Quick recap of the rest of our trip, which was great! After the morning at the splash park and bouncy pillow, we went back to the hotel...

We are here! Current view Yesterday I had the morning with the kids while Al worked, so I tidied/cleaned the house, we did some yard work...

I am on a week break from work, starting from Wednesday this week until next Tuesday. This was really needed after such a busy period,,...

This week has had a few highs and a couple of lows. Highs: We got a dishwasher installed! When we bought the house 18 months ago, we...

I’m pretty devastated because I just wrote a detailed post on what I do for work that took me a long time, and somehow only the heading...

August had some definite ups and downs, but more downs (just SO many work deadlines causing stress and exhaustion), so I’ve been looking...

My sister in law and her husband are on holiday for a week in a resort close by. We’ve had a couple of fun visits. We loved catching up,...

Weve got a few reliable dinner options in our house at the moment. Dinner can be a challenge because E loves salad but not red meat, O...

We had a fairly low key but nice weekend. I did not work at all (hooray!). All my grants are in, I got a one week extension on my other...

The last two months have been hard- basically nothing but work, work, work. Including many nights/early mornings and weekends. Plus a...

I didn’t plan to have so long between blog posts but this past week has been hard. Winter in Australia brings illness and a very busy...

This week, we somewhat spontaneously decided the kids needed a screen-free week, and potentially no screens on week nights going forward....

Due to my current work overload, I originally planned to work Sunday. I planned to take Saturday off work, take the kids out Sunday...

The last two weeks have been difficult. I’ve been pretty overwhelmed by my volume of work due to grant season (lots of early morning,...

Sarah Hart-Unger suggested a mid-year check in on her recent episode of Best Laid Plans , and it timed perfectly with a) my time off to...

Pretty little creek near my parents place Returned home yesterday from a great little mini-break to my hometown, Melbourne. 7 year old E...

I had planned to write a couple of blog posts last week but it didn’t happen- mostly because work has taken up EVERY spare moment of my...

What a week! So much happened. The week was already going to be busy with E’s last week of term before two weeks of break from school,...

Yesterday was a holiday for me but not Al or ghe kids so I had an opportunity to have a “shouldless” few hours and I made the most of...

I was going to do a June goals list but we are almost mid way through June, so I kind of missed that boat haha! So instead I’ll do some...