by ARossier | Jun 6, 2016
Apps to help keep you motivated, relaxed, smart and entertained. Back in January I posted a blog about my favourite apps to help me stick to my New Year’s Resolutions. I thought six months on was a good time to recap the apps that I’m continuing to find helpful and...
by ARossier | May 30, 2016
I’m not one of those people who have a spotless fridge with nary a bill or piece of art from my children crowding its pristine white/stainless steel facade. But I did decide a few years ago that the least I could do for my fridge was to make sure I only used pretty...
by ARossier | May 23, 2016
(and not lose them in the first place) This morning I thought I’d lost an object that is very special to me: a ring that my mother had given me many years ago. Actually, I noticed it was gone last night as I was about to go to bed. Usually I take it off just before I...
by ARossier | May 16, 2016
A high tea party, of course! When my eleven-year-old reminded me that this was her year for a party (they have one every other year) I started to worry. As we live in an apartment, we often borrow my parents’ large house and backyard for parties, but theirs was...
by ARossier | May 9, 2016
Yesterday, if you were a) a mother and b) lucky, chances are you received a lovely bunch of flowers from your husband/children/daughter-in-law/grandkids, so today seems the ideal day to do a blog post I’ve been thinking about for some time – tips on arranging flowers...
by ARossier | May 2, 2016
I’ve been thinking lately about my beautiful grandmother, who is over 90 and still living independently. I have a coffee with Gran and my aunt, my cousin, my littlest girl and my mother once a week, and it’s an outing we all look forward to. I’m so pleased that Gran...
by ARossier | Apr 25, 2016
Anzac Day, of course, commemorates the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops into Gallipoli 101 years ago on April 25. It was a disastrous military operation in many ways, but it is our country’s day to give pause and thanks to the men and women who serve in...
by ARossier | Apr 11, 2016
It’s been a catch-cry in business for a few years now, but I hadn’t really thought about embracing failure until I noticed that my kids seemed worried about failing at school. It bothered me so much that I implemented a new system whereby everyone in the family has to...
by ARossier | Apr 4, 2016
Winter crafting The start of the footy season is my cue to dig out my knitting and crochet paraphernalia. This is because I know I have to surrender my TV to my husband on Friday nights, so I’ve come to accept the situation and do something I love as I sit on the...
by ARossier | Mar 28, 2016
If you have children, and you celebrate Easter, chances are you have rather a lot of chocolate in the house right now. I have three kids, and each has been given chocolate eggs and bunnies from: two sets of grandparents, school, several colleagues from husband’s work,...
