This post is part of my 2020 Christmas series. Click here to find other posts in the series. Healthy homemade Christmas food gifts in a jar are a great personal gift you …
Give the gift of reading this Christmas – Puffin Giveaway
Books are always a big feature of Christmas at our house. A love of reading and encouragement of reading is absolutely one of the best gifts you can give your kids. Reading …
Soda Press Co. Organic Kombucha Concentrate Give Away
Soda Press Co. was founded in 2014 in New Zealand and has grown to be one of the world’s leading premium organic syrup and concentrate companies. They are a super innovative company …
Monthly review: keeping busy at bay
As a resident of Melbourne, my life has been run at a very different pace for most of this year. Being under COVID-19 restrictions for such a long time and being confined …
A Melbourne Christmas Gift Guide
I wanted to create this Melbourne Christmas Gift Guide because as a Melbourne resident, I am pretty excited about the easing out of our extended and incredibly tough lockdown. I know that …
Garage Sale Trail – make money, save money by putting secondhand first!
Have you heard of Garage Sale Trail? It is a multi-award-winning community and sustainability event that takes place nationally in November. Garage Sale Trail sees over 400,000 Australians taking part in one …
Getting organised for Christmas – a checklist
It is eight weeks until Christmas and now is the time to start thinking, planning and getting organised for Christmas! Yes there is still plenty of time, but if you start and …
Is my child ready for school after this COVID-19 interrupted year?
Determining whether your child is ready for school can be a very stressful and challenging decision. With our kids, we have made our decision based on each individual child as opposed to …
Christmas theme ideas 2020
It is close to only 9 weeks until Christmas – what a year we have all had! Today my post on Christmas theme ideas 2020 kicks off my Christmas planning series. Choosing …
Monthly finds – amazing Australian people you should know
If you haven’t heard, my crowdfunding campaign on Pozible for Adapt Relax successfully hit its target! I am so ecstatic and cannot wait to get Adapt Relax into the hands of all …
6 tips to save you time online
Most of us spend plenty of time online both out of necessity and choice. These tips will help you to save time online. Spending some time upfront to implement these processes and …
24 tips to make life easier
In a little over 24 hours, my crowdfunding campaign on Pozible will close. If you haven’t seen my campaign, With the amazing support of readers of this blog, friends and family I …
Monthly review: looking forward and planning ahead
Goodbye September and hello to the last quarter of 2020! September was a full month spent in Stage 4 restrictions, but when I reflect back over the month while there was not …
11 great documentaries on Netflix Australia
There are some fantastic documentaries to watch on Netflix Australia. Regular readers of this blog will know that I usually don’t watch very much TV or streaming services like Netflix. This did …
Introducing my new project – Adapt Drinks!
I would like to introduce you to Adapt Drinks – a functional beverage company making adaptogenic herb based drinks to help you accommodate the varying physical and emotional stressors of daily life. …
15 new books for 12-14 year olds
I am super excited to be able to publish this excellent list of books for 12-14 year olds from best selling Australian author Allison Tait. As Allison notes below this is an …
Monthly review: making it through Melbourne lockdown
In my July review – Monthly review: family and friends and sunshine – I shared some photos and reflections of my wonderful time away during the school holidays. We managed to get …
Helping your child with mental health issues – one parent’s story
Having a child with mental health issues is a huge challenge for any parent. There is no manual or guide book to take you step by step through what you will need …