Category: Life
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2026 FIG Collective – Week 4
I’m joining with lots of others in looking for little joys in the month of February. For all the details pop over to Elisabeth’s blog. Monday 23rd. I have a few for today, so bear with me: Tuesday 24th: I got back to the personal trainer after a few weeks off to recover, and wasn’t…
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2026 FIG Collective – Week 3
I’m joining with lots of others in looking for little joys in the month of February. For all the details pop over to Elisabeth’s blog. Monday 16th: I snagged some left over wedding cake and mini lemon meringue tarts so we had them for dessert at family dinner with the girls tonight. They were really…
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2026 FIG Collective – Week 2
I’m joining with lots of others in looking for little joys in the month of February, but we are a fair way through week three and I am just now getting round to posting last week’s FIGs. For all the details pop over to Elisabeth’s blog. Monday 9th: We had another new family at our…
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2026 F.I.G. Collective – week 1
I’m joining with lots of others in looking for little joys in the month of February. For all the details pop over to Elisabeth’s blog. Sunday 1st: Getting back to church after the break. Catching up with everyone after the service. Monday 2nd: First week back of term for our mainly music group. The kids…
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1 Second Everyday
A number of years ago I read about the man who had videoed 1s everyday for ten years. While it would be pretty cool to have that, I know my limits, but I have done various shorter durations over the years. I use the 1 Second Everyday App which makes it really easy. I did…
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Five on Friday
I am back in Melbourne. My dad had a checkup on Monday and his lungs were clear after his bout of pneumonia and time in hospital. Mum went to the doctor last Friday and get the all clear on her lungs and I started to get better over the weekend. Since they no longer needed…
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Five on Friday
While G and I were away in Lorne, dad drove up to Shepparton and bought five boxes of peaches for bottling. That meant Monday was spent bottling them. Mum and H peeled them, I cut them and dad packed them bottles and moved them in and out of the processor. Dad had to finish off…
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Five on Friday
I hadn’t got to inbox zero since before Christmas so Tuesday night after dinner I sat down with my computer and did a big clearout. I had 185 emails in my promotions folder and the vast majority of those emails were from a handful of senders so I got busy unsubscribing. Hopefully it sticks and…
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List #48: 100 Things That Made my Year – 2025
Happy New Year to you all! This is my usual end-of-year review format that I stole from Austin Kleon. You can see 2024’s post here, 2023’s post here and 2022’s post here. What are some things that made your 2025?
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Pre-Christmas Bits and Bobs
I’ve been a bit scarce around here and this will be my last post before Christmas. Since I plan to rest, spend time with my extended family, read books, go to the beach (hopefully), have at least one internet free day and possibly more, between Christmas and New Year, I will skip my usual Good…