The flight that nearly wasn’t

- 26th March 201727th March 2017

I hate missing sleep. I sat at 2pm in front of my laptop on the airline site, making my way through the check out process and I patted myself on the back for a) actually waking up and, b) being able to get everything to this stage of organised readiness for a family

The child care mine field

- 8th November 201627th March 2017

Returning to work presents a wealth of challenges and the biggest one for parents, in my humble opinion, is the mine field that is child care. When we lived in Cape Town, child care wasn't the big issue it is here, mainly because it is affordable and back then I felt

The teenager, the diva and the tantruming toddler

- 11th November 201529th August 2016

You love, nurture and care for your children, but still there are days when you could happily pop them in a box and send them off to Timbuktu. Having a teenager has it's challenges and Jimmy is no exception. If you've been reading this blog since 19-voetsak then you'll know that