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Quiet Time. The Weeknight Book Club: ‘The Heart Goes Last’ by Margaret Atwood.
Dressed up my mug of Moccona this morning in my silicon lidded mug. It almost looks like it came from a cafe. Almost. I’m just sitting here in front of my computer sipping a cup of instant coffee listening to time go by. The clock’s ticking away in a sleeping (for now) Toddler SSG’s room,…
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A Mad, Mad Monday.
Where did today go? In a cloud of frenetic activity would be the short answer. This morning seems like such a long time ago. Somewhere in the precisely timed routine that is my getting to work and daycare ritual were a couple of spare minutes to spend gazing at Toddler SSG’s latest piece of art.…
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The Weekend’s Words and Pictures.
Ahh, Sydney. You’ve really turned it on for us this weekend, haven’t you? Toddler SSG and I went exploring yesterday afternoon. It was the kind of exploring that involved … crossing the main road that divides our suburb. I’m one of those people that tends to stick with what I know. I like a well…
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The Ute.
You know how life occasionally throws unexpected spanners into your works on the days that you least need them? Today was one of those days for me. This is the sight that greeted me as I opened the back gate all set for a busy, car dependent Friday of dropping Toddler SSG off to daycare…
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Wednesday. Nashville.
It’s been that long since I’ve last had to post a large letter that I have no idea how much it costs to post them these days. Solution? Simply plaster half the envelope with my now redundant 70 cent stamps. I’m still a bit dark about those stamps, actually. The price to post a standard…
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Salad Days.
When you’ve eaten the same salads for lunch at work for the last eight (!!!) years, something’s gotta give. There’s only so long that a person’s taste buds can cope with the sameness that autopilot lunch making has forced upon them. It’s been my challenge this week to trial different salad options for my brown…
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Yell Less, Love More. Domestic Achievements.
Some facets of motherhood are just made for social media, blogging and self publishing. Those precious first few weeks of newborn life lend themselves so well to photographs and essays on both touching and teachable moments. The toddler years offer much of the same plus endless material for darkly humorous memes and tweets. At the…
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It’s Just A Number.
Many bloggers, myself included, have lost a significant number of blog followers in recent weeks. It’s always a boost to your ego to see numbers rise but things going in reverse isn’t so pleasant. It turns out that the major reason is that Blogger has made changes to who can follow our blogs via Google…
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Australia Day 2016. Zara Home Has Arrived In Sydney.
I think we should have more public holidays on Tuesdays. The day off to just kick back and enjoy our beautiful city isn’t a bad reward for having survived the Monday at work before it. Except for some reason I’m here on Wednesday feeling like it’s Friday already. Could be because I had such…
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A Foam Blizzard. Friends Reflecting Together. Podcasts Of Note.
There’s this plateau phase after moving house where most of the boxes have been unpacked and most of things that moved with you have found new homes. You have some kind of routine going in the new ‘hood. You’ve got your ports of call for things like coffee, takeaway sushi and bits and bobs. Heck,…