Your Family Survival Coach

You probably have no idea how proud I am of myself, and I don’t often toot my own trumpet. You see, I took Baby Girl – aged 2, but going on 13 (full of eye rolling and attitude, you get the picture) – away for the weekend and survived an almost 5 hour round road trip [...]

Today I mustered the courage to attempt homemade sushi rolls. I’m a recent sushi convert after realising in a derrrrr moment that sushi rolls did NOT have to necessarily encase seafood (gag) and that vegetarian or chicken rolls were damn good tucker and very, very yum. Okay, so they weren’t as ‘perfect’ as the store-bought [...]

Through trial and error (considerable error that is) I’ve discovered that the best way to ensure my family is fed well, and within budget, is to shop fortnightly. Daily trips to the supermarket were bleeding me dry with impulse buying which was neither healthy for the waistline nor purse. As I’m paid fortnightly, I decided [...]

We love pets at our place, we really do. We just have very little luck with them. It makes us all very sad, especially Youngest Son who has now been hankering for a pet for a long, long time. He really wants a cat and went so far as to find a gorgeous ginger striped [...]

I’m writing this today from the hairdressing salon. I’ve escaped here this morning for a spot of maintenance and rebuilding. This is something I do each six weeks – as I leave I book in the next appointment – because I’ve realized the value in taking some time out for me. I hope you get [...]

I’m not sure about your teenage son experiences, but this is the question I am most frequently asked by my 12 year old son. No “how are you, Mum?” or “did you have a good day, Mum?”, from the minute he jumps into the car at the school gates, it’s all about his belly and [...]