At the start of June our 13 year old will sit his second round of mid year exams (he is in year 8). His study skills have improved since his first go last year, but something I realised this year was that while they do some work at school with the kids, I really needed [...]

I was completely shocked to find out that in Australia more than 32,000 young Australians will sleep on our streets every night.  Living where I do in Melbourne, I admit to not really seeing this at all. Not seeing it of course doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist nor that I cannot help. {Click through [...]

Back in February I published a number of posts on de-cluttering. Much of which was based on fabulous ideas from readers and today’s post on de-cluttering is also from a lovely reader and someone who I also know away from the internet. Jodie brings a great perspective to this topic as her family set up [...]

While I made this Beef Casserole in the slow cooker, you could easily follow the steps and cook it in the oven for two of hours at around 160 degrees Celsius. It is a great basic casserole, that you can add and vary depending on what your preferred veg are and what you have in [...]

Today’s post is by my friend Katie. Katie wrote her first guest post back in September last year Our Big Family Story. This post Katie share more about her family and how her and her husband go about life with 8 kids. There is just so much to love about this post – Katie’s love [...]

Today’s post is a brief snapshot of our morning routine. I have spoken before about my morning routine, but as each year brings changes to who goes where and when, it is pretty dynamic and does look different now to what it did last year for me especially. Feedback from the survey in December highlighted [...]