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New Year’s Resolutions Checkup

February 19, 2009

Fifty days in, and I think it’s time for a check on how the New Year’s resolutions are going. I’m not generally a huge fan of New Year’s resolutions. I tend to make at least one anyway just so I’ve got something to say when someone asks “So, what are your New Year’s resolutions?” (Does […]

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Holiday Hangover

February 16, 2009

Hands up who’s struggling to get back to their real life routines after the school holidays. It can’t be just me, surely! After spending a week with my folks over Christmas, we were back home for 10 days, then off again for two weeks at the beach in our caravan. Then it was seven days […]

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Menu Planning

February 13, 2009

Now that I’m reluctantly pulling myself out of holiday mode (yes, I know holidays finished ages ago!), it’s time to think a bit more about what we’re eating and how much I’m spending on groceries. Enter meal planning. During the “normal” part of the year (that is when I’m not relaxing on one of our […]

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Confessions of a procrastinator

December 4, 2008

I was going to tweet this one little confession on Twitter. I cajoled my husband into buying a lovely old piano when we first moved into our new house, which he did on the proviso that I learn to play. Of course I would learn, I said. That’s the whole idea of buying one. Why […]

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Looking after yourself

November 14, 2008

Here I am on the sunny side of a lingering virus. I know I’m on the mend because I’m actually beginning to formulate some posts in my mind. I’m beginning to feel like writing again. In case you hadn’t noticed, posting here hasn’t been high on my to do list of late 🙁 It’s been […]

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Where do babies come from?

September 10, 2008

It’s an innocent enough question from a three year old and one that I would expect to be able to answer with enough detail to satisfy, but vaguely enough so as not to encourage more difficult questions at this stage. So far our older kids (7 & 5) have been happy with the “you grew […]