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The Sunday five....
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Reader! Hello. I'm writing to you from Noosa this weekend (for my international friends, that's a beach town in Australia). We are here with all our clan, to celebrate my parent's 50th wedding anniversary. What an achievement hey, 50 years?!! Our family is a fairly rambunctious bunch, so it's been loud, colourful (in all the ways you can understand that word), and full of laughter. "What do you think it would be like to have been married for 50 years?" "What's been the secret to their marriage?" (or the "trick", as my 10 niece phrased it). Their thoughts have ranged from the hilarious, "They've been alive for 10,000 years, so 50 years isn't much," to the unknowingly poignant, "neither of them has died" (7yo niece), and the insightful, "They help each other, and they trust each other" (10yo niece). It's been fun and interesting to talk about these things, as well as extremely precious for us adults as we share this milestone with our parents and have extended family time together. On a totally different note, this is a *wild* podcast series about love, deception and catfishing. In six episodes, your mind will be blown. If relaxing to true crime is your jam, give this a whirl. Eat Australian Lumberjack Cake You've heard of Pavlova, the quintessential Australian dessert - but have you heard of the Lumberjack cake? This is my husband's favourite, so I make it for his birthday every year - which happened to be just last week. I instantly knew this was one to share with you. It's super simple (you'll probably have all the ingredients you need in your cupboard already) and super delish - enjoy! Sing along to the Skipping Girl Playlist Oh, you beautiful souls, we've got 90 minutes of fun tunes to kick off the Skipping Girl playlist to help you bob along throughout the week! Keep commenting here or replying to this email with your favourite songs, and I'll keep updating it! Ok, that's it for this week! If you want to share this issue of The Sunday Five via text, social media, or email (then please do!) Just copy and paste this link: https://skipping-girl.ck.page/posts/the-sunday-five-aug4 Have a great week Reader Louisa P.s. I have written this in between conversations, swims and glasses of aperol so please forgive me any typos! |
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Skipping Girl is for folk who are... passionate about the people they love, curious about the world and inspired to build their village.
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