Category: Life
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Good Things Friday
Weekend @ Pt Lonsdale It was a long weekend last weekend and we spent it down at my parents’ place with a selection of my siblings and their kids. It’s good just to hang out and spend quantity of time together. My dad’s ankle is healing well, he has another ten days with the lighter…
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Good Things Friday
It’s once again been two weeks since my last good things post, but we were away hiking last Friday. Our trip was a very good thing over the fortnight but I’ll write about that in some other posts. I do want to mention a couple of things though … Extended time with good friends The…
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Good Things Friday
Rounding up all the good things this week. I wrote that sentence last week and then got so busy, I’m now rounding up the good things from the last two weeks. These two weeks have been a little chaotic at times. We had some pretty wild weather last week, with our state experiencing the worst…
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List #7: Places I’ve Lived
I have never lived outside Melbourne. We currently live the furthest I ever have from where I was born which was the William Angliss Hospital in Ferntree Gully—31 km away. Here’s the list in order of all the places I’ve lived Have you lived in lots of different houses? Do you still live near where…
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Good Things Friday
A few of the good things from my week … Cutback Week with Albert Parkrun Last weekend I was still on my cutback week for running, which I love. It meant I had a shorter long run, which gave me a chance to do something different. I switched my long run to Saturday because the…