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

Category: Life

  • Good Things Sunday

    I usually post my good things on Friday but I had vertigo/migraine on Friday and screens usually make it worse so I followed Friday with a screen-free, no internet day on Saturday. Today I’m feeling a lot better and even managed my long run which was good as I was feeling unwell last weekend and…

  • Random Things: Marathon Sign-Up, Internet Free Day #2, New Year Peeve, Perspective

    I hoped that 2024 would be the year I finally ticked off a full marathon but I planned to sit on the fence to see if I could get some consistent training going in the first part of the year. Entries for the Melbourne Marathon to be held in October sold out in the first…

  • List #4: 100 Things that Made My Year – 2023

    Stealing this idea from Austin Kleon. You can see 2022’s post here.

  • Good Things Friday

    POINT LONSDALE It feels like ages since we were last in Point Lonsdale. Looking back through my photos, the last time was the Labour Day weekend in March. The whole family has been down and it has been great to catch up. As usual, the holidays involve lots of cooking, afternoon naps, reading books, going…

  • Good Things Friday

    Recapping all the good things from this week … WE FINISHED THE PUZZLE The girls popped over on Saturday and we finished off the 3000-piece puzzle. I had to get our mini-step ladder out to get this photo. SUNDAY MORNING RUN I did my long run on Saturday morning so I could go to church…

  • Good Things Friday

    G had a cold last weekend so he missed out on all the good things … and was not too happy about it. While I was out partying, he stayed home and tidied up our storage cage so it was easier to get my bike in. He was very bored by the end of the…

  • Good Things Friday

    MY birthday It was my birthday this week, and along with that came the obligatory eating. My Dad rang me up last Friday “I’m ringing for your Mum, she wants us to have lunch on Sunday. Can you book somewhere” Cue me trying to find somewhere decent, convenient and open for Sunday lunch with room…

  • Good Things Friday

    I know NaBloPoMo is finished but it’s Friday and I just had to do a good things post. TRAVEL … AND COMING HOME If you’ve been reading my blog, you’ll know I’ve been travelling for a month which was exciting, fascinating, awesome, but it’s also good to be home. I love to see new places…

  • I am home!

    E and I arrived home late last night. G is in the UK visiting clients. One advantage of flying in late is that we could just go straight to bed, and being tired, get a decent night’s sleep. That gives a good kickstart to getting over jetlag. It’s 8:50 am here and 10:50 pm in…

  • Good Things Friday

    By the time this is published, I’ll be jetting across the ocean … so that’s one good thing. Fresh Haircut I finally got my haircut and coloured. It’s been on my list for a while. The hairdresser looked back at my file and my last cut was April. When they blow dry my hair, it…