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Category: Life

  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    This week, I had a laze around and eat weekend at Noosa, with lots of good food and good views. G had a solid run in the Noosa half-marathon in preparation for the Gold Coast Marathon in July. He’s nursing an Achilles injury, and we’re hoping it holds up until then so he can get…

  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    Fingers crossed, I think the migraines have settled down, and I’m back rounding up a few good things from my week … Family Dinner to Celebrate Graduation S had her university graduation ceremony last Thursday and so Friday night, we managed to get her and both her siblings together for a celebration dinner. She chose…

  • Hormones suck …

    Hormones suck …

    You may have guessed from the title that this post will be one big whinge. Generally, in keeping with my glass-half-full tendency, I keep things pretty positive here, but in the interests of keeping things real … I’m over the last few weeks. This is my recent headache diary … The presence of a similar…

  • This or That

    This or That

    A little post loosely inspired by “there are two types of people” memes. I tend towards the right side, although I have never actually run out of petrol. This caused a bit of angst to my eldest when we shared a car, and she hopped in the car, and the fuel was less than one-third…

  • 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…