Your Family Survival Coach

Who seriously doesn’t love a good bargain?? Look, I would never label myself a tightarse but I do always try to ensure that every last drop is squeezed out of my dollar. My income is a set amount, it has a certain distance to travel each month and saving a buck here and there enables [...]

Do you ever have those really truly shitty weeks, where from day dot (aka Monday morning) things start off in the crapper ….. and progressively deteriorate as the days drag on? Please, pleeeease say that you do, I’m begging not to be left hanging on this one. You do? Oh, good! Well, that’s kinda the week [...]

Dear Motivation I’m just writing to see how you are, it’s been a little while since I’ve seen you. Not an awful lot has happened here, but you’ve been sorely missed. It would be fabulous if you could write back soon with an anticipated date for your return. Hear from you soon love, me xxx

You know I love my iPad – I think that I’ve told you that before …. even a couple of times, right? Well, one of my favourite apps has to be the Kindle app. I love the convenience of having a bookcase of reading material all at hand in a thin little light gadget that [...]

Please tell me I’m not alone in these things? Surely it’s just not me …. – who thinks that once you’ve broken the chocolate biscuit seal that there is very little difference between having one and having seven of them? – who uses the letters from the number plates of cars in front to make [...]

With the new kitchen looking pretty schmick and fancy, I’m actually ignoring the mountain of other householdy things that need doing. It’s. Just. Too. Hard. Do you ever ignore the run-of-the-mill BORING housework to do list in favour of something a bit newer and exciting? I mean, hellllloooo, I have multiple new appliances to look [...]