Shambolic Living

Not Sure I’ve Mastered the Self-Help Advice

Janine — Fri, 04 May 2012 23:57:12 +0000

If you are going to write a book I reckon self-help is a pretty lucrative sector of the market. While the authors in the literature genre struggle to make a dollar from their beautifully descriptive, emotionally challenging works of fiction the self-help crowd have the mighty dollar flowing in. They have learnt the skill of...

Diary of the $120 Food Challenge

Janine — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:09:30 +0000

Well we’ve got through the week trying to live on the one grocery shop, how did we do? Probably not a raging success. I was attempting the $120 Food Challenge. Saturday Pantry clean out. Inventory of supplies. Plan the menu. Do the shop. Go over budget by $50 by adding in way too much expensive...

$120 Food Challenge

Janine — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:18:36 +0000

An expedition into my pantry this weekend turned into a Hitchcock thriller. Attack of the Moths. We seem to be harbouring a colony of flying creatures. I know that is bad. I know it makes a statement about my housekeeping skills – but hey I’ve never put my hand up for Homemaker of the Year....