Come to Da Vince and spoil mum on Mother’s Day with a two course lunch guaranteed to leave mum feeling content, happy, satisfied and loved.

Mother’s Day 12^th of May 2013
Bookings Required

Full Breakfast & Pancake Menu Available
From 9.30 am till 11.30am

Mother’s Day Lunch Set Menu Only
From 12 pm till 2.30 pm

Adult’s $25.00pp 

Afternoon Tea & High Tea Available
From 3 pm till 5 pm

Please note there is no alcohol permitted on our premises

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Available from 1st December till 23rd December

Savoury

• Tea Sandwiches:
  • Turkey and Cranberry
  • Ham, Swiss Cheese and Seeded Mustard
• Mini Asparagus and Cheese Quiche
• Mini Bruschetta topped with Bocconcini, Tomato, Basil and Olive Oil

Sweet

• Plain Scone with Strawberry Jam & Chantilly Cream
• Assorted Christmas Delights

Accompanied by either a Christmas Mocktail or Coffee or Tea.

$30.00 per head (Minimum 2 people)
Bookings Only 48 hours Minimum Notice Required – Price and Menu Subject To Change Current as at 1/11/12

Ph: 82807507
Download our Christmas High Tea Poster

Sometimes saying and feeling these things are not natural and easy to the way your mind is feeling. I know this personally all to well.
I have been stuck in a very dark place since Saturday.
I also know all these things all to well.
I am one of the biggest preachers of it after all.
That is though because I have been in darkness and fought my way out many of times.
I am in darkness again due to my health and hormones consuming my mind and pulling it down. I struggle even more knowing I know better yet here I am stuck.

I know I will rise above it, I know I will get out of it.
Being here in darkness feels like such a waste of precious time.
It puts me behind on work, which essentially make me struggle and stress more.
It is a very vicious cycle.

I know I am not alone, I am sure many of you have felt this way or know someone who has been through similar things.
It is hard and heartbreaking for those around you too.
I hate inflicting my sadness on others. yet it is just oozing out of me like a poison at the moment.
I want to hide from everyone so noone has to see and feel my pain.
I can’t though, I am married to a wonderful man, I have my two beautiful children coming home today for the week, I have to go into work tomorrow and be around my gorgeous mum, sister and nephew and customers.
I have to use all my strength, all that I have taught myself to fight and move forward.

I am searching, struggling, scrambling to hold on but I will.

You see even the most positive people have deep painful secrets, feel darkness and feel alone.
It is quite often people like us that have been to such lows to start with and that is  why we shine so bright now.
Yet look – darkness can find you again but don’t let that get you down.
Use it as a reminder that you are only human and you will rise again.
Share your feelings, write them down, and don’t hide from the world.
It’s ok to let the world know you are not ok.
You will be surprised who comes forward and helps you through.
There is always someone willing to listen.
I personally find the hardest thing is that no one seems to understand; they look at you and say “what have you got to be un happy about?” “just get on with it” “just be happy” these words feel like knives in the heart.
Especially when your own mind is telling you these things, you know this but it isn’t allowing you to do or feel different.
Those words then translate to insensitivity and make me recluse further.

I feel for them as I understand they are only trying to help.
Sadly though words like that do not help in anyway shape or form.
In fact sometimes they can cause more harm than good at the time..
All we need is someone to listen, to have compassion.
My personal advice is to write.
I had no intention on writing this when I first started to share this picture but it just started pouring out of me.
This is how all my articles have been written.
Something comes over me and my heart starts pouring out.
It is one of the most therapeutic things in my life.
I wish I felt this way with exercise lol

I believe I am here for the purpose of helping others and through sharing my stories, I know I have already began to make changes and that is why I am no longer afraid of telling everyone and anyone who I really am and how I am really feeling.
If my hardships have been given to me to be able to help and understand others then I wear these scars proudly.

My current state of darkness is coming from being very ill for a very long time that has progressed and battling with hormones that should only be once a month I have experiencing them for three.
That is only leaving me one clear headed week a month.
I am on homeopathic medication which is helping some areas.
This is just going to be another long journey like all the ones I have been on in my life.

My gorgeous daughter Bella turned to me a few weeks ago and said she is afraid I won’t have a long life because with all I have been through so far, most people may experience spread out over a lifetime.
She said she hoped that the rest of my life would be an easy breeze then because that is what I deserve..Bless her sweet heart.
I had to to tell her that we all have our journeys and there is no such life without pain and suffering but what you walk away with at the end of each suffering and journey is priceless and what defines us.
I would rather this life and journey than someone who sits back with now goals, no heart, soul or inspirations

I am trying hard to exercise and clean eat but it is almost like trying to slay a dragon!

I have so much work to do and feel disappointed in myself for not being able to just get on with it.

I am many kg’s overweight and none of my clothes fit me except for my work uniform. Thank goodness lol believe me I have considered wearing it out on my day off that’s how sad it has gotten =0P
My new hair cut is terrible and I feel that I have completely lost my style.
My spunk, my sparkle, my Tashhh.

So do something about it my mind says and I am sure many of you might also say…
If only my mind would allow it.
I do it for a bit and then my hormones get the better of me, my cloud hovers over me and I wallow in my own self-pity.

Hubby asked me yesterday whist out on a walk trying to help clear my head.
“What would make my life easier right now?”

My response was long.

1.  A personal trainer and nutritionist.
2.  Rebecca from Clear Space Organising Services  who I had a wonderful conversation with last week, to come in and help me organise my life.
3.  A wig to get me through this hair depression.
4.  A new wardrobe but then I want to be slimmer and not buy clothes to fit the extra junk in my trunk which is about to be exposed with the warmer weather coming up.
5.  A personal assistant.
6.  A waitress to help in the shop.
7.  More time to do my makeup classes
8.  The time arrived when we have moved out of this dark little hole of a house that is to small for us.
9.  Self discipline and motivation to get up at 6am everyday.

I stopped at this point realising that I was just going overboard.
I am not a super star “yet” hehe..
Woj assured me that all these things will come but for now with not much money I have to be patient.
Whilst being patient I feel I am going crazy and slowly losing my mind…
I know I am not, but at this point in time that is what is circling my head….
Despite all this though, my own teachings still sit in my mind.
I am so very great full for that I have in my life.
I am rich and have abundance in love.

I must get back to it, got to get the house clean for the return of the cherubs and some emails to send…

To all that feel first hand my sadness, my anger and erratic emotions from the bottom of my heart I am sorry.
You know as well as I do this is not the real me and that once I return I will be back fighting bigger and stronger.

To all that have read this thank you for taking the time to get to know me.
If you know anyone who may be struggling at any age please feel free to pass this on and share.
If you would like to share your feelings and stories with me please do.
Do not feel as though it is another burden, it is quite the opposite.
Helping others helps take the focus out of my own head.
My light and positive energy surfaces.
If I can help even just one person feel some light through my darkness then I know this is all for something and nothing is lost or ever a waste of time.
Which is what I really believe deep down. .

Actually I just remembered something that Bella had also said a few weeks ago;  that she was so glad that I am her mum and for all that I teach her as she now helps others and passes my teachings on and that if it wasn’t for me she may not be a very nice person and that she would go to school with too much make up and foundation that wasn’t blended in! Haha…
This really touched my heart and this and this alone makes anything and everything worthwhile!!

Much love, hope, strength, sparkle and happiness to you all ♥

In pain? Unmotivated?

And no this is not an infomercial..lol 

Not living life to the maximum that you know you could be, should be and want to be?

I was all of these things and now within days of making necessary changes my body and mind and am now feeling on top of the world and this is early days!!

Get on it, watch all the series and change your life now!

I am excited and I want to share all my positive changes and feelings with you so that you all can feel amazing too!

lol I sound like a religious person preaching my new found faith..

This is not bogus, stories passed down from years of Chinese whispers this is all been proven and is basic laws of nature…

Forget what we have been brain feed my the government, banks, pharmaceutical companies, advertising companies and lets go back to basics.

This is where the future begins and how we all start to make a difference.

If our bodies and minds are physical well then we become happier and are able to give more of ourselves to help other become happier within themselves too.

 Don’t get me wrong I am still going to enjoy mum’s awesome sweet treats; I am just not going to overdose on artificial flavours, colours and preservatives anymore and will be eating organic foods and super foods as part of my daily requirements.

• No more anxiety attacks for me.
• No more feeling sluggish and foggy.
• No more poisons been put into my body on a daily basis!

 Damn I can’t wait to start growing our own veggies =)

Wow and this is coming from a girl who has been a sugar addict, anti sport/exercise, pop pills for all and any pain relief, sleep in as much as I can anytime I can kind of girl!

If I can do it, anyone can!

I actually jumped out of bed this morning after only having had 7hrs sleep which usually is border line enough for me. I certainly don’t jump out of bed ever… lol

Below is a link to one of many in the series.

Start from the beginning of the complete series if you can and watch it with your family and loved ones.

I promise if you are serious about change and living a better life and being a better you- then this is for you!

Don’t wait till you get the diagnosis I did- Do or die.

The time is now!! <3

Watch the Food Matters video

♥ Tash ♥

Today we went out and bought a juicer and for the first time ever I had celery, carrot, beetroot and apple juice.

Admittedly I struggled a little but I did it… lol

The strawberry juice was amazing, my taste buds believe that was the winner… lol

I have high toxicity in my organs, which means that my lungs, liver and pancreas are damaged. They have been struggling to function properly but luckily have been detected just in time.

First of all I would like to say to everyone that if you feel/know something is wrong with you don’t give up and don’t believe everything the doctors tell you.

Doctors and specialists have been passing me around for the past year and half saying that they have no clue what is wrong. Firstly, they’d put me on Neurontin, which is an epileptic medication with high warnings of suicide as a side effect. I actually had to inform my husband that if he noticed any drastic changes in my behaviour to tell me so we could address it straight away. This was given to me to stop my nerve spasms.

Then most recently I was put on Endep as my pains were still evident and Neurontin was no longer working. Endep is an antidepressant with a nerve relaxant which also has similar warnings similar and I have recently been told of someone who had literally lost their mind on this medication. My dad even warned me to be very careful as he was also concerned. What was I to do? If I went off this medication I would feel my pain completely and I would be suffering even more so on a day to day basis. This not only plays havoc on my body but mentally I become distressed because my family and work become affected because I am hurting too much to be present in life.

Over the past few months my symptoms had been progressively getting worse. More muscular body aches, more headaches, stomach upsets, mood swings, restless sleeping, waking tired and random body pains that feel like a knife being stabbed in my legs, arms, hips or shoulders. Last week I had to pull over twice in the morning on my way to work after dropping the kids off at school because I could not keep my eyes open and was unsafe to drive. This was not the first time this has happened to me.

I was scared and extremely concerned, yet no one around me seemed to be concerned as me. I guess when you hear a person daily complain about their physical well-being you begin to tune out. I am often left feeling that everyone is just sick of my complaints and that they were starting to believe I was just over-sensitive (which is also true) and perhaps over-dramatizing things.

I am a Leo and a bit of a drama queen at times but never where my body is concerned have I over dramatized my pain or made it up.

I have been suffering every single day morning to night for a very, very long time now. It had gotten to a point that the most enjoyable time was bedtime for me as I would be warm, eventually comfortable and once asleep, pain free.

So on Tuesday I was given a diagnosis by a 70 year old man who specializes in iridology. He has not been taking on new patients for the past 20 years and yet he agreed to see me (by some miracle – after having been referred to him by the owner of the gym we recently joined). This is a man who had clients come from overseas after being told they had cancer, were going to die and he cured them. Cancer free.

So Wojciech and I drove to Nangkita for an hour and a half to meet this man. A man who within 10 minutes of looking into my eyes wrote down all my symptoms and the causes without me telling him why I was even there. He showed Woj the spots in my eyes and they looked up together what they all meant. A few muscle tests revieled that my right side is in fact extremely weak and deteriorating.

Within the first 10 minutes of all this I was in tears. Everything all made sense after all this time. At last we had an answer from someone who actually knew what he was talking about, who cares and has immediately put me on a new life changing health plan.

I have been poisoning my body slowly over most of my life with processed foods, trans fats, refined sugars and high acid foods.

You know… I have been deep down wanting a wakeup call, something that made me turn my life around, get serious about my body and start treating it like temple. I have been wanting to go back to the old days eating off the land. Making exercise part of my daily life but nothing was stronger than my sugar addictions and laziness to exercise. Till now that is.

I have two choices now:

1. Continue on this path, have my organs shut down and die; or
2. Change my lifestyle – feed my body all the nutrients and foods it requires to live…

#1.. Is not an option!

I have two gorgeous children, a gorgeous niece and nephew, an amazing loving husband and an exceptionally wonderful family. I have the pleasure of working with my family and am helping create my dad’s (my hero) dream of a Roman Wonderland. A place for anyone and everyone to experience the joy and magic of what we do.

For all these reasons, I will make it my daily mission to do what is necessary to repair my body and continue creating this dream for my loved ones and anyone else who would love a part of it.

I have too much to offer, too much to give and too much to share to be leaving this earth any time soon!!

I told the kids when they came home from school and explained that our eating habits needed to change. They were more than happy to do so and we all went on a shopping trip to buy some essentials. We checked labels and bought our fruit and veg from the local fruit shop. It was a great start and we have all begun to enjoy this new process having now eaten two healthy dinners, snacks and lunches.

I spoke to Amy about it all today at work and she was so supportive. She said she to would like to start eating clean. So together we are embarking on a new adventure. So I have gathered some amazing recipes for us both try and we are very excited to get started. Some of the recipes look amazing. I can not wait to get cooking! I am so very happy to be sharing this journey with my sister. Not only because we work together four days a week but because eating the same will help us both. My sister is my world – I love and adore her so much and having her support means everything to me. Growing up I wasn’t a good role model for her and this is something that has deeply hurt me. Over the years I have worked very hard on being a better person and being someone she could finally look up to.

I have spent so much time and hard work on myself, my attitude, my personality and being the absolute best person I can be. Someone who my children and family could be proud of and I have achieved that. However I had been missing one vital part. Taking care of my health and well being.

Well that is all about to change.

I know this is going to be tough and at times quite painful journey but I am ready for it. One of the things I have learnt is that nothing good comes easy and you have to be willing to change and work damn hard at it daily to achieve results.

All that I have been putting out into the universe is coming back to me and as it does I will be putting it back and not only helping myself, my family but anyone who is willing to do the same.

If you have come this far in reading then you are an open spirit like me and are willing to give and receive the best this life has to offer.

So let’s begin this new journey….

♥ Tash ♥

Never will that dreaded knock on the door by mum at 4am in the morning and having heard the news that ripped my heart and soul apart, words I never expected to hear… they repeat like a haunting echo, never leaving my mind…

I expected to be in a ball, crying a waterfall of tears today but not as yet. Perhaps I have been cried all out? On your birthday I felt it the hardest. Maybe that day I experienced a sense of the reality and today I am just numb? I am I beginning to accept the truth? Many questions I as yet cannot answer.

Nonna and I went to the gardens today to see you. My first time being there since your ashes and plaque had been put in. I have avoided it all this time, feeling not ready to face what may be a hard cold slap of reality. I had planned all along that no matter what today I would go there.

Nonna called and asked if I wanted to go with her the answer of course was yes. We stayed for a while, fixing up your flowers and staring at your photo and chatting about how we still cannot accept this to be true. No tears were shed, they sun was shining nice and warm. Nonna even shared a joke with me; I know you would have had a laugh over it.

We went over to see Noels and it was then and there I decided that I do not like this place. Shane and Noels you are not there, you are here with us in spirit. Always in our hearts.  We will meet again, just because we cannot see you anymore your spirit is very much felt.

A week ago you came to me in my dream, I was so happy there you were in the shop walking towards me into the kitchen. I asked you if you were here to tell me you are ok and you smiled at me with that cheeky smile… It felt so real.

At 1.20am this morning when I was setting my alarm to wake, my ph froze on your picture which is on my home screen. There all light up his picture the time 1.20am and the date the 31st of July. It stayed for a good minute and I laid there wondering “where you giving me a sign?”

There have been many stories from us all. Many unexplainable things that give us hope.
I don’t know what in life is real and what is not in regards to life, death, spirits, miracles, etc., but choosing to believe your spirit lives on with Noels, David and grandpa gives me hope and eases my heart. With that belief slowly I will learn to accept and trust that we will all be together when it is our time to leave this earth and time for our sprits to be set free…

♥ Loving you and missing you each and every day ♥

♥ Tash ♥

We will be selling all kinds of bits and pieces including the following:

• Baby and Children’s Clothing Boys and Girls 0000 +
• Ladies Clothes Size 8 to 24
• Maternity Clothes Sizes 16—24
• Mens Plus Size Clothing
• Shoes, Handbags and Accessories
• Children’s Toys
• Baby Furniture
• Linen
• Furniture
• Knick Knacks
• Electrical Goods

So save this date, then come by & pick up a bargain – feel free to get in touch if you have any questions!

Accompanied by either a Large pot of Lipton, English Breakfast or Dilmah Tea or Unlimited Italian Espresso, Macchiato, Cappuccino, Latte, Long Black, Hot Chocolate or Hot Milo

Bookings only for High Tea please give a minimum 24 hours notice

We also cater for Pregnancy Dietary requirements

Gluten Free Available with P.O.A

You are also more than welcome to come and have a wonderful day out and enjoy anything from our menu and make a donation on the day.

We are also taking donations now.

You can also donate online by visiting http://sa.cancercouncilfundraising.org.au/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=423127&langPref=en-CA

We hope to see you for the event to help raise money in the fight against cancer

To book please phone

Phone: (08) 8280 7507
Amy Mobile: 0433 767 380

The pool at our hotel was so amazing that we decided to spend the day by the pool and down by the beach. Here’s a little video I did from the pool about our arrival experience:

It was sooo relaxing the weather was warm, the water was warm… There was a bar in the pool that served the most delicious slushies. Ahh my man was right in the daytime everything was completely different. I was happy now

After a few hours floating around we headed over the road to the beach hired ourselves a couple of sun beds with umbrellas and laid for a bit listening to the waves crashing.

The peace did not last long however as we were constantly approached by people asking us if we wanted buy something… From dresses to sunglasses to prawns and food (which I found revolting as the prawns were just out in the open frying in the sun) Ewwww why would you want to eat that? I suppose if you wanted food poisoning… yeah right!

So we escaped the hawkers by heading into the ocean. It was so much fun! We frolicked and laughed and got knocked over by the waves over and over I even had my bather bottoms fall down a few times… oh so embarrassing ha ha lucky no one other than Woj saw… I hope

A perfect ending day was getting back to our room to call my sister to hear that all the tests were cleared and Valentino was home! Now knowing he was home safe and sound with Matt, Amy and Mia where he belonged I felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders and I was able to relax completely with no sadness and guilt for being away imbedded inside of me.