"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver

Category: Life

  • 100 Things that Made My Year

    Stealing this idea from Austin Kleon

  • Friday Thoughts #4

    Christmas was at our place this year. We had 16 people, and since it was a warm day, we had ten people sitting at our table inside and six outside with wide open doors. A sea breeze blowing through the courtyard and an umbrella kept things pleasant in the 30C heat. We were responsible for…

  • Friday Thoughts #3

    I finished my Christmas shopping this morning and cleared off all my work this afternoon. I now have a pot of soup on the stove. I threw all the veggies in the fridge into the pot with some water, and I think I’ll add some mung beans; I can freeze the extra soup for Hubby…

  • Friday Thoughts #2

    We’ve finished watching Wednesday. We loved this show. That look she has before she does or says something outrageous … made me laugh out loud every time. I think our middle daughter will love this. Wednesday will probably be her hero. Unfortunately, we couldn’t watch it with her because a) she moved out of home…

  • Friday Thoughts #1

    A post about my week. Random thoughts and things that are happening. I’m progressing through the unpacking; most of the boxes are unpacked. Today’s project is the laundry. I’m hoping to get everything off the bench and into the cupboards. After that, the pantry. Everything is in but not in any sensible order. This Sunday,…

  • Good News

    I’m certain that I was feeling crap last Thursday because of the COVID vaccination. By Friday I was starting to feel better. Yesterday I did my 20km long run, and today, I did a 6km recovery run. I did feel a bit flat yesterday, but I think I was a bit under-fueled. The post-run brekkie…

  • Trying to work out …

    whether I’ve caught my daughter’s cold or I’m feeling crap because of the COVID booster I had yesterday afternoon. I’m hoping it’s the latter because then the worst should be over in a day or so, although I did have lingering fatigue for 1-2 weeks with the other shots. We have to pack up the…