Month: July 2016

  • Lovin’ Life 31/7/2016: Birthday Cake Season.

    It’s birthday cake season for my family and friends right now which means that the next month is going to be one weekend after another of baking, decorating and eating good cake with the people I love most. I’m feeling chocolate this year (surprise, surprise) and to kick off the festivities, here’s Donna Hay’s Chocolate…

  • Serenity. Census Night. Bad Moms.

    via pinterest The serenity.  I’m really feeling it this morning, Darryl Kerrigan.  I’ve got the first load of laundry going in the front loader, the bins have been emptied and the recycling basket is by the door ready for when it’s warm enough to head out to the council bins in the back garden.  Did…

  • Words To Live By. Student Daze.

    www.mirror.co.uk President and First Lady Obama, I will miss you terribly come November 8 from halfway across the world here in Sydney…..   www.bet.com Your collective eloquence, intelligence, empathy and humanity never cease to both inspire as well as make me a good, long hard look at myself. Today’s piece of Obama wisdom comes by…

  • Winter is…..

    Winter is… The Ren coat from Jigsaw, skivvy – Uniqlo, black shift dress – Metallicus. being given a big bear hug by  your new coat on the way in to work in the morning. Weekends in winter are all about… seeing the winter sun lit beauty of Circular Quay from the train station as those…

  • Not So Secret After All.

    I belong to a closed group on social media that has brought together a large number (several thousand) of mostly female members of my profession.  The one thing we have in common besides our profession is that we are all parents.  The aim of the group is simple.  It’s meant to be a place for…

  • Lovin’ Life 24/7/2016: Getting Things Done.

    It’s been a week that’s worked out better than I thought it would.  Illness, busyness and all the other ness-es nad itis-es that pop up like road blocks in front of you when all you really have energy to do is follow the script and stick to your routine to get the job done. It’s…

  • Under the Unusual Weather.

    Ugh.  Whatever strain of flu I’ve had this week is rapidly outstaying its welcome. It was win though when I woke up this morning feeling 85% of normal.  Gave my skipping rope what for at the gym to celebrate. I can’t confirm this with my own skin or eyes but it has hit 26C in…

  • The Craft.

    Today’s been a different kind of Tuesday for me.  My official ‘child free’ day of the week is usually a fully scheduled of errands, ‘me time’ treats or catch ups with friends. But today, I took a nearly fully recovered Preschooler SSG to the library along with my laptop and wrote. Not just for the…

  • Nudestix and Cauliflower Rice.

    My Monday morning was proudly brought to you by the following sponsors…. Fisherman’s Friend lozenges for that scratchy throat that needed to get through 5 hours of talking without a coughing fit, coffee (of course) and … Nudestix lip + cheek pencil in the shade Mystic. www.nudestix.com I’m both loving and hating that this GWP…

  • Lovin’ Life 17/7/2016: Stepping Back From the Rest of the World.

    We seem to be caught up in an endless cycle of the very worst actions that human kind can inflict upon itself.  Terrorism, racism, abuse against children so vile that I can’t even bring myself to read beyond the headlines…  Where will it end, how will it end and will any of my thoughts make…