Carl and I, together with our ‘only’ child, have left the ‘big smoke’ for a few days on the farm in Mittagong. For me it’s a much needed time of de-stress after taking Miss Arabella to the airport, first thing Saturday morning. It was a few weeks before Christmas when Arabella came to me and […]
Archives for June 2014
Gluten-Free Chocolate and Raspberry Puddings and…The Charge Nurse
June 25, 2014 By 46 Comments
After I posted my story about the Charge Nurse on the cardiac ward, a few of the nurses I trained with read it and then contacted me to swap war stories. This gave us a lot of laughs and we all agreed that tragedy plus time equals comedy. The reminiscing reminded me of another story […]
Jarrah Hot Chocolate and a Giveaway
June 24, 2014 By 55 Comments
This post is sponsored by Nuffnang and Jarrah Hot Chocolate. Have I told you I used to be a nurse? I worked at one of the major teaching hospitals in Sydney and was shunted around for blocks at a time on all the different wards. On every ward there was a Charge Nurse and these […]
Raw, Vegan Lemon ‘Cheesecake’
June 22, 2014 By 42 Comments
I’m no longer limping. I’ve been to see an osteopath and after telling him my tale of stupidity (air-headed notion of training for less than four weeks for a 10km ‘fun’ run), he looked at me like he was dealing with a slow learner and said, ‘That’s not very wise’. I said, ‘I know that […]
The Beach Kiosk, Alexandra Surf Club
June 18, 2014 By 29 Comments
I think I’ve told you that when we had our mini-break on the Sunshine Coast, the sun didn’t shine. But it did come out on the day we were leaving! We woke to a glorious day of clear blue skies and warm sunshine and as we had just a few hours before heading to the […]
Mini-Mos 2014
June 16, 2014 By 45 Comments
Yesterday was the day where I ran in my first running race since 1983 (apart from the Mother’s Race at Alfie’s Athletics Carnival a few years ago). As most of you are aware, I tried to prepare for the race by buying new shoes, purchasing orthotics and joining a jogging group. From the outset things […]
Rick’s Diner, Palmwoods
June 13, 2014 By 33 Comments
When we were on the Sunshine Coast we arranged to meet Carl’s parents for lunch in Palmwoods. Palmwoods is a very small suburb in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast with a population of around 5,500. The majority of the local shops line either side of Margaret Street and this street seems to be the […]
Thai Nine, Mosman
June 11, 2014 By 24 Comments
Last week my sister, Lou, was out from Beijing for just five days. For those who might be getting a little confused about all the sisters, here’s how it works; there’s Millie, then me, then Em, then Katie and Lou is the youngest. For almost 10 years Lou has been living in Beijing so I […]
Montville, Queensland
June 10, 2014 By 24 Comments
When we were on our mini-break on the Sunshine Coast, the sun didn’t shine. Nevertheless we behaved like proper tourists and went sightseeing. Now Alfie doesn’t like sightseeing and he was in luck because Carl’s brother lives in Montville, a small town in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, with his wife and three children. […]
Mirage Alexandra Headland
June 8, 2014 By 29 Comments
Carl and I have been in disgrace with his parents because it’s been a while since we popped up to Queensland to visit them. We did receive a bit of a thrashing over Easter because for some reason there was some notion in their heads that we were arriving any minute which was news to […]
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