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

Category: Life

  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    This week has not been the easiest. The report from my MRI finally came in and I have a stress fracture in my second metatarsal which means I’m now in a boot. . I also lost most of two days to vestibular migraine. On Wednesday, I just managed to stick with work long enough to…

  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    Dinner Party “Have my school friends over” is on my list, and I am happy to report that it happened on Friday night. G was away in Noosa with his school friends, so I figured this was the perfect opportunity to have my school friends over for dinner. I reconnected with two of them at…

  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    I was stuck largely at home over the weekend and until Wednesday morning with a cold. It was good to finally get out and about a bit—to the gym and a meeting at church on Wednesday and some errands on my bike on Thursday—but I’m taking it slowly. Here are some homey good things from…

  • How did I go? – The Cool Bloggers Walking Club

    How did I go? – The Cool Bloggers Walking Club

    At the start of April, Elisabeth invited us to join her, walking for ten minutes each day for the month. Since I almost always walk or run for ten minutes every day I figured this would be easy and I decided to join all the other cool kids. Ambitiously I decided to pair it with…

  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    So this week, my foot has not improved, and now I have a cold, so it’s not great, but I went to the physio this morning and have a plan for the week, which is a good thing. I will need to be off my feet just in case it is a stress reaction in…

  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    We have had some beautiful Autumn weather here this week, as well as some heavy rain. Here’s a few good things from my week. The Weekend Although I had vertigo on Saturday afternoon and lingering effects (including the headache) on Sunday and into Monday, there were still some good things. G arrived home from overseas…

  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    G left for China on Sunday, so I’ve been largely solo adulting this week. I must say it is much better than solo parenting. Monday, family dinner was still on, but it was only the girls and I. The weather has been rainy and colder here, we are moving fully into autumn. The leaves on…

  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    Easter Weekend with my Family So many good things last weekend. When we’re down at my parents a major portion of our time is spent thinking about what to eat, shopping for food to eat, preparing food to eat and eating. Everyone pitches in in some capacity, whether with the shopping, the cooking or the…

  • Good Things Friday – Good Friday Edition

    Easter Weekend We are back down at my parent’s place for the Easter weekend with various extended family members. The weather is stunning, and I’m looking forward to running (I hurt my foot on Tuesday, but I’m going to test it tomorrow; hopefully, my 26K will be a go on Sunday), walking, eating and lots…

  • Good Things Friday

    Studley Parkrun Saturday, I did another Parkrun. The Studley Parkrun is not the quickest Parkrun (it has a bottleneck near the start, then you cross this bridge which swings and sways with all the runners; all paths are uneven gravel, with tree roots and a switchback section but on a perfect, still, sunny, morning the…