Month: January 2010

  • Sunday morning and the living is easy.

    There’s something about waking up on a Sunday morning that’s different.  The sun casts a different light on the world – no matter what the weather or season.  It’s just a bit brighter and a bit more radiant on a Sunday.   Case in point, our front porch.  The lawn looks greener (but still in…

  • My baking skills have regressed, time to find hubris and hit the books.

    Butter Cakes Recipe With Picture – Joyofbaking.com *Tested Recipe* How disappointing. My latest cake failed. It sank and then didn’t cook to the middle. Sigh. Double sigh. I have lost my baking mojo. As a kid it was so easy. I just found recipe from the old Womens Weekly’s in dad’s waiting room, put everything…

  • I heart the weekend

      I love the weekend!!!!!!  There’s always a sense of adventure and freedom when I wake up (at the crack of dawn) on Saturday morning.  On non working weekends of course.  After a week of being stuck in the confines of a hospital – the food, the colours, the endless coridoors – the weekend spells…

  • The role of parents

    There are many things that R has taught me about life and many new experiences that he has shared with me.  One new habit I have picked up from him is a love of news radio.  Let me explain.  For the last 3 decades (!!) I have been convinced that complete silence and darkness (confession,…

  • The only girl in the office

    Weekends always arrive in the nick of time.  Admittedly it’s only been a 4 day working week here but I am drained.  Part of the fatigue has come from the anxiety of starting at a new hospital.  Things are a little different.  Everyone is really lovely but it takes a few weeks to settle in…

  • The iPad – does it have wings? Is it the Moses tablet?

    The iPad – does it have wings?  Is it the Moses tablet?

    Apple iPad: A Visual Tour Posted using ShareThis Sigh…  With all the bad and questionable news of the past few weeks, the announcement of the iPad was just what I needed.  Definitely a want.  I have my iPhone and my macbook Pro.  Where would this fit?  Well, I could use it on the lounge and…

  • Happy Australia Day!

    I am always in awe of the choice of Australian Of The Year.  They are often people who crusade for causes and issues relevant to all Australians.  Not always the ‘glamour’ causes but those that affect so many of us in many and indirect ways. I am not dismissing breast cancer, genetic research etc but…

  • Date day.

    It’s bliss having a mid week public holiday.  R and I observed the day in coupledom bliss.  Leisurely start to the day, went for a run together and then spent the morning watching some of my favourite programs, thank you foxtel IQ.  I am a Keeping Up With The Kardashians junkie.  They’re a family who…

  • When all else fails….

    Do a backbend!  I’ve been a bit stressed and run down of late and I can really feel when I need to do another home practice.  I’m pretty chuffed to come as far as I have in the last year, still have much to do but this backbend without any props was a huge achievement…

  • Haigh’s

    I love Haigh’s. I went in for a chocolate coated marshmallow and came out with a bag full of samples. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone