Thank you for all the best wishes on my new job. It still feels a bit surreal. As does my next piece of news. Since I seem to only be capable of going at one speed - way too fast - I have been spending this week getting my house ready for an open for... Continue Reading →

It’s official - I can finally tell you my exciting news. After spending the last two years as a freelancer and contractor, I have started a new chapter of my career as Digital Corporate Communications Manager at Destination NSW. It’s a buzz to have scored the gig in my fifties, I feel proud to be... Continue Reading →

Welcome to part two of my mini-break to Townsville and Magnetic Island last week. Magnetic Island - or Maggie as it’s known to the locals - is an easy 20-minute ferry ride from Townsville and has a casual, laidback vibe that makes you feel immediately at home. It reminded me of my beloved childhood holidays... Continue Reading →

Hello! I'm baaaaack! I know I said I would have news for you today, but it's been delayed until Wednesday. Sorry! In the meantime, here's what I've been up to since I last blogged ... DD and I went to Townsville and Magnetic Island for a four-night mini break. I chose the destination because I... Continue Reading →

It is very naughty of me to do this ... but I will have some exciting news to share with you on August 1 ... In the meantime, I'm taking a week off blogging to unravel all my knots. It has been a freaking intense 2022, not just for me but for most people I... Continue Reading →

I frocked up for a fancy degustation dinner last night to celebrate Taylors Family Flagship Release of fine wines. It was very flash. There was a spangly violinist and everything. The location was a restaurant called The Calyx in the Royal Botanic Gardens, which is filled with beautiful plants and home to one of the... Continue Reading →

You know how your scalp would start to phantom itch when one of your kids got nits? Well I’m hoping that’s why my throat is feeling funny. The youngest came down with some sort of flu on Monday. She has returned two negative RAT tests, but I don’t trust those things, they can be very... Continue Reading →

Two or three times a year my local council has a "scheduled clean-up collection", which involves a big truck coming around and taking away all your unwanted household items. You'd think that since I've been living in my local council area for more than 15 years I'd have the hang of it by now and... Continue Reading →

While I am grateful that the internet has replaced a set of dusty encyclopedias as my major source of knowledge, it can also be a bit TMI. My obsessive Googling over the last few days has been particularly frustrating (and quite disturbing). I keep searching for something to fixate on to satisfy my rabid desire... Continue Reading →

I compile a news report every morning for my client. Yesterday's report made me laugh out loud twice. Luckily I was doing the report at 8am and there was no one else in the office while I cackled to myself. The first chortle came when I saw this headline from the Daily Mail: Covid bedwetter... Continue Reading →