This festive season has been particularly trying for us so it has been hard to get excited about Christmas at all. Even the Christmas tree is picking up on the vibe.
I remember when I was a kid, I would get excited about Christmas. Sure it meant that we got some presents but also [...]
Woohoo! May has finally rocked around which means I’m nearly halfway through this photo a day madness! And it IS madness because when I work for 9hrs each week day, my photo opportunities of things outside the absolutely mundane is pretty limited. Once the new house starts getting built, I might have a few more [...]
This is probably the first year that I’ve paid any attention to IND, given that previously it passed almost without acknowledgement by employers, let alone members of the public. Think of it as Mother’s Day but for nurses, to recognise the good job that they do, in whatever capacity they work. It’s also the first [...]
The traditions of Easter are pretty much lost on me. I spent a large part of Good Friday cleaning out my kitchen followed by a roast lamb dinner on a bed of risotto which had been in the slow cooker most of the day while I cleaned. Whoops. And as for Easter Saturday, we went [...]
I’m a new convert to Claudius Day….don’t know who Claudius is? He’s the guy who sentenced Valentine to death….it’s just more a pity that he didn’t do it sooner. I don’t like Valentine’s Day. I hate that there is a special day set aside out of the calendar to do something nice for the person [...]
There’s something about Christmas lunches and dinners that inspires everyone to over cater for whatever group of people they have coming around. Personally, I tend to cater for a full serve of everything for half the people that are coming. For the most part, this works well because everyone tends to have just a little [...]
And what have you done?
Well personally I’ve managed to:
Wrap the few presents I’m getting people that require wrapping (thank Yoda for gift cards and third party gift services);
Achieve my “miracle a week” at work in a record 3 day working week;
Not gone completely mental at the supermarket while doing my grocery shopping, despite the pushing [...]
Some of you might have read about Leigh’s stance against the promotion of snow related Christmas products in Australia a few weeks ago. Personally, I’m all for getting rid of the notion of a white Christmas in Australia. With the exception of hail storms and freak summer snow falls in the mountain ranges of Victoria [...]
Hoorah! It’s the Australia Day long weekend downunder and it’s time to celebrate anything and everything that’s great about Australia! I am extremely grateful to have been born here – we have so much that we take for granted. When I think of all the things I find fault with as a citizen, I can [...]
Well hoorah we are finally at the end of 2007! I can’t say it’s been the best year but it’s by far not the worst either. I guess for me, it has just been a middle of the road year. On the bright side, I have finished a post-graduate qualification but on the low side, [...]
