Category: Life
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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…
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Bits and Bobs
I intended to take a break after NaBloPoMo, but not a whole week, so this is a bit of a catch up post. First up, some photos from Pop and Pour: To clarify regarding the wedding crashing—we did not eat or drink anything, just hit the dance floor which we had to walk right past…
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List #46:Good Things Friday November 2025
For the second month in a row, when this post is published I’ll be heading away for a long weekend. This time I’m off to Pop and Pour, an annual food and wine festival. We have been going for the last few years with our friends from running. There will be a lot of eating,…
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A Non-post Post
I have some half-written posts waiting in the wings, but I want to start December with a clean and organised house, and today may be my best opportunity to make that happen since we are going away for the weekend. Since it’s NaBloPoMo I couldn’t miss posting today so I’ll leave you with this photo…
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A Half-Day in the City
Thursday morning I was at a stand still with the work project I’d been doing this week as I had to wait for out IT guy to give me some extra permissions. I decided to grab the opportunity while I waited, to go into the city and get some shoes for E’s wedding. While I…