put ‘bored’ in the category of ‘good day’ words. Read more books, quickly. See movies. Also see the future movies that haven’t yet been made, since future you won’t have time to see them. Then you’ll at least be able to smile and nod when someone quotes a seminal movie line like ‘I love lamp’.* (Yes, I will remain highbrow, even in the future when I’m grown up).

Stop standing up when you eat. What are you, a horse? You’ll be doing it for a living later (yes, yes, you’re not infertile and will breed two lovely girls. You’ll be eating breakfast and lunch in the kitchen while said lovely girls pull on your clothes for impossible things). So SIT. DOWN.

Travel. I know you are now, and you will have the chance again, but try some slightly harder places. Climb to Machu Picchu, see the Moai statues in Easter Island, ski in Japan, and go spice mad in Marrakech. There is so much to see and such rich and amazing culture to experience. One day you’ll be trying to learn about it all through SBS and it’s not enough.

Don’t worry so much about your peer group. This will sound bad, but, umm … why don’t you try on a few more hats? You will be wearing the hat you marry for a long time. That long-term thing you do? Stop! Immediately!

A few more words of advice from future me to you, in brief: don’t think so hard, don’t work so hard, definitely play too hard, exercise a lot (and your body will and does thank you later), and smile whenever you can, knowing you have two beautiful girls coming along to change your life forever.

Also – in March 2013 you will have a cold. Try and take some echinacea in February 2012. Ok? Thanks. Mwah.

*In case it’s driving you crazy, this is from Anchorman.

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FYBF Featured Flogger – Em from Have a Laugh on Me

February 22, 2013 By: mamagrace7176 Comments

Em from Have a Laugh On Me is one of these bloggers that just kinda popped out of nowhere and has been a pleasant discovery! Unless it turns green with envy from seeing the photos of her birthday weekend to beautiful Port Douglas, the rest of the time I leave her blog with a massive smile on my face!

It was a natural choice to have her as the next FYBF Featured Flogger!

You can follow this loveable, cheeky gal over at Facebook or on Instagram (@emilyhavealaugh).

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Motherhood – it’s the best of times and the worst of times.

Until I was a mum I honestly thought that the stress of my job and my chronic insomnia was much harder to live with than motherhood could ever be – oh how wrong I was.

It’s like you’ve been given the world’s hardest job, have no clue how to do it, and doubt everything you do. There’s no instruction manual and everyone has an opinion and are secretly, or not so secretly, judging you.

And there’s none of this knocking off early or going home at 5pm to drown your sorrows in a bucket of wine or vodka – because your work follows you home.

It clings to your leg, spews on your shoulder, tells you that your breath stinks and asks you 35 questions in the space of about 20 minutes, most of which you have no clue how to answer.

There’s no HR manager to complain to about your work conditions, for example the fact that you are constantly knee-high in shit, washing, dishes, and that you don’t get sick days or a yearly bonuses.

I know the corporate world can be cut-throat but it’s nothing compared to the daily battles taken on by a sleep-deprived mum – particularly those with multiple kids.

However, it goes without saying, (but I have to say it so you don’t all think I’m a heartless bitch) that the kickbacks of being a mum are miserable, I mean immeasurable!!

Some things I wish someone had told me about being a mum.

1. You will find solace in the bathroom and wonder how the hell you’ll survive the day, as the kids attempt to bang the door down.

2. Giving birth is horrifically painful, there’s no sugar coating it. And why did no one ever tell me about the ‘ring of fire’?

3. Babies don’t know how to sleep or breastfeed – you have to teach them – and they’re not fast learners.

4. Make kids eat what you do, if they don’t, starve them, they’ll soon learn not to be fussy.

5. If you haven’t already got shares/stocks in coffee, alcohol, chocolate or coke – now is the time to invest.

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FYBF Featured Flogger – Tracey from Bliss Amongst Chaos

January 11, 2013 By: mamagrace7169 Comments

By now, you’ll be all aware that there’s lots of thought and consideration in picking an FYBF Featured Flogger. Today I’m proud to present our 8th, Tracey from Bliss Amongst Chaos.

From riveting, highly-imaginative short stories to heartfelt posts about her family, Tracey’s writing captivates me for its effortless flow and grace.

If you haven’t yet, head over to her Facebook page to start following her and over here on Twitter.

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Thanksies!

Ho Ho, Oh No! The Downside to Christmas

As the festive season is finally over, I can now sit back and reflect on what a crazy time of year it is!

And it was!

For the record, I love Christmas.

The food, the decorations, spending time with friends and family, and the joy on my children’s faces as it gets closer to Santa’s arrival all help to bring the excitement of the season to the fore.

There are however, some aspects of Christmas that I would gladly do without!

The complete madness at shopping centres for a start.

Once you’re lucky enough to find a park, inside, there are literally hundreds and thousands of people rushing around looking for the perfect gift.

I actually encountered an extremely scary woman who cornered me with her trolley as we both reached for the same item. She had a look in her eye that let me know in no uncertain terms that she intended to have it. Her nostrils flared as looked at me like she was going to tear me limb from limb. I started to imagine her breathing fire and turning my body to ash, or at the very least screaming “BAH HUMBUG!!” in my face.

I retreated.

I value my life.

I wasn’t desperate for that nose hair clipper anyway.

I’m guessing she wasn’t buying it for a gift.

And don’t even talk to me about tinsel! Not only does it leave sparkly bits on the carpet, but my cat loves the stuff! Not to roll around and play with, like all the cute Christmas pictures of kittens would have you believe.

No! I’m talking to eat!

Every bit of shiny, plastic crap she can lay her furry little paws on, she swallows.

Great strings of it!

Now if that was the last I saw of it, I could cope, but when hours later she is walking around with a long, sparkly strand of tinsel hanging out her arse, I have to draw the line!

Pulling that out WAS. NOT. FUN!

Luckily it came out easily, or we would have had vet bills as well.

From that moment on we became a tinsel free household.

As much as I do love the festive season, I am glad the silliness is over for another year.

But it will be back before we know it.

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FYBF Featured Flogger – Mumabulous

December 14, 2012 By: mamagrace7146 Comments

I’m sure many of you are now familiar with our seventh FYBF Featured Flogger, the fabulous Mumabulous.

If you haven’t, get with it! She’s delectably funny, with a sharp wit and a relentless crush on Michael Fassbender (Humana, humana!)

You can find the lovely lady flittering over at Facebook but for now, enjoy her side splitting post! Leave lots of comment love because you know it’s the thang to do, right?

Postcards From The Blog

In its short life my blog Mumabulous has been quite an adventure. For me the blogging experience is a bit like backpacking (unfortunately without the drunken shenanigans) in that it’s been undertaken purely for the joy of the journey rather than to reach any set destination. Here are a couple of postcards from the trip.

The London Olympics provided my stats with another much needed boost. In celebration of the event I put together a mish mash of medal worthy Olympic humor. I mentioned that I was “childishly amused” by a Kenyan long distance runner with a funny name – Mr Mahboob. If only my own boob could attract so much attention. With the London cauldron long since extinguished I’m still picking up searches for “Mahboob” nearly every day. Mahboob and I even caused a bit of a stir on Twitter. Some bright young thing tweeted the following enticing invitation “Click here to see a picture of Mah Boob”. You can imagine the punters’ disappointment when they were taken Mumabulous and treated to this.

The raunchy phenomena that is 50 Shades of Grey has also done much to arouse (snigger) interest in Mumabulous. I have no qualms about jumping on a bandwagon. Despite not having read that book I blogged about my own interpretation with a post titled “Fifty Shades of Earl Grey”. It basically described my steamiest fantasy involving of course Micheal Fassbender (that goes without saying. I’m completely Fass-incated). Foreplay would be a strenuous session in Chez ‘Abulous bathroom with Fass scrubbing all the mold from the tile grout. The scouring would slowly build to a climax where Fass would serve up multiple cups of tea. It seems that a lot of people are on board with this concept. I’m still getting several searches per week for “Fifty Shades of Earl Grey” not to mention the odd Fass related inquiry. Whoever googled “Michael Fassbender, well endowed” is certainly on my wavelength.

The moral is blog fans – be very careful what you write because you just never know who will be reading. I’m holding my breath waiting for a commenting from Fass!

Love

Mumabulous

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FYBF Featured Flogger – Kelly from Handmade Tears and Triumps

November 16, 2012 By: mamagrace7164 Comments

So guys, I’m still in the tropics of Bali, most likely sitting by a pool with a cocktail and if I’m really lucky, my own Ketut to heed my every beck and call (Life’s tough…)

In my absence, please give a hearty welcome to our sixth FYBF Featured Flogger, the ever witty and down to earth Kelly from Handmade Tears and Triumphs. Her blog will leave you in stitches as she reveals that she is part bogan but I also love her confidence as a mum and kick butt attitude to those who dare to give unsolicited advice.

You can track Kelly down on Facebook and Twitter. But be warned: She’s highly addictive!

Today, Kelly’s done something a little different as a FYBF FF…she’s written a gorgeous poem. Grab that cuppa, sit back and enjoy!

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Before I was a Mum

Before I was a mum, I enjoyed time on my own

But now I’m never lonely because I’M NEVER ALONE.

Before I was a mum, I wore heels every day

Now you’ll find me in flats, it’s easier to play.

Before I was a mum, this body was all mine

Sometimes my husbands ’cause he thought it was fine.

Before I was a mum, control undies weren’t needed

And my breasts were amazing (not to sound conceited).

Before I was a mum, late nights were about fun

Spent drinking and dancing, not patting baby’s bum.

Before I was a mum, afternoons were for beers

Not swim class, Kung Fu and overzealous cheers.

Before I was a mum, I slept in on weekends

Now I consider sleep an old long lost friend.

Before I was a mum, I enjoyed gangster rap

Now it’s all about The Wiggles and other such crap.

Before I was a mum, we enjoyed eating out

Long relaxed dinners without having to shout.

Before I was a mum, I’d choose wine over water

But there’s none of that while I breastfeed my daughter.

But before I was a mum, I often felt bored

And I didn’t have 3 little angels to adore.

Before I was a mum, I didn’t know the joy

Of seeing a baby discover a new toy.

Before I was a mum, Christmas had lost its spark

Now we creep in excitement, long after dark.

Before I was a mum, I didn’t know such love

The parent/child bond is worth all of the above.

So tell me Floggers, what changed when YOU became a parent?

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FYBF Featured Flogger – Shari from Your Family Survival Coach

October 26, 2012 By: mamagrace7167 Comments

Introducing you to our fifth Featured Flogger!

Shari from Your Family Survival Coach is a mum of 3 and it was her radiant positivity that captured me most about her blog. I got to live vicariously through her life as she took off on a fabulous cruise sans children. (Lucky duck!) But I particularly loved this post she wrote just last week about the sweet side of raising a blended family.

Besides her blog, you can also catch Shari on Facebook and Twitter.

For now, sit back and enjoy her post today. And don’t forget to leave lots of comment love, ‘k?

5 Undeniable Points of Parenthood Initiation

Before parenting, I can confidently say that I truly had minimal understanding of what raising children took … ignorant could be a good descriptor. My now three-time experience has proven to me that parenting really IS a roller coaster ride, pardon that tired old cliché, and the good times are grand whereas the lows, well …. not so much.

My philosophy on all this parenting shizz is pretty simple and my baseline is survival. Some days, just getting through makes Mum a champion and managing to scrape by is A-Ok. Of course there are better days that are sunny, happy, joyful and fulfilling and aha, how very cool would it be if the whole gig could be like that?

If you can learn from the misfortunes experiences of others who have walked the Mum or Dad trail before you, all the better I reckon and so if I were to disclose to you 5 things I’ve learnt – often the hard way – since becoming a parent, it’d possibly be these …

There are times when it is certainly ok to cover your ears and eyes purposefully so as not to fuel your child’s efforts at attention seeking. Think along the lines of major supermarket meltdown. Of course, a backup strategy is to pretend that your kids actually belong to someone else. The more embarrassing the behavior, the bigger the chance that you could one day find yourself proclaiming loudly, “just wait until I get you home to your Mother, heaven knows what she’ll say!!”

The scale of normal is a very long one indeed and what may be normal(ish) for me and mine may not be for you and yours. Truly, the concept of mainstream is all relative and provided the professionals aren’t knocking at your door, it’s probably all good.

Some of the friends that you had PK (pre-kids) will be casualties of parenthood. It just happens that way. The friends you used to nightclub with may not want to spend as much time with you after little’uns arrive and you’ll find that’s ok. You’ll also discover that the new friends you make via the connections with your kids will often be genuine and keepers.

Starting from the delivery itself shame and dignity are no longer in your vocabulary and it will be a loooong time before they swing by to visit, that’s if they ever come back!

Laughing solves almost anything and your children will provide you with a lifetime of funnier comic moments than a stand-up festival and best of all admission is free ….. oh, wait that’s not taking into account expenses in clothing, food and education etc etc.

Your Family Survival Coach is where I throw together ideas, resources and stories about all things family and of importantly surviving the journey. Would love to have you join in!

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FYBF Featured Flogger – Kevin from The Illiterate Infant

October 5, 2012 By: mamagrace7124 Comments

Introducing our fourth FYBF Featured Flogger and first daddy blogger…Kevin from The Illiterate Infant !

While we all have a plethora of stories about poo and tantrums, there’s always something special when you hear it from the perspective of a new daddy. Especially when he talks about how the loved-up new parent hormones took him by surprise and made him cry over X-Factor. Bless!

When not blogging, toddler- wrangling or packing boxes and moving house, you can find Kevin on Facebook or Twitter.

Please join me in welcoming Kevin on FYBF and don’t forget to leave behind lots of comment love, ‘k?

All About Kev

Like everyone in the parent blogosphere I was someone before I was daddy (or mummy). I was a musician, an artist, a traveller and a bit of a dreamer. (Ok, some clarification: by musician I mean that I would try and pick out a tune on a guitar and by artist I really mean that I would think about drawing and then drink wine and by both I really mean – pick up girls).

I was lucky to meet my soul mate and best friend in my early 20’s who shared my passion for adventure. So, using the best contraception method we had, we left Australia shortly after getting married to live in a London share house and see the world.

When we hit 30 we decided to become mature adults and move back to Sydney to realise that everyone had already spent the last 3 years growing up so we got straight into buying houses and having kids.

Before kids it was pretty much about me, then my wife, then me again. There wasn’t much space for anything or anyone else. My WTF moment came 3 days after little E was born in June 2010. My wife was completely into someone else, my sleep belonged to someone else and every waking minute, I was doing something for someone else. It was then that I learnt the lesson new parents everywhere have to learn – that life wasn’t about me anymore.

The suprising thing was, I didn’t resent it. In fact I loved it, loved the new and existing ladies in my life and watching them (and me) grow, develop and overcome. So with the impending arrival of my number two illiterate infant I’m continuing my journey from selfish git to Oprah worthy fathering Guru (Please note: I haven’t found anyone that agrees with the Guru bit yet).

The Illiterate Infant is about the journey my family and I are on. The many failures, adventures and lessons and bestof all the beautiful moments when it all just clicks. Pop in any time.

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