The hardest part about making this list of my favourite family cookbooks is keeping it reined in. I love, love, love cookbooks. I love reading them, I love looking at them and, yes, I even love cooking from them. That's the number one way a book can make it onto my...
Before we can truly be organised in life, we need to get the little bits sorted. It's the little bits that get in the way. Like, before I got myself a stationery caddy, I could spend ages looking for a pair of scissors, a thumb tack, a rubber band, a life. “Who has...
You teen has landed their first job and it's a fantastic opportunity to further the 'pocket money' talks. Finance writer Michelle Bowes talks us through five important money moments when your teen starts their first job. Everyone talks about how expensive babies are –...
Sending a small gift is a lovely way to let someone know you are thinking of them. Even better if it's a beautiful homemade gift you've carefully created. It is so special knowing that someone has taken the time to create something just for you. In this extract from...
My darling kiddos, I've been saying this to you forever and nine times out of ten you completely ignore me, but here we go again: make your bed. Please, just go and make your bed right now. It seems like such a simple thing. The kind of thing that makes your brain go...
Sweaty boy smell... need I say more? Sorry you weren't eating were you? Seriously it is right up there with pongy feet in my top list of things that make me gag. Also on the list would be dog farts, kid farts, husband farts, ham and egg sandwich left in a schoolbag...
A week or two of lazing about doing not much at all is brilliant. Six weeks of it is ironically exhausting and definitely not the way for kids to shake off an old school year and get ready for a new one. The best way to make the most of the break is to structure the...
We love good household tips around here, especially when they come from The Country Women's Association of Victoria. The CWA knows their homemaking! We're talking household tips passed from woman to woman over generations. The kind that work and are often a bit...
This year, huh? This #$%* year!!!!!!!! And we're not even located in Victoria. Oh Victorians, we feel for you. Let's hope it keeps on getting better for you, but in the meantime there are the school holidays and, let's face it, they are already a bust. How can kids...
You know the letter, the one that says your contract is about to expire and here are the new rates? The letter you place in a file or drop in a pile and ignore? It’s the letter that fills you with dread because you know that deep down (read: immediately) you should...
You'd be amazed at how many mums have asked me for advice about periods. (Or maybe you wouldn't. Getting the 'period talk' right is a preoccupation of many of us.) And the number one question I get asked the most is, "Which period undies are the best?" I think my...
Here's the thing, my darling kiddos. You definitely do need to do something to make your mum feel better. Parenting is a bloody frustrating gig. No one does what they say they'll do, when they said they'd do it. "In a minute" is the phrase a mother is most likely to...
Don't you love an easy-breezy recipe that's also good for you? Me! I love those recipes! I especially love this low carb salmon burger recipe because the kids can make them. They're really tasty and boy do they make a welcome change from chicken tenders. Do your kids...
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