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

Category: Life

  • Friday Thoughts #16

    Noosa has been incredible so far. The weather has been stunning, although a change is coming this weekend. Last year while we were here, I didn’t swim in the ocean once. After the success of my goal to swim five times over summer, I’ve decided to do the same thing while I’m up here. I’ve…

  • Friday Thoughts #15

    We have arrived in Noosa, not without a little bit of stress. Driving into the Gold Coast late Wednesday afternoon, the engine warning light on the car came on, and it was driving a bit rough. We devised a few different plans to handle it before settling on the best option. We postponed the client…

  • Friday Thoughts #14

    Today’s post is coming to you from … Sydney! We left home at 6 am this morning and 889 km later, arrived at our accommodation at 4:30 pm. We had a couple of very short stops to pick up petrol, use the restrooms and change drivers, with a slightly longer stop for lunch in Gundagai…

  • Friday Thoughts #13

    I’ve been cutting back my overgrown herbs so the garden is neat before we go away. The lemon verbena was particularly unruly, so I gave it a good trim and put some branches inside. I’ve been picking leaves off each night to make fresh lemon verbena tea. I had these photo galleries on my list…

  • WITL: Sun, May 7th

    7:05 Wake up. Wild.Ai check-in. I haven’t been doing Pilates as I get back to full health, but I think I’m ready now so I log on and book into a class for tomorrow morning. Lectio 365. 7:22 Get up. Have some toast with almond butter and banana. Get dressed. Drive to pick up our…

  • WITL: Saturday, 6th May

    7:00 Wake up. Pre-long run breakfast, almond butter and banana on two slices of toast. Get dressed. Current temperature 10.3C. Forecast: 13C with 95% chance of rain. 7:25 Go for my run. It’s a cut-back week, so my long run is 16km. The plan is to run along the beach and meet Hubby and some…

  • WITL: Friday, May 5th

    7:00 Wake up. Check-in on the Wild.Ai app. Lectio 365. Pray. 7:27 Get out of bed. Put on the steam oven. Get dressed. Current temp: 10.6C feels like 6.8. Forecast: Top of 18C, rain in the afternoon and evening. Put on porridge. Read bible. Eat breakfast. Read my morning book and do the NYT puzzles.…

  • WITL: Thursday, 4th May

    6:37 Wake up. I did not get a great sleep again. I resolved to go and get vitamin D and Mg today. I stopped taking vitamin D over the summer but probably need it again now. Lectio 365. Prayer. 7:00 Get up. Put on the steam oven. Get dressed. Current Temperature 9.0C. Forecast: Top 17C.…

  • WITL: Wednesday, 3rd May

    6:50 Wake up. Not a great sleep last night. Woke up a couple of times and took ages to get back to sleep. Lectio365. Pray. 7:27 Get up. Get dressed. Current temp 11.6. Forecast 18C with rain. 7:50 Eat my pre-workout breakfast—almond butter and banana on toast. Read the digital paper. 8:09 Go to PT.…

  • WITL: Tuesday, May 2nd

    6:48 Wake up. Lectio365. Prayer. 7:20 Get Up. Turn on the steam oven and get dressed while it’s heating. It’s currently 12.5C. Forecast: Top of 19C with a high chance of showers and a possibility of thunderstorms. 90% chance of 5-10mm of rain. Prepare my porridge. While it’s cooking I do my bible reading. Once…