Month: November 2024
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List #11: Decisions I need to Make
A list of decisions I need to make at the moment: What’s on your mind at the moment?
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Good Things Friday
This is my weekly look at what is good, true, beautiful and lovely … but first, WTF??? We decided to turn off The Project last night when they started the segment analysing what it would mean for Australia if Trump implemented all his policies. We figured it was better to wait and see what he…
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A Day Trip to Monet’s Garden
While in Paris I did a day trip to Monet’s Garden in Giverny by train. I waited to see what the weather was going to be like before making the final decision to go on Monday. I booked the tickets to Monet’s Garden online and used the SNCF app to book train tickets. I caught…
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A Little Introduction and a Chance to AMA
I guess a little introduction is in order. I’m Melissa. I live in Brighton, a beachside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. I have lived in Melbourne all my life and can’t imagine living anywhere else. I’m married to G, whom I met at university, and we have three adult children (H, our daughter, aged 25; S,…
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Cool Bloggers Walking Club – October 2024
In October Elisabeth hosted the second Cool Blogger’s Walking Club of the year. April’s walking club did not go well for me—it turns out I had a stress fracture in my foot. I still haven’t finished my neighbourhood A-Z photography project either, but maybe I’ll finish that this month. This time around, I managed the…
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A Pandemic Habit that Needs to Go
A few times a month, I still see someone (usually a 30-40 y.o. woman in athletic gear) hit the pedestrian button with their foot. OK, so you don’t want to touch the button with your hand—use your elbow, knee or any other body part. Do they ever think about the people who will touch it…
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101 Things: 400 Day Review
I started my 101 Things list on September 11th 2023. I’m checking my progress every 100 days. At the end of the first 300 days, I calculated that I was 25.4% complete. The 400 day mark came and went while we were away. Let’s see how I went in the next 100 days … I calculate that’s an…
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A Week in Paris
Previously, I’ve done a day-by-day holiday recap of my trips, but I thought this time I’d do an overview post and follow up with a couple of themed posts. This is my third trip to Paris. My first was just a few days as part of a whirlwind tour of Europe with my parents when…
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I’m Back, NaBloPoMo … and a Few Other Good Things
I arrived home 1:30 am Thursday morning last week, after almost a month away in France and Spain. My email had almost 1000 unread emails, our finance manager went on holiday just before I returned, so I’ve taken over some of her work as well as having my own to catch up on, I wanted…