Shambolic Living

Technology in Schools – A Good Thing?

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The letter came a couple of weeks ago. Princess Child is going to need an i-Pad for Year 7. That will be $498 for the actual piece of equipment, another $59 for the aps required, then so help me it's going to need some pretty hardy protective casing if it is going to survive life in the school bag. That thing gets thrown about, stood on, sat on and … [Read more...]

A Blogging Birthday

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Break out the champagne and cake, the blog is celebrating a birthday. Yep last Friday was the anniversary of my first post. Can you believe it has been a year? What a ride. At times I have felt like Alice stepping through the looking-glass into a wild and crazy world. There have been moments I thought I was getting the hang of it, and others where … [Read more...]

We May Not Be Cut Out For a Five Star Life – and other Tales From The Road

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2,500 kilometres. 3 states. 4 stopovers. When I first started blogging I wrote a post about my guilt over not having had any family holidays for a long time (it's been about four years), I'm over the guilt, we are never leaving the house again. Note to parents of young children, don't waste money and energy on giving them experiences to … [Read more...]

Blogging on the Road

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My name is Janine Fitzpatrick and I have a problem. There is a possibility I may be addicted to the internet. On arrival in the picturesque Tumbarumba I discovered I had no mobile phone coverage. This of course means I can't hotspot my phone to my ipad and create my blogging masterpieces which are such an intergral part of your day. People I had … [Read more...]

Music to Travel By

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We have survived our nine hour journey and are now reverting back to beanies, scarves and gloves in the still-winter weather at the bottom of the Snowy Mountains. The car ride was uneventful. The highlight being my serenading the family through a collection of my favorite hits. The you-beaut techno gadget which was supposed to play the iPods … [Read more...]

Grey stairs.
Father with two daughters.