So January is over and my long holiday break is no more. I thought with six weeks holiday from my real world job I would achieve SO MUCH. Instead, well I fluffed about. Here's how my holiday panned out. Mad cleaning of house for Christmas. Usual last-minute dashing around shops for Christmas presents. Hosted Christmas … [Read more...]
13 Is A Lucky Number
I am slowly coming to terms with the fact that from today BOTH of my children have "teen" added to their ages. I'm not sure how that happened. It seems like just yesterday we were teething and toilet training. I know I never qualified as a "yummy mummy" but I did wear the title "mother of young family" for a while. Now it seems even that is … [Read more...]
What’s Your Dream Road Trip?
It has been about nine weeks since our last road trip you would think I would have learnt my lesson after the twenty-six hours we spent entombed in our vehicle with accompanying dummy spitting, arguing and the odd tear or two (and that was just the parents). Yet here I am on a lazy Sunday morning imagining what the perfect road trip might … [Read more...]
Five O’Clock
Five o'clock has changed over the years. Back before husband and children, five o'clock was knock-off time. The packing up of the desk, the washing of the coffee mug, the last-minute wrapping up of a day's work before heading out into the city streets with the hundreds of other commuters. Striding past the decorative shop windows of David Jones and … [Read more...]
Technology in Schools – A Good Thing?
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...]
Laugh Out Loud Moments
Remember I set a challenge to have more fun a couple of weeks ago? Well somewhere between the driving and the arguing we did manage to have a few laugh out loud moments. Have you managed to have some laugh out loud moments lately? Do share. … [Read more...]
We May Not Be Cut Out For a Five Star Life – and other Tales From The Road
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
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
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...]
Ten Things You Need To Know About Going On Holidays
It's been a while since we actually went away during the holidays. Firstly, we live in a holiday destination, secondly do you know how much it costs to take a family of four ANYWHERE? It's school holidays now and we are doing the trip to visit family on the other side of the State. That means taking to the highway for a 9 hour trip, in a car … [Read more...]
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