
After a much-needed summer hiatus – oh, how I struggled with the heat – there is plenty to write for the upcoming weeks. This summer was inasmuch special because it was the last summer of our dear Australian friends to live here in Austria with us – as I am…
This post was originally posted on June 10th, 2021 on Floating the Boat The days are long but the months are short – I couldn’t…
This post was originally posted on July 14th 2021 on Floating the Boat I am not a great cook. I don’t really enjoy preparing meals,…
With December and Christmas over, January always brings an air of calmness and simplicity for me. Instead of rushing into diets, gym schedules and stressful…

Hello dear mums who find this blog. My name is Anja and I am a proud mum of two wonderful children. In 2020 I became a mum for the first time, and it was wonderful, exhilarating, terrifying, anxiety-inducing, boring, overwhelming, aggravating, a dream-come-true, enraging, engaging, and so much more. Working with children has been a huge part of my life – even before I had kids, and it’s a topic I have read on and researched extensively.
I wanted a new place to share my personal experiences as a mother, as well as share books to read, lifestyle tips and talk about books I have read on parenting and life as a parent. Thank you for coming along on this journey with me, and I hope we can be friends.