• home,  homelife

    Our home is our castle!

     “A man’s home is his castle” Darryl Kerrigan says in the 1997 Australian film, ‘The Castle’, and I must admit I wholeheartedly agree. No matter what home improvement ideas we have, we all have this belief that home improvements are all about making our environment happier and nicer to live in. It’s all about the serenity, our safe place, our refuge, from the world in which we live in. Here we are screeching towards the end of January, and I must say that life in our household has been busy over the last couple of months. We have thoroughly enjoyed the summer/Christmas holidays, but I have also been getting my…

  • homelife,  Uncategorized

    Is it financially viable to be a Stay at home Mum?

    Over the last 12 months I have asked myself time and time again if it is still financially viable for Australian family’s to have a Stay at home parent?  There are a number of blogs and websites which are rich in advice, and give tips and tricks about how to save money in many different ways (www.simplesavings.com.au), but what if you feel like you have exhausted all your options?  What if you have gone through the budget and culled everything down to the last cent?   What if you have changed service providers to get the better deals, but still you can’t afford to have a lifestyle.  Its all work…