Shambolic Living

We May Not Be Cut Out For a Five Star Life – and other Tales From The Road

Janine — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:01:45 +0000

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...

Weekly Photo Challenge – Regret

Janine — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:02:14 +0000

Regretting trying to catch THAT wave! Surfer was fine.

Lord Howe Island – A Family Holiday

Janine — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:24:40 +0000

Despite my inclination for home and hearth occasionally I must hoist myself out of the lounge and into the big wide world to give my children experiences beyond their small hometown and away from the digital activities that seem to control their free-time. Lord Howe is a spectacularly beautiful island, off the mainland of Australia....

Is the Family Holiday Dead?

Janine — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:50:10 +0000

I’m feeling a little guilty at the moment (a lapsed Catholic I feel guilty almost constantly). It’s school holidays and we have gone nowhere. Now if that was a once off I wouldn’t mind, but we spend a lot of holidays, well not actually holidaying anywhere. You can count on one hand the number of...