The Eurovision song contest final, for us, sort of hails the begining of the summer and garden parties BBQ season. It's a wonderful excuse to get together with friends and watch this quirky, often bizarre, mix of music from across Europe and the adopted European countries of Australia, Turkey and Israel. Over the years we've organised many Eurovision parties with … [Read more...] about 6 Essentials for hosting an AWESOME Eurovision Party
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The Kids’ Sweetie Jar as a Parenting Tool
Imagine telling a child that they can have all the candy from their sweetie jar they may want!Are you getting visions of horror? Unruly kids on a sugar high? Each of my kids has a sweetie jar. It is their prized possession and one that stores all their sweets, but is only opened one day a week. Sweetie Saturday A rather cool Swedish tradition we have adopted is … [Read more...] about The Kids’ Sweetie Jar as a Parenting Tool
New Year, New Me… If Only!
In the past years I've ranted enough about New Year's resolutions and how inefficient they are. It's the wrong time of year to make most resolutions... Just too dark and gloomy. Read: Forget New Year's resolutions for dieting and getting fit! However, there are 2 resolutions which, in my experience, will work: 1) Making the most of the increasing light The best time … [Read more...] about New Year, New Me… If Only!
15 Last-minute Gift Ideas, Experience Gifts
Gift-giving is so fought with pit holes : we give and get so much stuff, that we don't really want or need. Our planet is drowning in our plastic waste. SO what are the alternatives, if you want to show someone you appreciate them through a gift, but don't want to buy yet another thing. Give an experience! An expereince is perfect ... for the unexpected friend or … [Read more...] about 15 Last-minute Gift Ideas, Experience Gifts
Have an Imperfect Christmas!
Christmas, over the last century has morphed into this "magical" holiday where we are all supposed to be with family, being super happy, with an abundance of food and presents. Christmas films perpetuate this idealistic world of happy endings and miracles. The pressure for perfect in immense! (No wonder it's the time of year with the highest suicide rates in the Western … [Read more...] about Have an Imperfect Christmas!