Hello! Well, the Noted Festival is ‘go’ and I’m pleased to be able to share with you the video I made about blogging. I hope it will provide some helpful tips, or that you can be entertained by my cat that regularly walks through a shot. She loves the attention. A couple of other…
As you saw yesterday, we’re in the thick of birthday mode now – including prepping for a party on the weekend. Consequently, I haven’t had a lot of time to do the rounds of the internet as much as I normally would. But I’ve put together a few things because this series is about celebration…
I will have no child in single digits when the clock ticks over to 4.21pm this afternoon. Yes, it’s big 1-0 day. On top of that being a significant milestone in itself, Riley’s birthday also means that this blog’s big 10th isn’t far behind. They’re inextricably linked in my mind. If you’ve read my blog…
There have been a few buzzwords thrown around lately in the blogging/internet spheres. Perhaps you’ve heard of a few of them: Trello, Evernote and Slack are probably the most popular trio. I thought I’d give two of them a go and tell you a bit about my experience. You’ll hear about it in the video below: …
I have to admit I’m a bit of an Oscars tragic, so I watched this year’s 88th Academy Awards with customary excitement, most of which was channelled into cheering on Mad Max: Fury Road to as many wins as possible – six in total, as it turned out. Including one for one of my…
It’s the 29th of February – the extra day we get in a leap year. My original plan was to set aside some time yesterday afternoon to jot down some motivational (but fun) ideas as to how to make the most of today. In the morning, I ran my first fun run since my marathon…
It’s time to take a deep breath and mentally prepare myself for the month ahead. I think most families have times when they’re busier than usual, and March is one of those for us. We have two birthdays, plus, Easter and school holidays usually fall in there somewhere (as they do this year). *Deep…
Read / February 22nd, 2016
Many of you will know I borrow most of my (printed) reading material from my local public library. I’ll buy the occasional treat for myself, but if I bought every book I wanted I would run out of money pretty quickly. We library members can put in title requests, but I have wondered how much…
Today’s post is going to be a test (and, hopefully, demonstrate) why I started this ‘Friday Celebrations’ year-long series. The simple truth: I don’t really want to be here. It’s the seventh anniversary of my father’s passing. The psychic grief wound is open, bringing familiar pained and sad feelings to the surface. But as I…
