Month: May 2017

  • Life This Week 29/5/2017: Hitting the Ground Running.

    Life This Week  29/5/2017: Hitting the Ground Running.

    Has it only been one week? I spent last Sunday at altitude in between time zones and continents and now that I’m home, it’s almost as if I never left.  The last few days have been a blur of mum, daughter, work and me time duties and responsibilities. Half price has been the preferred pricing…

  • Lovin’ Life 25/5/2017: The Rain.

    Lovin’ Life 25/5/2017:  The Rain.

    Today’s Lovin’ Life is in praise of the rain.  It’s not often that I feel this much love for the wet stuff so I thought I might as well make the most of it while it’s here. We had an unexpected deluge here early on Wednesday morning.  I was tucked up in bed, electric blanket…

  • Work Ready. In Praise of Home.

    Work Ready.  In Praise of Home.

    These are the feet of a person who has Dug Deep and survived a full 24 hours without their phone.  I had to surrender my iPhone to the Apple store yesterday because of how I cracked its screen that first evening in Texas.  I’m pleased to report though that all my sitting around at various…

  • Tales From Texas #4: On the River. Heading Home.

    Tales From Texas #4:  On the River.  Heading Home.

    You can learn a lot about life just looking out on the San Antonio River.   I took one last stroll along the Riverwalk on Friday night.  Families, friends and co-workers were all out enjoying the cool summer’s evening and there was still plenty of light left in the sky. It was the kind of…

  • Tales From Texas #3: Globetrotting Treadmills. The Coffee Machine.

    Tales From Texas #3: Globetrotting Treadmills.  The Coffee Machine.

    I’m officially ruined for the treadmills at my local 24/7 gym in Sydney. Behold the shiny and tastefully appointed 24/7 gym at my hotel here in San Antonio. But, most of all, behold the treadmills.  This is me doing my morning run in the southern hemisphere from the comfort of my treadmill in the northern…

  • Tales From Texas #2: The Riverwalk and The Alamo.

    Tales From Texas #2: The Riverwalk and The Alamo.

    These are even more interesting times than usual to be in the US. I can report from the front line that Anderson Cooper has been rationing his signature eye roll in the wake of news that a special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate President Trump and his political relationship with Russia. This morning saw…

  • Tales From Texas #1: Texas Shop Girl In La La Land.

    Tales From Texas #1: Texas Shop Girl In La La Land.

    Greetings from San Marcos, Texas. Where the people are lovely, the food plentiful and the soundtrack of my days is this: I finally saw La La Land on the plane and I loved it. Not just for Ryan and Emma, nor the technicoloured and slightly nostalgic view of modern day LA but also for the…

  • Life This Week 15/5/2017: Fave Junk Food.

    Life This Week 15/5/2017: Fave Junk Food.

    My favourite junk food is the kind you eat in foreign cities. I know I’m rubbing it in, but by the time this post gets published, I’ll be at the airport.  Hopefully checked in and waiting for my plane.  I’ll have my laptop with me and the plan is to sit some place quiet with…

  • Lovin’ Life 11/5/2017: All Kinds of Things.

    This week’s highlight reel. www.goodreads.com I’m reading ‘The Vacationers‘ by Emma Straub.  As if I need anything else to get me into the forthcoming holiday vibe.  ‘The Vacationers’ is about couples of all kinds and families when they go away over the summer.  While the sun, new accents, abundance of food and the break from…

  • Life This Week 8/5/2017: My Mondays.

    I won’t lie, my Mondays are seldom pretty, often long and hectic but, so far, I’ve survived each and every one of them and lived to see another day. To break it down a bit, no make that a lot… here’s what my typical Mondays look like. The day begins at an ungodly hour, a…