Last minute mum grade panics aside, Preschooler SSG’s fourth birthday party was a success yesterday.   We were blessed with perfect weather and how could you not be in a good mood and up for a bit of fun and games when you’ve got this riot of colour suspended from the trees above and the…

It’s been go, go, go since the early hours today and I am so looking forward to having my head hit my pillow in a very short while.  I was lucky enough to have a day off from work today so that I could have an extra 8 hours or so to run around like…

Even the most ardent lover of Christmas needs to occasionally take a step back, breathe out and look up and around at those bits of her world that aren’t red, green or decked out in tinsel.  So today’s Lovin’ Life is dedicated to just that – the non Christmas happenings in my life this week.…

Summer in Sydney.   Blue skied, touched by the golden sun and pleasantly warm one day… and horribly wet and humid for several days after.  I took this photo on the way home from work on Monday and several days later, the view is much the same.  Only my car is much cleaner on the…

Another weekend, another holiday season tradition ticked off the list.  And in rather grand style, I might add.  Preschooler SSG had his photo with Santa at The QVB this year and the whole day was just lovely. The highlight of any visit to the QVB at this time of the year is the opportunity to…

www.news.com.au Technically, my first paid job was working the Sunday shift as a receptionist for dad.  Work also doubled as driving practice because my brave father would sit next to me and provide emotional support as I cautiously eased the car out of our driveway, down the streets of our quite suburb and onwards into…

Haven’t we hit the trifecta with this fine specimen of a Friday?  It’s the first Friday of summer, the first Friday of December (so there’s advent calendar window opening to look forward to tonight) and the weather has finally gotten with the program. What better way to start another Friday Drinks post then with a…

And just like that, we’ve flipped our calendars over to the very last month of the year. What a great looking month – the only commitment I’ve got scheduled for before Christmas is a leave day. Hello December and everything that your 31 glorious days promise.  The official start of summer, the count down to…

www.traveller.com.au I don’t usually do much for my birthday but I do know what I’ll be doing for my fiftieth (!!)… www.antarcticaflights.com.au The dedicated gate for a QANTAS flight to Antarctica. taking a day trip and flying from Sydney to Antarctica return on a chartered QANTAS plane. www.tripadvisor.com It was this article that inspired me.…

Let’s just say it’s been one of those Mondays. Via the internet The kind that’s best approached with the kind of laugh I’d otherwise be having over some vintage Biden and Obama memes. Where do I begin?  Bags that got left behind in the mad dash out the front door and down the driveway this…