I’ve decided this new age of passwords only brings out the absolute worst in me. If you are wondering why I’ve been a little silent on social media and that there’s been a bit of an absence on the blogging scene it’s for due reason. A few days ago my laptop stopped behaving. All that […]
The Prospective Tenant
November 9, 2014 By 45 Comments
A few months ago I shared with you images of an apartment we’ve been renovating. The last of the tradesmen has finally left the premises and so we’ve been advertising for a tenant. The property has been advertised through a real estate office but I have been doing the open for inspections. On Monday a […]
Fawlty Chinese
October 27, 2014 By 30 Comments
Last Saturday night we had a concert to go to with a bunch of friends we went to school with. Six of us decided it would be a good idea to meet up for dinner before the concert. Suggestions were called upon for where we should dine. And here’s the unfortunate part. I enthusiastically said […]
A Dud Dachshund Cake
September 29, 2014 By 51 Comments
Not every day in the Hotly Spiced kitchen is a happy one. In the lead-up to Arabella’s birthday party I set about making the cake she had requested, a dachshund. What could go wrong! Pretty much everything. But not the baking-the-cakes part; that went very well except for being too heavy-handed with the tint. I […]
The 11-Mile Store
August 21, 2014 By 45 Comments
We have a little piece of real estate on Sydney’s Northern Beaches where once upon a time we planned on extending and modifying the original ugly eye-sore and building our dream home. For so, so, many reasons, it wasn’t to be and so when a few months ago our tenants said they were moving out, […]
Going to Court and Lunching in the Planning Room
August 19, 2014 By 43 Comments
Today’s been one of those days. Archie’s been summoned to Court and Alfie’s been sent to the Planning Room. I wouldn’t mind if my boys paced themselves through their dramas but they want me living on the edge and so when a storm hits, it’s more like a hurricane where I am in the middle […]
Travelling Home Solo
July 27, 2014 By 36 Comments
After Arabella finished hugging the pilot, she stepped onto the plane and the door was closed behind her. Organising her own itinerary, she had about a 35-hour journey back to Sydney via China (China being in no way, on the way). Meanwhile, I had the trolley with all our luggage and I again took it […]
Airport Hijinks
July 26, 2014 By 37 Comments
On our last morning in New York, Arabella and I decided we should try to relax and unwind and so we went across the road from our apartment to Washington Square, an extremely picturesque park at the end of Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village. We had a really lovely time sitting in the sunshine by […]
QANTAS Economy
July 16, 2014 By 39 Comments
I have been reunited with Arabella and we’re having a fabulous and very special time together but first I have to tell you how about the journey from Sydney to New York traveling with QANTAS at the wrong end of the plane. After the long day of packing and organising and stocking the freezer with […]
‘So Don’t Get Stressed’
July 12, 2014 By 42 Comments
One of the other hats I’ve been wearing is ‘Project Manager’. It’s a hat I acquired a few weeks ago when one of the tenants in a building we own moved on. It was decided that before we advertised for a new tenant, some work should be done on the premises; it is after all, […]
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