Embracing the messy, mundane & momentous
It feels like a long time since I wrote on this blog. And a lot has changed in that time. We are in the midst of a global pandemic and life is very uncertain and unsettled. I have been home schooling four kids while (attempting to) work from home. Emotions in our family have been…
Finally, the post I promised! It’s only taken almost two years to do it. Yes, that’s right. Our “new” home is not so new anymore. We’ve now been in our home for nearly TWO years! And it’s still not complete. But, I have come to realise that it may never really be “complete.” We still…
Looking for simple ways you can reduce your family’s carbon footprint? Becoming eco-friendly is easier than you might think.
Recently I’ve become somewhat of a podcast junkie. Like reading, which is another addiction of mine, there are not enough hours in the day to listen to the many and varied podcasts out there. But I try! I squeeze them in whenever I can – on my daily walks, in the car, and when I…
Parenting is full of milestones, and they come thick and fast in the early years. The first smile, first steps, first time they sleep through the night. And the “firsts” continue: their first day of school, first time they lose a tooth, first time they ride a bike without training wheels. So many firsts!! There…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would have seen that the world has gone a “little” (major understatement) mad for Marie Kondo. My social media feed has been flooded with pics of perfectly folded clothes, captioned with Kondo “lingo”. People all over the world are getting their #kondo on, posting prolifically on social…
People often ask me what it’s like to be a working mum with four kids. And there’s really only one word that comes to mind: intense. You see, life is set to a default setting of “busy” when you’re wrangling multiple little people. But when you add work pressures, social commitments, school obligations and extended…
5 ways to calm the chaos – How I am coping with busy Lately I’ve been struggling with the pace of life. I am parenting and ‘adulting‘ at a fast and furious speed and it’s not sustainable. I’ve been in this position before and I know if I don’t switch gears I’ll combust. Plus, we are…
