Life Issues: Transitions

Transition. In my circles, we talk and think about transition in terms of the process by which our kids are readied for primary school and, later, as they get ready to …

Life Issues: Sibling Shenanigans

If you were to ask me to describe the school holidays just gone in two words, I’d say Sibling Shenanigans. With three boys aged 9, 7 and 4, there are always …

How to Find “Us” Time

Remember when it was just the two of you? Weekends were full of possibilities. A trip to the arthouse cinema followed by supper at some fabulous laneway bar perhaps. Or a …

How to Find “Me” Time

Over the years, many people – mostly women, and of those, mostly Mums – have said to me, “You’re so good at making time for yourself”. One in fact, has been …

Three Take Home Messages from #PBEVENT

It’s taken me pretty much all week to mentally sift through all the incredibly interesting, inspiring and informative teaching I heard last weekend at this year’s Problogger Conference a.k.a #pbevent. As …

My Professional Photo Shoot

Recently, Mr SnS decided he needed some new head shots (professional photos) for his blogs and other work bits and bobs. He approached the fab Gina Milicia, who he has …

My Mid Year Stocktake – July 2015

I can’t quite believe we are just over halfway through 2015. Can you? Increasingly I’m repeating that old cliche: wow, doesn’t the time fly? But it’s never been truer for me. In …

What’s News at Shenanigans Central?

  Well, just for something different, it’s been busy times here at Shenanigans Central. In amongst the usual first term shenanigans, I’ve been madly preparing for our upcoming trip to the …

The Best of 2014

Tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999. Well, perhaps that should read “like it’s 2004”, the last NYE I celebrated before I first fell pregs. Truth be told, however, things will …

The Makeover

Why hello there! Thanks so much for popping by to check out my new look blog. What do you think? I’m really thrilled with the result and I think the …

The Liebster Blog Award Edition

So last week the fabulous Vicki over at The Fashionable Mum nominated me for The Liebster Blog Award. What’s The Liebster Blog Award I hear you say? In a nutshell, The …