Golden days
Apparently it’s the year of the fire pig in chinese astrology. The Golden Pig, as it’s also known. Now my chinese sign is the pig and therefore a fire pig which is generally a very good thing is an extra good thing. And so far that’s been the case. Today is an extra...
A near cat-astrophe
I woke up this morning early and realised the orange cat hadn't come in last night. He's getting sneaky in his old age and likes to duck outside before dinner and push the limits of when he comes back in and gets locked in for the night. But he's not usually terribly...
Water whining
I got my quarterly water bill today. For those of you playing along in other countries, Australia is having a drought. Has been for about 7 years now. The weather boffins say we might be coming to the end but still, water = not enough of it. Water restrictions abound....
Discomblogulated
Right, so somehow it's Wednesday already. Eeek. One of those weeks at the day job. I'm currently working on a project involving drafting lots and lots of documents. With lots and lots of finicky detail and teeny tiny endnotes. So not terribly conducive to coming home...
Things are good
I finished reading Sunshine by Robin McKinley. It was fantastic. This copy came from the library but I shall be setting about obtaining my own version asap. I want to read it again, more slowly, after consuming it in big greedy gulps this time round. It's weird. It's...
How much is enough?
Today is the non day job day of the week. And apart from general joy and happiness caused by not being at work, it's also the day where I'm being a full time writer. Which means trying different things and learning what works but most of all, trying to figure out what...
You are coming to a sad realisation…
How much do we love the mac vs pc ads? Quite a bit. Unfortunately life doesn't come with the 'cancel or allow' function. There are days when it should. Today I dragged myself off to the optometrist, having had a few too many headaches lately and noticing that things...
Brain. Is. Fried.
The problem with long weekends is that they equal short work weeks. Short work weeks equal busyness. Especially as I have all day training tomorrow which kind of means four days work needs to squish into two. Consequently I'm only one day in and my brain feels like...
I spoke too soon
Oh dear, blog about great food one day and the universe smacks you down the next. Since my post there has been one unmitigated baking disaster demonstrating why you SHOULD NOT LEAVE AN EGG OUT OF THE RECIPE WHEN THERE IS MEANT TO BE ONE (no, I have no idea how I did...
24 hours in food
Sometimes simple is the best. Fish and chips on Friday night. Huge plums with tart skin and sweet flesh the colour of sunsets. Mum's roast lamb. Bruschetta made from home grown tomatoes and basil with great olive oil and aged balsamic. Now if only I had some...
