Year: 2018

  • Maybe Fridays. Festivus Inbetweenus 2018.

    Maybe Fridays.  Festivus Inbetweenus 2018.

    In one photo. How about you? I’ve got Festivus Inbetweenus pretty badly this year. My new favourite necklace from Elk.  A beautiful gift from my sister in law. Despite having done time orientating things like going to work and stopping by the library, I still have no idea what the day is.   Every day feels…

  • This and That: the Christmas / Boxing Day 2018 Edition,

    This and That: the Christmas / Boxing Day 2018 Edition,

    Greetings from the other, equally pleasant side of Christmas. Where dawn broke over news vans and camera crews as Rushcutter’s got ready for the Boxing Day start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and mid-morning instant coffee at home with mum looked like this.  With a teaspoon of sweetened condensed for her and good old…

  • Life This Week 24/12/2018: Christmas Eve. WE MADE IT!!!!!!!!

    Life This Week 24/12/2018: Christmas Eve.  WE MADE IT!!!!!!!!

    We’ve made it to Christmas Eve!!!!!! Yes, even me.  The person who started Friday morning having to wear my white T-shirt back to front for a day at work because I had somehow managed to pour coffee down my front twice before 8.30am….. Hopefully, you’re also on the tail end of things at work (if…

  • Lovin’ Life 20/12/2018: Five Things.

    Lovin’ Life 20/12/2018: Five Things.

    Five things I’ve loved about life this week: 1.     Mi Goreng for Dinner. It’s the ultimate lazy dinner / comfort food.  With lots of Asian greens and a couple of baked drumsticks. 2.     Operation PJs from Cotton On Kids. Currently one of Master SSG’s favourite board games, ‘Operation’ PJ sets are now available…

  • The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

    The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

    It finally started feeling like Christmas today.  Up until now I’ve felt that I was merely caught up in the motions of shopping, event attending and advent calendar window opening.   This morning was different.  I put my Apple Music ‘Essential Christmas’ playlist through the car sound system as we drove to Christmas lunch with some of…

  • Life This Week 17/12/2018: Christmas… So Far.

    Life This Week 17/12/2018: Christmas… So Far.

    This is how Christmas has been looking for me. The big tree is up in the square where all the fancy stores are across the road.  Its glitter and sparkle catches my eye as I get into the zone for the final kilometres towards home on my runs in the morning. It’s full school Christmas…

  • Swim and Skin. Featuring Andie, NIOD, The Ordinary.

    Swim and Skin. Featuring Andie, NIOD, The Ordinary.

    I’m pretty sure summer is coming back to Sydney – soonish. It has to primarily because my Andie Swim order just arrived and I’m hell-bent on wearing it to the beach over my break in January.  Andie was founded in 2017 by Melanie Travis whose mission was to create swimwear for women with ‘real bodies’ and…

  • Lovin’ Life 13/12/2018: This Week’s Top Five.

    Lovin’ Life 13/12/2018: This Week’s Top Five.

    This week I’m loving the following five things about life: 1.  Empty hangers.    I was ruthless with my wardrobe culling efforts this week.  My wardrobe looks much less crowded and it’s actually liberating having fewer things to choose from each day. 2.  Country Road.   It’s been decades since I’ve shopped there.  They lost me…

  • The Perfect Days of Summer Have Arrived.

    The Perfect Days of Summer Have Arrived.

    The golden days of summer have arrived. The days begin with daybreak over a kind of stage filled with possibilities.  A day on the water in your boat, walking languidly on the jetty, bobbing along in your favourite orange inflatable pool toy…. But of course, don’t forget the sunscreen on your way out.  This SPF…

  • Life This Week 10/12/2018: Share Your Snaps.

    Life This Week 10/12/2018: Share Your Snaps.

    Disclaimer: they’re mostly not about Christmas.  Without further ado… the snaps that were. A freshly chilled towel from the gym’s vending machine because I forgot to bring my own from home.  I don’t think it was intentionally sold as a chilled towel but it was in the same machine as the pre-mixed protein shakes and I…