March 2014

Petrol prices are on the rise. It usually costs around $70 to fill up my humble Ford Focus at the bowser, but yesterday it cost me $80! That’s a pretty significant jump in a few weeks. According to ABC News’ latest report they are set to soar this year and we’ll be getting more pain…

For most of us, dragging ourselves out of bed in the morning and then fighting traffic to get to work, feels like work itself! I know by the time I pull up outside work, I feel like I’ve already lived a day! My mornings consist of writing on my blog (yes – getting up in…

As a busy mother of two I’ve spent a few long nights at accident and emergency in the hospital. Most injuries have been for my son, now nine, who as a regular boy has got himself into all kinds of trouble. Just to name a few my son cut his thumb open with a blade…

Stay-at-home holidays are a great opportunity to declutter. I spend most holidays bum-up and head down inside cupboards, boxes and crawling around rooms looking for junk. You’ll find me inside kitchen cupboards, pulling stuff down from our storage cupboard, fiddling in my kids toy boxes and digging around in bathroom cabinets on my BIG junk…

I’m considering getting life insurance so I’m looking for reasons to invest. I don’t want to be one of those egotistical humans who thinks ‘I’m going to live forever.’ In fact, I’ve got a very true, possibly over-exaggerated, sense of mortality. I’m not sure if this is because I’m ‘the writer type’ and I have a wild…

I’m considering getting life insurance so I’m looking for reasons to invest. I don’t want to be one of those egotistical humans who thinks ‘I’m going to live forever.’ In fact, I’ve got a very true, possibly over-exaggerated, sense of mortality. I’m not sure if this is because I’m ‘the writer type’ and I have a wild…

Oh I remember those pregnant days. I remember those nights trying to sleep on my back. I recall licking away at triple chocolate ice-creams at my work desk and loving the fact that I could eat whatever I wanted while also being a complete motionless slob. Life was a mix of hard work and never-to-be-forgotten…

When purchasing an investment property hubby and I did the opposite to most people. We bought our investment property first and then our family home second. Our investment was two little cottages on the one title in a quaint country town in Australia. It was the first property we ever purchased and these little cuties…

We are a laid-back bunch here in Australia. We love to arrive at parties in the latest and greatest car, consume platters of food and copious amounts of  alcohol while standing around a BBQ discussing our beautiful home and latest renovation projects. We are a lucky country but it is actually quite astonishing to look…

Getting creative about home decor is a blast – especially when you save stacks of cash in the process. I love to leave my house and go on holiday but sometimes the best part of leaving is coming back. There’s nothing nicer than one’s own couch, the pressure of one’s own shower and being able…