Today was the day of the event that I was meant to be running in before injuries led to a late scratching. The 10km (6.2 miles) race was at 7am this morning and it would have been helpful if Carl and I hadn’t lingered at a dinner party until 1.30am the night before as having [...]
What I gained from my second excursion with the jogging group was the flu and laryngitis. That shut me up for a good five days and during that time it occurred to me that I didn’t have enough warm clothes for all this jogging caper. Back I went to the burglars up at Lulu Lemon [...]
Back around 1980 there was a great Aussie sit-com on TV called, Kingswood Country where the central character, Ted Bullpit owned a Kingswood. His famous catch-cry that he constantly yelled to his son whenever he needed to go anywhere was, ‘You’re not taking the Kingswood’. Which of course was terribly funny because a Kingswood was [...]
My parents like to organise holidays for our whole family however lately there have been some comments from my family directed at my family like, ‘But there’s no hospital in the area’, and, ‘But I don’t think the medical centre is open after hours’, and, ‘Do you still have medical insurance?’ It’s as if we’re [...]
Vivid Sydney is where the significant landmarks of Sydney including the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge are transformed into a spectacular canvas of light and this event is on every night from May 24 until June 10. As you would be aware, my Alfie is a Sea Scout and as luck would have it, [...]
One of the blogs I follow is My San Francisco Kitchen. Recently Kristianne wrote a sentence that stunned me. She said, ‘I’m going out for a nice long run‘. How are the words, ‘nice long run’ compatible? I have had my second early morning session with the Jogging Group. I should have had my third [...]
It’s now winter in Sydney and the last two days have been noticeably cooler. This morning when I was asking Alfie to get dressed for school he said, ‘Do I have to wear a singlet?’ ‘Yes, put it on; it’s only going to be 19′, (66F). When we were leaving the house he asked, ‘Do [...]
Over the last three weeks there has been an historic re-enactment of the Crossing of the Blue Mountains for the bicentenary that was discovered by Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth in 1813. I don’t think many Australians and particularly new Australians are aware of what a precarious position the colony was in around two hundred years [...]
I survived. To replace my stolen Lulu Lemon pants I bought a replacement pair for the outrageous price of $118.00. Am I missing something or should these cost no more than about $35.00? They asked me if I would like the matching top for an additional $75.00 but I told them I’ve been mismatched all [...]
Do you remember me telling you about little Alfie running in his first marathon? Well, it wasn’t actually ‘a marathon’ because it was just 5kms (3.1 miles) but when you’re running on seven-year old legs, I’d say it’s a marathon. The event he ran in is held every 12 months so in just a few [...]
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