finances

Oh Right, It’s an Election Year

Australia is a little bit behind the eight-ball with the whole parental leave thing. It wasn’t until the last Federal election that an idea of leave was introduced (due to start next year) which would see families who earn $150,000 or less be entitled to 18 weeks paid leave (at the minimum wage) for people [...]

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Vintage Green: The Hot Water Tank is Not Sexy

Welcome to the March Carnival of Natural Parenting: Vintage green! This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month we’re writing about being green — both how green we were when we were young and how green our kids are today. [...]

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Money and Other Indignities

We are on a strict budget at the moment. Really strict. We want to be debt free (other than our mortgage) by July or August. Money annoys me. Or the lack of money annoys me. After we got married we had close to $40,000 in debt between personal loans and credit cards. Nightmare. So to [...]

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Best Looking Mortgage Statement in the World

A definite improvement.

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Unleash the Control Freak

This year I want to get organised. And not just with the big stuff, with all the little details as well. But I suppose if I could get on top of the little stuff, the big stuff would follow. Control freakdom is creepy that way. Now, my inner perfectionist may be dead, but my inner [...]

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SAHM Setting the Women’s Movement Back?

I am so glad that I subscribed to the comments at PhD in Parenting’s article  - Dr. Phil Stay-at-home mom vs. working mom show because if I hadn’t I would have missed out an an a really interesting debate. And that’s one of the things I love about Annie’s blog is it almost always sparks intense [...]

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Jumping on the Bandwagon

I’m a little late with the whole New Years resolutions thing. And although I’m not doing resolutions this year, exactly, I am thinking about goals. What is the difference? Well someone can resolve to be healthy, happy, less stressed or organised. But, my inner control freak would tell you that all of that just means [...]

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Taking the Plunge

The silly season is almost upon us and we are going to three weddings in the next two months. All friends that I grew up with, now getting married. I think these will probably be the last weddings I go to for awhile, unless my brother decides to tie the knot, because know most people [...]

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