Aussie folk, don’t forget you’ve got until 5pm this afternoon (Friday) to enter my competition to win a Cars 2 movie family pass.

My mother is staying with us for a little while during these school holidays to see the kids and help me out while I try to get some work matters in order. This was the initial understanding, of course, but guess what I’ve used the time for so far?

Napping.

It’s been terrific.

That will come to an end when I do finally manage to shift my butt into gear. One of the other jobs on the list is to go through our food porn stack again and do some major culling.

She's only just arrived, but this is the pile of cookbooks the kids have pulled out so my mum can cook with them

This? This is NOTHING PEOPLE. You should see the rest…

Have a lovely weekend x

karen andrews

Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity