Soft sole shoes for kids. What and why.

by | July 14, 2019 | Parenting, The rest of it | 0 Comments

I get a lot of questions about the boys soft sole shoes. The post has moved far to far down Facebook to scroll and find it so I thought I'd write this for the website, to share what they are and why we love them, and share some interesting things I've learnt along the...

Spiced Feijoa & Coconut Cake recipe

by | July 14, 2019 | Recipes, The Urban Good Life | 0 Comments

I created this spiced feijoa and coconut cake two years ago. I had more feijoas than I knew what to do with, and none of the recipes online had the right mix of ingredients for my taste-buds. We don't cook a lot of cakes, our oven is poked, but this is foolproof. And...

Feijoa Shortcake Recipe

by | July 14, 2019 | Recipes, The Urban Good Life | 0 Comments

I can't take any credit for this feijoa shortcake recipe. I got it off my mum, she got it off her best mate, and she got it from some Radio show years ago. It's done the rounds. The first time I made it, it was so good we ate it all and made it again the following...

How to Pickle Jalapeño Peppers

by | July 12, 2019 | Recipes, The Urban Good Life | 0 Comments

Are you a spicy foods fan? Jalapeño Peppers are SO easy to grow and even easier to bottle! Not just for Subway sandwiches, these babies go with everything. With pickle, cheese and crackers, in salads, in burgers, in sandwiches, on their own. Put them on your 'plant in...

Kanga-what? The What & Why of Kangatraining.

by | January 28, 2019 | Babywearing, Reviews | 1 Comment

Before my first pregnancy, ‘exercise’ was walking 200m to the shops, to buy chocolate. If you had told the ‘pre-kids’ me, that one day, not only would I join an exercise class . . . but I’d still be there over two years later, I would have laughed at you. But...

Period Underwear: Everything you need to know & stuff you didn’t know you needed to know.

by | November 23, 2018 | Featured, Menstrual Options, Reviews | 0 Comments

Period Underwear. Before we go any further, let's just clarify that period underwear aren't the ratty, saggy undies you wear during your period. Nope. Period Underwear are underwear with an inbuilt absorbency that you wear during your period, to deal with your...