What’s your favourite childhood memory?

October 25, 2016 by Jodi Gibson

Something awfully weird happened to me today. I was driving Miss 8 to her piano lesson and chose to drive down one of my childhood streets. As I drove down the street, a wave of emotion washed over me and before I knew it, tears had sprung to my eyes. Those streets were the scenes … Read more

The one where I go all fashion blogger

August 27, 2015 by Jodi Gibson

source A fashion blogger I am not. Why? Because that would require some fashion sense, style, and keeping up with the latest trends. Not that I don’t have fashion sense or style, I like to think I am fairly much your average Joe when it comes to fashion. I’m neither stand out fashionable or stand … Read more

5 ways I’m simplifying Christmas this year

December 5, 2014 by Jodi Gibson

{image credit} It’s that time of year again. Christmas or ‘stress-mas’ as it seems to be more commonly becoming. What is supposed to be a time of joy and peace often turns into a one-way trip to stressville. But this year, as I aim to simplify my life in general, I’m also aiming to simplify … Read more

Vacations and Reflections: Part II

October 10, 2014 by Jodi Gibson

Settling back into the reality of life when returning from holidays is always difficult. With piles of washing, loads of mail to open, bills to pay and everyday routines to fall back into, it can be overwhelming. But after a day or so you find yourself slipping back into life as you knew it before … Read more

Are we over-thinking parenting?

February 11, 2014 by Jodi Gibson

Parenting is a tough gig. We all know that. Even those who are not parents know that because the parents bang on about it all the time, myself included! But are we over thinking this gig? Are we trying to raise the perfect children in an imperfect world? It seems we are trying to cross all our T’s and dot our I’s and navigate the smoothest path into adulthood for our offspring, a rainbow filled path of fairy dust and unicorns.