Month: March 2019

  • The Big Chill: Day One.

    The Big Chill: Day One.

    It’s suspend your disbelief time again in Sydney. Our glorious spring-summer has ended like it does every year and autumn has arrived – just like it does every year as well. It was 12C this morning when I went for my run and you bet I made a theatrical production out of it.  I dug…

  • Lovin’ Life 28/3/2019: This Week’s Top Five.

    Lovin’ Life 28/3/2019: This Week’s Top Five.

    A mixed bag of moments this week… Some joy in the sky in the midst of the days and days of rain we’ve had in Sydney.  I saw this rainbow arching across the sky behind the old work carpark last Friday.  A fitting end to the week and a good omen for the weekend ahead.…

  • A Highlights Reel.

    A Highlights Reel.

    My world, as seen through the lens of my iPhone this week…. This shop front that cheekily references my neighbourhood’s love of canines great and small. Wearing (or should that be sipping) my team colours at the gym.  I’m an AFL girl and in keeping with my status as an adopted Sydneysider, a Swans girl…

  • Life This Week 25/3/2019: Memories I’d Like To Recapture.

    Life This Week 25/3/2019: Memories I’d Like To Recapture.

    In short, I’d like to recapture the early days, weeks and years. There was so much to learn, do and accept that I didn’t have enough time to simply be in the moment. Our first days in hospital together were a blur of hormones, nervous energy and sleep deprivation.  Fortunately with good coffee from down…

  • Lovin’ Life 21/3/2019: Facebook.

    This is going to be one that polarizes.  The timing also is not great given the recent the horror of Christchurch and the man whose manifesto we should not be giving any more air or light with which to grow.  I hope that you’ll be able to read this post in the tone in which…

  • Life This Week 18/3/2019: It’s MY Favourite!

    Life This Week 18/3/2019: It’s MY Favourite!

    My favourite weekend breakfast for the cooler months of autumn and winter is … Top Top’s Cafe Style (go hard or go home) Raisin Toast.   Peanut butter and honey is my preferred topping.  I consider it a #winwinwin situation when we’re down to just the ends of the loaf.  For some reason, the end slices…

  • The Great Indoors.

    The Great Indoors.

    Ah, the great indoors.  It was only a matter of time before we were reunited, wasn’t it? We have all this rain to thank for our reunion. Because (yet again) it rained enough over the weekend for Noah to have floated his ark if he saw fit to do so in Sydney. We visited the…

  • Lovin’ Life 14/3/2019: Just the Right Thing At Just the Right Time.

    I know the internet needs another parenting advice post like another hole in its metaphorical head but I came across this quote from Goldie Hawn the other day that I just had to share because they were such wise and reassuring words.  The quote came from this interview that Goldie gave after her daughter Kate became…

  • Tyres. Barbers. Trips.

    Tyres.  Barbers.  Trips.

    The object of my affection this week is simply Saturdays.  The run of the mill kind where you don’t have exciting plans and it’s the middle of a school term so the day is punctuated by loads of laundry and the activities you are the designated co-ordinator and transportation officer for. Waking up on Saturday…

  • Life This Week 11/3/2019: Share Your Snaps.

    Life This Week 11/3/2019: Share Your Snaps.

    I love how Denyse regularly features ‘Share Your Snaps’ as theme in her ‘Life This Week’ blog link up.  It’s a fun no-brainer when life’s been non-stop fun and good things but it also encourages you to ‘find the joy’ when life might less rosy and a bit of struggle.  And then there’s the in…