Shambolic Living

Caine’s Arcade

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I love this video. Caine takes the whole playing with cardboard boxes to a new level and kudos to his Dad for letting his son go wild with his imagination. The video was made by a guy called Nirvan Mullick who just happened to wander into the spare parts auto shop one day and discovered Caine's Arcade. There is now a college fund established when … [Read more...]

Dads at Home

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It seems we've come a long way in a single generation. Dads now play a much bigger role in their children's day-to-day lives than they did a few decades ago. Yet it is still unusual for men to accept the role of fulltime stay-at-home parent. Research carried out in 2010 by the Australian Institute of Family Studies identified only 7 per cent of … [Read more...]

Easter

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It has been very nice to have four days off from the real world. We had Good Friday Lunch at Flynn's Beach. Chandler is still a sad dog, missing Abbey. On Easter Sunday we ditched our traditional baked dinner to head to a newly opened Chinese restaurant in town.  When we lived in Brisbane we loved Yum Cha and we have missed it a lot since … [Read more...]

A Question of Faith

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Hippie Child laughed at me on Good Friday. It's not unusual for Hippie Child to laugh at me but this time she included  questions that left me tongue-tied. There was no food in the house on Good Friday. Despite my best intentions to get to the supermarket on Tuesday I just hadn't made it. By Thursday I should have left work and gone straight to … [Read more...]

Life’s Too Short for Uncomfortable Undies

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Well I think it's time to accept that age has engulfed me. Today I have decided (a) I need to spend more money on my undies and (b) comfort is more important than anything when it comes to underwear. (We tackle the big issues here at Shambolic Living.) The $5 for a pack of four briefs from the bargain bins at the chain stores just aren't up to … [Read more...]

A Shambolic Birthing

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If you had had a blissful pregnancy, a trouble-free birth and slipped easily into the world of yummy mummy step away from the screen there’s nothing for you to see here. On the other hand if you found the whole pregnancy/birth/breastfeeding thing a bit darn hard then open the wine we’ve got bonding to do. It’s been 15 years since I first … [Read more...]

Grey stairs.
Father with two daughters.