by ARossier | Oct 5, 2015
Last week we wrote about classic movies to share with your children, and this week it’s classic books! Inspired by a friend who recently gave my daughter The Enchanted Wood for her birthday, here are top five books you probably once enjoyed that are great fun to share...
by ARossier | Sep 28, 2015
Every school holidays we have a movie night for the kids. We project a movie onto the wall of the living room, invite the neighbours and the nephews, ply the kids with popcorn and sweets and watch something together. My husband and I are pretty snobbish about the...
by ARossier | Sep 21, 2015
This week a friend very cheekily took a screen-shot of a text message from her mother and posted it to Facebook. Why? Her very caring mother had given my friend detailed instructions for staying warm this weekend. It is technically Spring, but the temp is varying from...
by ARossier | Sep 11, 2015
My book club used to meet for morning tea, but now we usually meet in the evening, for many reasons. Firstly, going out at night gives you an excuse to dress up. Dressing up is fun. Especially since I mostly work from home, and often I’m spending my day in tracky daks...
by ARossier | Sep 7, 2015
Some time ago, I came across the website Common Sense Media. If you have small people in your life and you don’t know about it, you should. I found it one day because my kids (who are reaching tweenagehood) were asking me if they could watch some TV show or another,...
by ARossier | Aug 31, 2015
Some weeks it all happens at once. Family members fall ill, plumbing fails, internet goes down, washing machines break. I remember once when the kids were young and everyone had gastro, I went to the car to run to the 24-hour pharmacy to stock up on Panadol, only to...
by ARossier | Aug 25, 2015
In addition, of course, to this blog, over the past year or so I’ve been involved in another project that I’m delighted I can finally talk about! Christine Bryden is a remarkable woman – an advocate, a writer, a celebrity in Japan. Twenty years ago, Christine was 46...
by ARossier | Aug 17, 2015
Have you ever knitted or crocheted … or wanted to learn how? If it’s even crossed your mind to create something out of yarn, be it a piece of lace, a sock, a scarf or a blanket, you really need to know about Ravelry. Founded in 2007 by a husband-and-wife team Casey...
by ARossier | Aug 3, 2015
So I’ve been getting into reading again. Does anyone else do this? Go through phases where they don’t read at all then suddenly, you’re not sure why, books come back into your life? Could it possibly have anything to do with Masterchef ending? Currently I’m reading...
by ARossier | Jul 27, 2015
It was a lazy weekend for me, partly because I was wasn’t feeling well and had to abandon my previous plans. But after being sick of being in bed – all day Saturday 🙁 – Sunday I decided to get my sewing machine out and distract myself (and my kids)...
