Shambolic Living

Alphabet Soup

Janine — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:46:30 +0000

So I tried to work my way through the alphabet in the A to Z Challenge. I got to S before the internet dropped out and the family went into meltdown, wandering aimlessly around the house with zombie-like expressions on their face declaring “there’s nothing TO DOOOO, we have no internet!!!”. It’s probably for the...

Sunrise

Janine — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:50:52 +0000

My brother captured a magnificent Anzac Day sunrise today.

Retro Recipes – Anzac Biscuits

Janine — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:44:28 +0000

I’ve fallen behind in the A to Z Challenge, now doing a desperate attempt to catch up so I’ll do a few posts tonight. In honour of Anzac Day here’s a recipe from my Nana’s old recipe book. Anzac Biscuits Mix together 1 cup each of rolled oats, sugar and flour, 3/4 cup of coconut...

Photographic Evidence

Janine — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:45:37 +0000

Parents of young children, listen up, this is the ONLY piece of parenting advice you need. When you go above and beyond with your children TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS. You know all those activities that are messy, time-consuming, challenging? When you go to the effort of making them happen it is really important that you retain evidence....

Motherhood

Janine — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:44:35 +0000

It was always going to be a recipe for disaster. A woman who never held a job for longer than 18 months (I have attention span issues), couldn’t manage to keep her bedroom in the share house tidy, and still called her mum for a loan when the electricity bill was due. This is the...

Kindness

Janine — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:17:12 +0000

The other day I was rushing to get to an appointment I was nervous about. In my hurry I dropped a glass bottle of soft drink and it smashed to smithereens on the footpath. I put down my bag and started to try to pick up the many pieces of shattered glass when the local...

Joy

Janine — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:56:27 +0000

I’ve posted this photo before but I’ve trying to come up with something for a “J” word and I just reckon this dog looks absolutely joyous. Photo by David Fitzpatrick I’m going to try to take part in the A to Z Challenge Blog Hop this month. That means each day a post...

Ideas

Janine — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:41:25 +0000

I’m an ideas person. Ideas, I’ve got a million. Execution and follow-up not so strong. But I can think outside the square. Come up with solutions to your problems (probably better at solving your problems than my own but that’s OK). Watching TV last night I came up with one of my best ideas ever!...

Chocolate

Janine — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:43:12 +0000

I ate an entire box of chocolates in one day and I didn’t share them with anyone. It was Easter, which I know is about Jesus and stuff, but heathens that we are it tends to be about the chocolate in our house. It was a bit of a dud Easter to be honest. A...