Shambolic Living

2012 Favourites

Janine — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:33:50 +0000

Taking a moment to consider my “favourites” for 2012. My favourite song of 2012 is from Delta Goodrem. It’s dedicated to a childhood friend she lost in an accident in 2009. It’s absolutely beautiful and deeply sad. The speech of the year goes to Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. When she stood up in Parliament and...

TV In The Bedroom Yes or No?

Janine — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:45:41 +0000

I’m sure if we had gone to counselling before the wedding there would have much time spent on whether we were on agreement on the big issues. Do you want children? Will the children be raised in a religion? How will you handle finances? Will somebody stay at home with the kids or not? However,...

Trapped in Re-runs

Janine — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:23:03 +0000

We don’t have pay TV – Mr Shambles is a conscientious objector to paying for television – “they want me to pay for this drivel?” However, he did upgrade our 13-year-old television to a digital model. So now we can’t get the ABC at all and during rainy weather (and let me tell you it...