Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone

Would you leave your 9 year old child in the middle of a city and hope they’d find their way home? The answer to…

Last October, during our wonderful Tin Can Bay holiday, an impertinent corner of one of Tracey’s teeth decided it was sick and tired of…

Now when your wife nudges you awake at 2.30 in the morning and asks you to cuddle her…well, let’s just say I thought the…

Bad night with Miss1 – her asthma was playing up again. After nebulising her, and even giving her Redipred, without any noticeable success we decided to…

“Lots of things that couldn’t be done have been done.” Charles Auston Bates

With a kidless wedding to attend, today was a nightmare in time management. Preparations began the previous night, with bags to be packed and…

Uncle Jason has surprised us all by applying to go on the popular game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. If Jason makes…

The Marketman came through again this week with 15kg of sweet, succulent grapes for $25. We’ve filled the bottom crisper in the fridge and…

Sometimes I’m blown away by people’s generosity. A good friend of Tracey’s gave us all their kids puzzles today because her children have grown out…

“Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.” Redd Foxx

After keeping the kids in the car for over 6 hours out of the 10 we were away from the home yesterday I thought…

You know what I love about getting up early? Absolutely nothing. We were up this morning at 5am and out of the house at…