Hello! Bedtime was early tonight.  The house is quiet in the nicest possible sense of the word.  And I appear to be on top of the laundry and cleaning for a change.  Possibly because I’ve turned a blind eye to quite  a few things but possibly not.  I’m going with the latter tonight.   It…

“I have joined a club, a club that nobody ever wants to join. How on Earth, when you become one of these tragedies — these worse-case scenario tragedies — how do you live with murder?” ‘A Mother’s Story’ – Rosie Batty “Violence towards anyone, man, woman or child, is never acceptable and never the right…

I’ve got a holiday skincare find to share with you today.  So if you’re ready for the backstory then the brand history and then a bit of a review, sit back and let the words wash over you. I love discovering skincare brands that just work from the moment you first use them.  It’s especially…

This possibly might not come as a surprise to you but I don’t really ‘style’ or ‘curate’ the pictures I take of things I’ve bought for or done to SSG Manor 2.0.  Things get purchased, their packaging gets removed, most of their sticky labels get peeled off (provided they’re easy peel, if they’re not, most…

I wasn’t as active in this year’s ANZAC Day commemorations as I normally like to be.  Even if I’m not at any of the programmed services or marches on the day, I’m usually able to be part of the dawn service via the radio or television but it wasn’t to be this year.  I had…

Being a bit deep and meaningful in this week’s post.  Sometimes it’s what you need to ensure you fully love your life. I know that you know that I know that we both know that parenting isn’t what we share on social media.  Parenting is what goes on between the edited and in some cases…

You’ve gotta love Saturdays spent in mum jeans, cardis and hiking shoes.   It’s all wet and grey in Sydney today (just in time for the long weekend) so it’s been all about warmth and non slip soles for me.  And neoprene totes…. And you’ve gotta love the irony of being dressed thus whilst browsing…

Do you reckon they’d let us keep this weather forever? Sweeping fallen leaves once a week 52 times a year seems such a small price to pay. I must be doing something sort of right in the garden because this mystery citrus tree by the side gate is fruiting.  I  just texted mum a photo…

It’s a done deal, Australia. www.smh.com.au We’re going to be having an epic, all day sausage sizzle back to vote July 2 in a double dissolution election. And it’s a done deal, New York City. www.newsday.com Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are your winners.  I’m deeply concerned about what an America with The Donald at…

It’s official.  You just naturally burn more energy and take more steps on the days you’re not actually at work.  Especially if it’s a week day.   I don’t have the exact Fitbit data to quantify just how much more active one is on a week day not spent at work but the unit of…