Month: October 2013

  • Bittersweet Times. Cheap and Cheerful?

    In the words of Tony Abbott, these are bittersweet times for Australia.  After 12 years, Australia is withdrawing all its troops in Afghanistan by Christmas.  It’s a bittersweet return because the war that was fought saw 260 Australian soldiers wounded, 40 killed and neither a victory nor a defeat in the battle to reshape and…

  • 4 pm Chocolate Biscuits. Sunday Evenings at Woolloomooloo.

    When it hits 4pm on a Monday afternoon, there’s only one kind of biscuit to be having with your cup of tea. McVities Digestives dipped in dark chocolate. They’re the perfect chocolate biscuit for the business end of the week. Tim Tams are more of a made it to Wednesday snack. As for Fridays? Who…

  • Keeping Calm on a Friday. Dishwasher Brand Suggestions, Please.

    The grammar’s not quite there but the sentiment is. It’s been one of those days.  The kind where work has been the least of my worries.  I woke up to find that our middle aged dishwasher had shaken off its mortal drainage pipe sometime in the night leaving yesterday’s dishes drowning in a pool of…

  • Blurred Lines. Boom Tish.

    Blurred Lines.  Boom Tish.

    Well, hello! It’s hump day and I couldn’t resist starting today’s post with a bit of Jimmy Fallon and The Roots collaborating with Robin Thicke on a version of Blurred Lines.  It’s a clip that never fails to make me smile with it’s harmonies, energy and all round feel good buzz.  I’m sure you can…

  • Wholebean Instant. Ikea in the Workplace.

    These are exciting times in the world of  instant coffee.  Perhaps it’s a consequence of how coffee pods have filtered into supermarket and chain store shelves which in turn has seen many of us turn our back on the age old tradition of dumping tablespoons of brown granules into a random mug full of boiling…

  • Garnier’s BB, Sparkling Cranberries and Hermes for iPhones.

    I’m calling this photo ‘a change is as good as a holiday’.  How fortuitous was it that I took a photo of my new BB creams on top of the suitcase I was meant to be putting away? My excuse for blogging a second impulse makeup purchase in as many days is that I’ve managed…

  • Hello Suburbia, Goodbye Inner City.

    Hello Suburbia, Goodbye Inner City.

    I’ve only been back at work for a fortnight and I’m already saying it. Gee, the weekends get away from me these days. I’m sitting here at 5pm for a late afternoon tea – steaming cup of tea to the left of me and a couple of quadruple chocolate brownies to the right of me.…

  • Grease is the Word.

    It’s not everyday you get invited to a media call at the Lyric theatre.  Grease is the Word (aka The Number One Party Musical) has just opened its two month season at the Lyric and it officially opened last night. Image from pinterest I was very tempted to dress up as my favourite character (biker…

  • Milk In the Workplace. Tops For Work.

    It almost makes you excited for the start of the working day, doesn’t it?   When the morning sun shines at your feet just so. It makes opening the gate to the rest of the day less onerous than it otherwise might have been.     Since returning to Sydney, I’ve been on jacaranda watch…

  • The Weeknight Book Club: ‘A Tale for the Time Being’ by Ruth Ozeki.

    It’s not every day that the words ‘Man Booker Shortlist’ follow the title of  books I review on this blog.  My excuse is that I’m in a page turner, light entertainment phase of my reading life.  In my short time as a mother, I’ve figured out that it’s much easier to combine reading a Kindle…