Your Family Survival Coach

There really can be no denying it anymore. It’s a filthy little secret, and I so hope you’ll keep it hush hush, but Oh Lord please help me. My Baby Girl is a pooer. I’m absolutely and totally cool with poo being a normal bodily function and a (hopefully) regular by-product of food consumption and trust me [...]

It’s no secret that a case of the sads can often be effectively treated with a decent dose of retail therapy. Aren’t I right, girls? Said therapy need not be extravagant and quite often a simple little purchase can quadruple its worth in smiles and satisfaction. Westfield was invented for a reason wasn’t it! It’s [...]

Yesirreee, it’s raining again … or still – depending on how you want to look at it, I guess. The tanks are beyond full and overflowing, the chill’run are feral, Ma, the state of the house is nothing short of disgraceful and my brain has turned to utter mush. I’d equate it to something resembling [...]

We live on the Sunshine Coast. What an oxymoron that is at the moment! It’s just NOT sunny. In fact it has been cold, bleak and overcast for days but today it has rained, and rained and then rained some. Rain is a little bittersweet for us – good solid rain means that we have [...]

It’s time to confess. Shhhhhhhh. I am a bit of a sucker for junk mail. Love it. Shiny, colourful catalogues full of so many interesting bits and pieces – some worth adding to the Christmas list, many not. All-in-all there are worse ways to spend 10 minutes while having a cuppa aren’t there? Like most [...]

In beautiful, sunny Queensland, where I live, today marks the start of the 2-week winter school holiday vacation. “Brilliant” shout the all of the kids, “sighhhhhhhhh” moan many of the Mums. It really doesn’t need to be like that, though. A while back, I posted 10 school holiday survival tips with some ideas for reliving [...]