I am still recovering from my first day at Vivid Sydney HQ. There is no rest for the wicked, so I started work as normal at 7.30am and finally shut my laptop at 11.30pm. It was a relatively quiet shift in the crisis comms department, as it was so freaking cold and wet that the... Continue Reading →

I was reminded on Friday evening that, despite all my ailments and dramas, there are many magical moments in my life. After finishing work, I wandered out into the night to watch fireworks erupt around Sydney Harbour in celebration of the opening night of Vivid Sydney. I love fireworks, they always make me smile big.... Continue Reading →

Warning: this blog post describes lady plumbing issues. The doctor rang yesterday afternoon with the test results from my wee sample. There was no infection remaining, just a bit of blood. There has been a bit of blood in my urine samples for about three years now, but I have been studiously ignoring it because... Continue Reading →

You know how they say you should never work with animals or children? Well I'm finding birds are my big sticking point while WFH. I am being harassed each day by Indian Minor birds and it’s doing my head in. It’s not the first time issues with feathered creatures have plagued me as a home... Continue Reading →

Guess what I was given this week? This! I found it oddly exciting to be an official Vivid crew member. It was a bit less exciting to have to swap the medium jacket for a large one when I couldn't zip the medium up over my COVID thighs. I’m also not thrilled about the shift... Continue Reading →

Sometimes I invite drama into my life, other times it crashes my party. It crashed my party in Adelaide. I gave you the fairy floss version of the trip yesterday, but it actually went a bit pear-shaped on Friday morning when I woke up with a vicious UTI. There was no time to go to... Continue Reading →

Guess where I've been for the past few nights? Adelaide! I scored an invitation to Coopers Brewery's 160th anniversary celebration. In May 1862, 10 years after arriving in South Australia from Plymouth with his young family, stonemason Thomas Cooper recorded his first brew. And, on May 20, 2022, Alana arrived at the Freemasons Hall in... Continue Reading →

I need to share more roof porn with you. Think of it as 50 shades of grey and blue ... Admittedly not quite as titillating as a red room, but I’m very excited. My roofing guy - a lovely Yorkshireman called James Stokes at https://uptoproofingsolutions.com/ who painted the tiles and replaced the gutters - had... Continue Reading →

My heart clenched yesterday when the NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman said he would be making an announcement about Kathleen Folbigg at 1.45pm. There were so many ways the announcement could have gone. Earlier this month, journalist Quentin McDermott noted in The Daily Telegraph that Kathleen could possibly face five potential outcomes arising from the... Continue Reading →

The case for the youngest being adopted grows. She just scored three goals for her AFL team at their latest match, contributing to them winning the game. Not bad for someone who had never played AFL in her life until a few weeks ago. It really is quite odd and I have no idea where... Continue Reading →