Last weekend our family went mandarin picking at an orchard, which for me was a late start on my winter survival list – better late than never, and truly it felt like the first proper bit of winter anyway. It was a freezing three degrees at Varroville in south-west Sydney where I was on Saturday…
Author: Marilyn Rodrigues
I'm a journalist and married mother of five. I live in Sydney.
21 Days to a Happier Family
From my Catholic Weekly column. Dr Justin Coulson is a regular contributor to the popular parenting website, Kidspot, and is regularly interviewed on the Sydney Christian radio station 103.2 for his tips on parenting toddlers to teenagers. His latest book, 21 Days to a Happier Family, is for parents who are looking for help with…
Housework as exercise and what three weeks of tracking time showed me
I finished three weeks of writing down what I did during my days, and how much time I slept. It was an interesting exercise in finding out exactly where my hours go and why I often feel I’m not accomplishing much on some days but am still really tired by 9pm! I already blogged some details…
The most powerful drug the world has ever seen?
From my Catholic Weekly column last week. We have a three-year old boy and so every day my husband and I are reminded that three year olds are the sweetest, funniest, craziest, and most loving human beings in the whole world. Isaac makes the most of being the baby of the family, but he often…
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