I’m officially an Aunty now.   Both my adorable little nephews have arrived safely now and settling in well with their respective parents on both sides of the country.   I know that we often feel that our health system isn’t what it once was and that hospitals seem to be stretched further and further…

Haven’t the sunsets been amazing lately? Even when it has been raining, the sky clears to a dramatic slash of rosy gold against dark grey clouds.  It was all enough to almost make me wish I was stuck in the Friday evening peak hour just a little longer so that I could look up at…

Well, that was a bit dramatic. My teeth and I.  Still going strong after seeing the dentist the other day. Sweater – Target, necklace – Lovisa. About the dentist, I mean.  I get to keep all my teeth!  And they’re all sparkly and clean now thanks to my lovely dentist who was ever so calm…

The build up has been excruciating at times, but the day has finally arrived.  I’m going to the dentist this afternoon.  I made an appointment a week ago and since then, I’ve experienced every dental symptom possible.  Sensitive gums, an odd taste in my mouth, sharp stabbing pains when I brush my teeth….  I even…

 Winter is the time of year where you can never have too many mugs on the shelf in your kitchen. Monochrome in the kitchen.  Makes mismatched look just a little fancy. Somehow, dishwasher and sink washing loads never seem to keep up with the endless demand for steaming hot cups of tea.  And when you…

On the one hand, I’m a bit disappointed with what I felt was a ‘weak’ ending to Harriet Lane’s latest novel ‘Her‘.  But on the other, the briefly worded and seemingly imprecise final chapter was probably the perfect way to conclude an otherwise complex and richly detailed study of two women who meet through a…

Life’s on repeat at the moment so if this post wasn’t primarily about Aldi, it would’ve been about domestic noir again.  But don’t stress because I’m a creature of habit so it’ll be back to domestic noir very soon.  I’m in the middle of yet another novel from the genre and it’s so good I…

Of all the things that define an office desk, its collection of Kinder Surprise toys would have to be the most eclectic and … surprising (hence their name, I suppose). Don’t mind the water droplets I got a bit carried away watering my lucky bamboo. Pot plants look much the same each day (until they…

Taking up from where I left off at the end of my last post (because all my free time this weekend has been consumed by it), we need to discuss ‘Disclaimer’.  I finished it this afternoon over several mugs of tea, in between several spontaneous dances to Wiggles classics and whilst doing the laundry (about…

Hello, weekend, you gorgeous thing. I’ll be celebrating each and every one of your lovely evenings with a piccolo of Maggie Beer sparkling.  It not only tastes like the real thing (only a bit zingier) but there will be absolutely no chance of me waking up the next morning with a dry mouth and gauzy…