This question was asked several times at the Problogger Training Event I attended this weekend. And every single time I was stumped. It’s not that I don’t have a vision for how I want my life.  I am very clear about the kind of lifestyle I want, but I have no idea about what my […]

We survived the drive down to Mt Buller and back surprisingly well.  I was amazed at the boys’ ability to just sit and look out the window, without the need for electronic distraction.  Well, one was reading, the other looking out the window. The scenery between the Hume Highway and Mt Buller is stunning, with […]

The coughing sickness has been visiting our house over the last 17 days. It started with a fever, a runny nose and a cough and kept going and going, well after the fever subsided.  Mr 7 had 4 days off school all up, because the cough was exhausting him, making him cranky and tired, even […]

Today is my birthday. It’s kind of a big one.  I’m 45 today. When I woke up this morning, there were no fireworks, no fanfares, no adulating crowds at my bedside. Just another day. A child jumped on me to wake me up.  Then he snuggled in next to me for 20 minutes.  Then we […]

I once saw myself as a builder of gardens, a maker of a home.  As someone who created the perfect environment for my children to grow up in, to learn from, to explore. Today, I realised that that part of my life is over.  The gardens I built for my children to explore and enjoy […]