Have you ever been mountain climbing? Unless you count the steep street I walk up every weekday to get the kids from school then it’s a “no” from me but just an hours drive from my home are the beautiful Glass House Mountains, that’s where the real mountain climbers go for a bit of action. [...]
Now follow me on this one, I got a phone call from my sister telling me that she had heard from Pat (my ex step fathers sister) that Eric (yep…he’s my ex step father) was in hospital with a perforated bowl and he was going into surgery. Not the best way to spend the Queens [...]
Natalie(5 years old) has just learned how to play UNO, it’s a great family game. We were all sitting at the table playing when Natalie put down her second last card. Wanting to help her I said “what do you say?”, she looked at her last card then yelled out “BINGO”. It [...]
We just had a visit from my mother recently and out came the goodies, vegetables and fruit from her garden, home made pickled produce and soft cheeses. Yum yum! We were also given an open tin of caramel, that didn’t last long I can assure you, as well as a bottle of [...]
I was thinking that it might be nice to draw up a family tree for the children before family members start dying and I lose information about distant relatives. Then I realised that with each divorce a new branch is formed which means the humble family tree is more like an old [...]
I am just absolutely sick and tired of people expecting women to enter the workforce once their youngest starts school. Children NEED a parent at home. If they come home to an empty house do you really think they are going to do their homework? Do you think their meals [...]
Every one has an opinion about the train wreck that is Britney Spears. Some would say that she’s stressed out with her kids and fame blah blah blah but when I was 26 I had a three year old and a one year old and I didn’t turn to drugs and [...]
I believe every family needs “family time”. What ever your family is “into” you should take advantage of it and use it to cement your family members into a unit. We like action and adventure and a big bag of chips so we watch an episode of Xena every Saturday [...]