I have written a few consumption driven posts of late, so this is a bit of a balancing and perspective post for me. During the lead up to this Christmas period I have also begun reading Growth Fetish by Clive Hamilton. It is certainly an interesting time to be reading this book, given the current [...]

Image by chatirygirl Five weeks until Christmas!! I am actually getting quite excited about it too. We will be spending Christmas in the country with my family and all my 3 sisters will be there with their families as well this year. We haven’t had that happen in a few years, so it will be [...]

Last week my 10 things was on Practical Christmas Presents For Children. This week I am continuing on a gift list theme, but specific to parenting books that I think would make a great practical Christmas gifts for parents. I should note here that I have only included two that I have read myself, which [...]

Image by thebittenword.com As we lead up to Christmas and the end of the year, I am finding that I am out a bit more at night at the moment – prep information evenings (Possum starts school next year), Kinder functions, Christmas catch ups etc. So this week’s family menu plan is based on keeping [...]

Image by Hipnos Possum attends the local kindergarten, which luckily for me is just at the end of our street. The 4 year old program consists of two long days (9am-3pm) of traditional play based kinder and one half day session. Depending on what days that you choose, the half day program is taken by [...]

Image by Manicosity Six weeks to Christmas!!! I actually had to check with the Christmas Countdown Clock to make sure that I hadn’t miscalculated. Although I do feel well organised this year, it feels as though the clock is on fast forward and the days are racing by. This week I caught up on the [...]