52 items to add to your decluttering binge – try one a week for a year!
I’m on my annual summer decluttering binge. Something about the new year gives me energy and makes me crave order. Over the past few years I have gone through most …
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Dear Children: Please, just make your bed
My darling kiddos, I’ve been saying this to you forever and nine times out of ten you completely ignore me, but here we go again: make your bed. Please, just …
Helping our kids slow down and do nothing
It’s the holidays and you’re too busy with work / too broke in general to plan a getaway for the kids. You’re also hoping they’ll slow down and do nothing, …
How to banish your home of ‘boy smell’
Sweaty boy smell… need I say more? Sorry you weren’t eating were you? Seriously it is right up there with pongy feet in my top list of things that make …
What my kids do when ‘there’s nothing to do’ in the holidays
Happy new year! I know, I’m slow with my happies this year. We’ve been away climbing in the (non)snowy mountains (where I achieved the unimaginable) and doing beachy things down …
Make the most of school holidays at home
I’ve seen a lot of articles around about ‘staying sane during school holidays at home’ and I get it, I really, truly do. The holidays at home are hard work …