Month: April 2017

  • Friday Drinks #12: Tickets to Texas. Fitness Inspo. Food News.

     It’s Friday and we have so much to discuss. I knew I wore this scarf and wide grin to work for a reason… my tickets for Texas came through today and it’s only 17 sleeps until I fly.  Behind that wide smile and cabin crew-esque  scarf there’s a bit of mild panicking going on.  Visa…

  • Lovin’ Life 27/4/2017: Sun, Water, Zoo.

    What’s not to love about life when your Sunday morning looks a little like this? Preschooler SSG and I took advantage of the last Sunday of the April school holidays and used it to visit Taronga Zoo via the ferry. The weather was perfect and we started the day with a sneaky bottle of soft…

  • ANZAC Day 2017.

    It’s been a special Tuesday. Not just because breakfast involved several defrosted hot cross buns. Or because I managed to make it onto a bus and then straight onto a train platform without either spilling my coffee or being asked to dispose of it. Today was an extra special Tuesday because it was Preschooler SSG’s…

  • Life This Week 24/4/2017: An Upgrade. Mugs. Books. ANZAC Day Plans.

    Say what you like about the price premium and slick marketing of Apple products but at the end of the day, they tend to work the moment you take the out of those sleek boxes, charge them up and turn them on.  There’s been a technology upgrade here at SSG Manor 2.0.  My previous cheap…

  • Lovin’ Life 20/4/2017: Bits & Pieces.

    It’s hard not to love life when it’s the second short working week you’ve had in a row, isn’t it?   Aside from the short weeks, I’m loving: Finally getting on top of all the photos in my iPhone.  I’ve been meaning to continue scrapbooking my favourites from where I left off … 3 years…

  • A Day at The Show.

    It’s taken me nearly a decade of living in Sydney to do it but it’s finally happened.  Preschooler SSG and I took advantage of the perfect Easter long weekend weather and went with some friends to the Sydney Royal Easter Show on Monday. Our tickets included free return public transport to the show grounds which…

  • Life This Week 17/4/2017: Special Times To Remember.

    It’s been one of those rare and special weeks for us that we’ve spent mostly in staycation mode.  Free of the pressures of packing, planning for and then actually reaching a holiday destination, the last four days have still been busy but a whole lot less regimented than usual.  It’s been a time for me…

  • Lovin’ Life 13/4/2017: Happy Easter!!

    And we’re officially signing out ahead of this long and much needed Easter break. Preschooler SSG has dropped off his gift of chocolate eggs to his teachers and the support staff at preschool and we’ve done our first frantic 6.30am on a Monday morning Easter bonnet craft project.  It always pays to have an extra…

  • Tuesday at Target.

    What’s not to like about a runway to real way find?  www.shopethica.com I’ve had this thing for Banjo & Matilda cashmere star sweaters for the longest time.  They’re long been a key player in my parallel fashion universe.  The one where I coltishly go about my daily business propelled by a pair of legs that…

  • Life This Week 10/4/2017: Easter.

    What Easter looks like for us this year….. The eggs have been hung on our ‘Easter Tree’ and elsewhere by Preschooler SSG. Preschooler SSG has painted his Easter…. piglet.  I’m still trying to figure out the Easter connection there.  Bacon and eggs for brunch over the Easter long weekend perhaps?? Our Easter egg care package…