This week, I’m grateful for the burst of fabulous spring weather.  The timing has been perfect, I think.  It’s been a long year and we all need a hug.  In these times of social distancing, however, hugs are mostly out of the question.  Which is why I think Sydney has been sent all this glorious…

Hair and makeup have taken a back seat (way, way out back if I’m to be perfectly honest) in these Covid times.  In some ways it’s been liberating.  Gettting ready for work takes about 5 minutes from go to woah (confession… I always thought it was ‘from woe to go’…).  There’s never fear of anything…

Things that have made me smile this week: The bright orange lollipop person sign and witch’s hat down the end of my street.  Extensive tree pruning has been taking place in order to facilitate the replacement of a power generator (!!) near the park.  Predictably, there’s been chaos for the local traffic but the signs…

We’re in the thick of Disney Ooshie collecting right now. Which is all the justification I needed to purchase the famous $49 Woolies Air Fryer. I managed to get the last one on the shelf at my local Woolies. Master SSG was taken aback to find me watching a YouTube unboxing featuring the Air Fryer. …

Making: the best of yet another sick day from work.  Lots of reading, a bit of housework.  Fingers crossed we’ll all be disease free for the rest of the year. Cooking: Swedish meatballs and cauli/broccoli mash!  Another Recipe Tin Eats recipe that’s a complete winner. Drinking: diet San Pellegrino.  It’s not for me as is.  I…

I finally took advantage of my Audible credits a few weeks ago.  It was actually quite difficult trying to decide which books to download.   I’m the kind of reader who creates a fixed vision of how characters should ‘sound’ and ‘feel’ in the fiction that I read.  Predictably, this sees me avoid most film and…

The last month of winter, another year older, a hint of that glorious spring-summer weather I live for. Days like this… sun, wonderful friends.  They make all those cares go away. Did my bit and wore that face mask to Woolies. Pressing ‘SEND’ and hoping for the best. Nothing like a new Taylor Swift album…

Highlights of the week just gone… Walking under this shady canopy at the park on Saturday morning. The sun’s rising that much earlier these days.  It’s lovely having the sky wake up with you. No work lunch of leftovers, eaten el desko is complete without a mini bottle of ketchup close by.  In lieu of…

Here’s to the unsung hero of my working week. The meal prepped lunch. I make my lunches for the working week on Sunday.  Whatever I make covers most days of the week with the remaining days featuring leftovers from dinner or a lucky dip from the freezer. It is a bit of a process on…

‘5,4,3,2,1…’ is a mindfulness technique that’s used quite often in the audio-guided runs I do with Rochelle Baxter.  The premise is to focus on 5 things you can see then 4 you can touch then 3 that you can hear followed by 2 that you can smell and finally 1 that you can taste.  I’ve…