Shambolic Living

Hellooo Again

Janine — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 07:37:56 +0000

Hi, I’m just here unwrapping the dust covers, brushing down the spiderwebs and sweeping up the left-over dreams of my tiny little space on the internet. I know I’ve been gone almost 12-months. I’m not even sure how that happened. A full-time, stressful job. Two daughters morphing into adults where they need you less,...

How Much Do You Reveal Online?

Janine — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:49:14 +0000

I had a post ready to go today but Hippie Child vetoed it, apparently too much “black humour”. In light of my new circumstances I am wondering about how much you can reveal of yourself online before it becomes damaging in your real life. I attended a training session for a casual job with a...

We Could Be Over Thinking Things

Janine — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 01:54:27 +0000

Let me be the first to admit I can take an idea, pummel it into the ground, dissect and distort it, work myself into a frenzy and emerge the other end with no clearer idea on what I really think about the topic anyway. When it comes to over thinking I could be President, Secretary...

Digital Parents Conference 2013

Janine — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:05:41 +0000

I just spent two days in a castle with chandeliers dripping from the ceiling. Prince Charming wasn’t in attendance, although there was a Daddy Blogger who had ripped his shirt off by the end of proceedings, a brave thing to do in a room full of women! Here’s some of what I learnt. Slow blogging...

So I Decide To Go To A Conference

Janine — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:38:32 +0000

You know you are getting old when you put your back out trying on a new pair of trousers. That’s what I did yesterday as I did a desperate scramble to get some appropriate clothing to wear to a blogging conference. If this is sounding familiar it’s because it is – remember the debacle of...

Playing Favourites

Janine — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:51:54 +0000

On the rain-soaked Mid North Coast I am contemplating decisions. Last night I decided to enter a blogging competition. It involved picking my three best posts. It was a bit like asking me to pick my favourite child. How the hell do you choose? In the end I went with: The One Where I Try...

Creating a “brand” for your children

Janine — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:40:51 +0000

When you venture into the on-line world of personal blogging you have to make some decisions. Namely, about how much you share in general but how much you share about your children in particular. My children aren’t babies so the possibility of them reading whatever I conjure up here on Shambolic Living is very real. Initially, they...

So That Was 2012

Janine — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:07:09 +0000

Well the good news is the world didn’t end. Heads up to those of you in different time zones, Australia’s still here so you’ll all be OK. There was some torrential rain around the suggested hour of destruction but no flaming meteorites. Phew. So given we all didn’t detonate during the night I’m taking the...

An Award Leads To The World’s Longest Blog Post

Janine — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:53:32 +0000

A Plea to Gen Y Social Media Inventors

Janine — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:53:43 +0000

Dear Gen Y Techno Nerds I’m calling an amnesty. Could you please stop the invention of any more social media. Just for a little while. Until I get my head around the ones you’ve already created. I’ve done my best. I’ve Tweeted, Facebooked, Instagrammed, Pinned. I know there is so much more out that, but...