I was meanIng to blog yesterday, but I had a nightmare about work at 3am and woke up in a cold sweat. I tossed and turned for about 90 minutes, trying to will myself back to sleep. Then I remembered there was half a sleeping tablet buried somewhere on my dressing table from my last... Continue Reading →

Cheers to the long weekend! The weather app reckons it’s going to be hot and sunny in my neck of the woods. It’s still bloody cold in the water, but I see a swim in my future. I need one after my crap week. Not my favourite, what with being retrenched and all. But I’m... Continue Reading →

I was a bit sad and sorry for myself when I woke up yesterday. Aside from feeling like I had a two-day hangover, the reality started to bite about what had transpired on Monday. It was pretty blah. But I didn't have time to dwell, because it all started happening. The old laminex kitchen benchtops... Continue Reading →

I was retrenched on Monday. Isn't that the pits? That will teach me to blog about contentment. My ex-employer wants to hire someone slightly cheaper than me who only works four days a week and also sells advertising. It’s all about “revenue generation”. There is some fancy new title for the role that I can't... Continue Reading →

My weekend had its highs and lows. I was stoked with the flower chair I got on clearance at Bunnings for $20!! Look how much designer ones - admittedly full cane, but hey - sell for: I was also excited when the builder turned up on Saturday and moved my breakfast bar to become an... Continue Reading →

The eldest was having dinner with his dad last night and the youngest was wreaking havoc in the kitchen baking bread and cookies with her bestie ... so I took myself off to IKEA - again - for some furniture browsing. Specifically I was checking out the rattan chairs and desks. I didn't come home... Continue Reading →

Elvis the carpenter is very good at doing the polite "customer is always right" thing while clearly thinking the customer is very wrong. He thinks I'm totally nuts for wanting the toilet door to be split rather than a single one opening outwards (there’s not enough room for a single door to open inwards). But... Continue Reading →

I thought it was time I gave you a renovation update. It won't take me long because NOT MUCH HAS HAPPENED. Well, nothing that really makes you go WOW! Progress! I have louvres in the laundry: I have lots of new architraves, but I won't bore you with pics of those. I've decided against Tranquil Dawn... Continue Reading →

I've been feeling really happy over the past few months. Actually, happy isn't the right word. I've been feeling very content. I'm happy too, but I think the contentment is the important piece of the puzzle. I don't want to jinx it, but I’m wondering if it’s a sign that the hormonal storm of the... Continue Reading →

Picture this ... There's a plumber in my powder room fixing the dodgy piping; there's a builder on my deck assembling a bathroom cabinet; there's another builder in the laundry measuring up the shower screen glass; two blokes stagger through the front door with my new velvet sofa; and my friend Mel arrives to do... Continue Reading →