Month: February 2016

  • Lovin’ Life: 28/2/2016.

    Lovin’ Life: 28/2/2016.

    It’s Sunday.  And the living is definitely easy.   With regard to this blog, Sundays mean only one thing right now – Leanne’s Lovin’ Life Linky.  Which has a pretty self explanatory title and is a joy to write about on Sundays like today. We were at the park this morning with old friends from…

  • Packed Lunches. Holiday Shopping.

    Packed Lunches.  Holiday Shopping.

    The teabags in our work tea room.  Behold the precision packing of those catering quality tea bags….  It was amazing how many people, myself included, smiled in appreciation when they saw this. I’m at that stage of my life when a slow news week isn’t a bad thing.  It’s been the kind of week where…

  • A Sydney Suburban Summer.

    Yes, summer in Sydney is pretty much a glorious string of months full of endless days of sun, the beach, the pool, festivals and lovely food.  But what about the in between days?  The ones where you’re either at home or doing what it takes to make that summer fun possible? As we’re in the…

  • Sickbed Eating.

    Sickbed Eating.

    It was definitely more of a Fanmaster as opposed to Stairmaster kind of morning at the gym today.  We’re at the start of another heat wave, Sydney.  Our last one of the summer : somehow I think we’re going to be going out with a bang in the Celsius stakes. It was a struggle getting…

  • Lovin’ Life: 21/2/2016.

    Lovin’ Life: 21/2/2016.

    Leanne over at Deep Fried Fruit has just started hosting a weekly blog link up called ‘Lovin’ Life’.  The premise is simple.  All you need to do to join is to add a post you’ve written about what you’re loving about your life right now and then read three other linked posts and comment on…

  • The Devil Wore My Keys. New Passports. Nescafe’s Red Mug Machine.

    The Devil Wore My Keys.  New Passports.  Nescafe’s Red Mug Machine.

    This photo pretty much confirms what you may have suspected all along. The Devil Wore My Keys, boom tish…. so cheesy yet so right. When it comes to interiors, I’m all about form over function.  Meet my new key holder.  Being bright red, large and um… kitsch – there’s no way I’m ever going to…

  • Soba Noodle Salad. A Perfume Life Hack.

    Soba Noodle Salad.  A Perfume Life Hack.

    First up, I feel for those of you across Australia who are doing it tough with the extreme weather conditions in your states at the moment.  For many, it’s gone beyond the inconvenience of feeling a little hot and bothered as you scurry between air conditioned locations to heat that’s threatening bush fires and threatening…

  • Too Old For FOMO, I Just Fear Missing.

    Too Old For FOMO, I Just Fear Missing.

    I was having one of those ‘reflecting on life then and now’ moments over lunch in the tea room yesterday.  The prompt for this was a Sunday supplement article. Did you ever have a stage in your life where your Sundays were themed around whatever was the lead ‘lifestyle’ article in the Sunday paper?  I…

  • Soothing Saturdays. A Few Words About the Anjou, By Request.

    Soothing Saturdays.  A Few Words About the Anjou, By Request.

    Well, that was a week and a half that just went by.  Work wasn’t just busy, it was one unanticipated ‘surprise’ after another.  I’m pretty sure I was limping to the car park Friday afternoon but at the same time, I wasn’t as emotionally drained as I thought I would be.  I managed to get…

  • Quiet Time. The Weeknight Book Club: ‘The Heart Goes Last’ by Margaret Atwood.

    Quiet Time.  The Weeknight Book Club: ‘The Heart Goes Last’ by Margaret Atwood.

    Dressed up my mug of Moccona this morning in my silicon lidded mug.  It almost looks like it came from a cafe.  Almost. I’m just sitting here in front of my computer sipping a cup of instant coffee listening to time go by.  The clock’s ticking away in a sleeping (for now) Toddler SSG’s room,…