Year: 2014

  • On 2014. Keeping It Short, Sharp and Simple.

    On 2014.  Keeping It Short, Sharp and Simple.

    My year end posts have a common theme. Extreme navel gazing Deep reflection, an attempt to balance the good and the bad that the year has brought before concluding with deep gratitude for life’s ups and downs and the blessings (mixed, deeply hidden or blindingly obvious) that they have brought me. Which is all well…

  • Festivus Inbetweenus. The Corner by McCafe, Camperdown.

    Festivus Inbetweenus.  The Corner by McCafe, Camperdown.

    How are you holding up today? It’s been a big Christmas break down on the farm. In need of a bit of a lie down like everyone on the farm?   I hear you. The foolish bravado of eating dessert, short bread and fruit mince pies with every meal for the last five days has…

  • Christmas and All Its Food.

    Christmas and All Its Food.

    Hello from the tail end of an extra long Christmas break.   Today’s a bonus day off for me and it’s basically been the best of both worlds.  I’m in holiday mode and so’s the traffic but with most things open and business as usual, I’ve actually been able to get quite a bit done.…

  • Christmas 2014. Here Already.

    Christmas 2014.  Here Already.

    We’re nearly there.  Can you feel it in the air?   Not an actual photo of this morning’s quietness on the M4.  Country roads are much prettier viewing than city motorways. The almost non existent peak hour traffic, People lugging around gift bags at work rather than files and laptops, The cheesy yet awesome mix…

  • Three More Sleeps. Nama Is Next Level.

    Three More Sleeps.  Nama Is Next Level.

    We’ve got the all clear here at SSG Manor.  Christmas can officially go ahead this year. Cookie cutter, $4 from Big W. My emergency dash to Big W after work on Friday yielded this gingerbread man shaped cookie cutter.  My mum is in the process of packing all of Toddler SSG’s Christmas gift for the…

  • Carrying On. Christmas At Work. Schnitz is the Schnitz.

    Carrying On.  Christmas At Work.  Schnitz is the Schnitz.

    It’s like a cloak of solemnity has draped itself over Christmas celebrations and preparations in Sydney this year.  With flags at half mast to honour the victims of the Sydney siege and the news of 140 children and teachers being shot dead in a military school in Pakistan, it’s been difficult to know when the…

  • Stay Safe, Sydney.

    Stay Safe, Sydney.

    The Sydney I know and love has become a darker place today. Like millions of other Sydney siders this morning, I hit the road with nothing more than my mobile phone and a head full of thoughts for the coming day.  A bit tired from working the weekend, happy that the sun was out and…

  • Christmas Travels. Uniqlo in the City. ‘Big Little Lies’ by Liane Moriarty.

    As much as this weather appears to be threatening all hope of a sunny Christmas Day, I wasn’t going to allow it to get the better of me on my day off yesterday. Which is how it came to be that Toddler SSG and I set off for the city in the midst of a…

  • The Goat Coat. What Kate Wore Stateside.

    The Goat Coat.  What Kate Wore Stateside.

    Everyone’s just busy, busy, busy at this time of the year. What with making sure you get your recommended daily intake of fruit in between chunks of stollen and pieces of chocolate from the Advent calender while making sure you never knowingly run out Argan oil hair spray….. Thank you, RY!  Argan Oil spray shortage…

  • Storms Over Sydney. The Butterfly House.

    Storms Over Sydney.  The Butterfly House.

    Haven’t the skies put on an amazing show for us over the last week? From shelf clouds that rapidly changed to much needed cooling downpours, www.dailytelegraph.com.au Photo by Roland Taylor. to amazing electric pink bolts of lightening, daily life has taken on an element of theatre.  The mundane activities of city life back lit by…