When I got married almost 25 year ago there were two extravagances: a Collette Dinnigan wedding dress and my favourite band serenading me down the aisle, Karma County.  The band had a song called Olana. Soooooo beautiful. And close enough to my name to make it the perfect serenade as I walked down the aisle. That was then ... This was... Continue Reading →

I am going to tell you how much money I spent on travel in 2024 without telling you much money I spent on travel ... This Christmas gift arrived yesterday from my travel agent ... A Maggie Beer gift box ... oooo la la! I was also emailed the finalised itinerary for my latest travel... Continue Reading →

The plan on Monday night was to head to bed early and catch up on sleep after a big weekend. I struggled wearily through to 9pm and was just about to take the dogs out for their last wee of the day when a strange and sudden urge to Christmas decorate came over me. I... Continue Reading →

It has not been a joy to return from the indolence and indulgence of my Melbourne getaway to force feeding one of my dogs tablets twice a day and wrestling the other dog to the ground to put ointment on his eyeballs three times a day. Get a dog they said, it will be fun... Continue Reading →

I started writing this blog post at 10.30pm last night at the bus stop after taking my sister to see Crowded House as her birthday present. The endless roadwork on the freeway meant it was a VERY long bus ride. Better be home soon … We had a bulk fun night, but it was very... Continue Reading →

You really start to worry about your big mouth when someone says the CEO thought you were "hilarious" at the office Christmas party. Being hilarious is both good and bad when you have whatever disorder or neurodiverse quirk that I have. It’s good because it means you were entertaining. It’s bad because it means you... Continue Reading →

I went to my office Christmas party last night and had a fabulous time. The gorgeous woman on my left is my co-worker Alyse. The theme for the party was decades or eras or something, I'm not entirely sure, but our team decided on the 1950s. I was all sorted because I'd purchased a poodle... Continue Reading →

I am very not good at relaxing, which is one of the reasons I like the enforced relaxation of cruises. Whenever I get a spare minute or two I tend to fill the gap with stuff like crazy property searches on Domain. And I’ve found a fabulous one on the Northern Beaches, in Herbert Street,... Continue Reading →

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? You will not be the least bit surprised to hear that I overdid things and need another weekend to recover. Let me start with Friday, which was EPIC. I went on a work excursion to Western Sydney Airport ... impressive, even though there's just a runway and the skeleton... Continue Reading →