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Recently a few bloggers and I organised a get-together for a Sunday afternoon. We were to catch up at the Radisson Blu Hotel in O’Connell Street, Sydney for a high tea. During the organisational process that incredibly involved 94 group emails, it occurred to us that on the day we were to get together, it [...]
A few weeks ago my blogging friend, Suzanne Perazzini from Strands of My Life released her e-cookbook, Afternoon Tea. What is special about this cookbook is that all the recipes are what I would regard as treats – something sweet to have when you invite the girls around for afternoon tea, something sweet to enjoy [...]
I think I’ve mentioned, (probably numerous times) that Arabella is onto a new eating regime where basically everything I buy deserves a roll of the eyes. It’s because the boyfriend with no tattoos from the neck up, is health conscious. And in between he and Arabella’s five break-ups and six getting-back-togethers, this new eating regime [...]
Back in the boarding school days but in the happier days rather than the early days, Archie would be in the school’s musicals and have one of the lead roles. On one of the opening nights, Carl and I wanted to be there. So we organised with Arabella for her to babysit her little brother [...]
The saga continues… Archie made it to the end of Term I. He came home for the holidays and we went away to Far North Queensland for a holiday. Archie seemed fine but it was apparent he was a touch subdued but he said little about his life at boarding school. We returned home and [...]
Back in the day when Archie was at boarding school, the boys felt a sense of being deprived, neglected, or even underprivileged. While this was a far stretch from reality, the boarders did share the sentiment that should any blessing, any privilege or any offering come their way, they would dive on it. And dive [...]
Everything’s fine. There’s no need to worry about Miss Arabella. Recovering swiftly from her setback it was, ‘Don’t worry, mum; I’d gone off that course anyway. I’m going to do Law instead and be a barrister’. ‘But you didn’t get enough marks for Law’. ‘Yeah, but I’ll start with Arts and if I get a [...]
I was chatting with a friend over the phone a few days ago and she was purging this story of a horrendous surgeon she had ‘employed’ to remove her gall bladder. After the operation she was in a lot of pain and wanted some adequate pain relief but the doctor had only written-up panadeine forte. [...]
I am exhausted. And it’s not because of I’ve run a marathon or because of work or the kids or the accountant who’s constantly reminding me of my overdue tax returns, it’s because I’m trying to have a phone connected in an apartment for a new a new tenant who has just moved in. I’d [...]
I have to tell you about my friend. She tries really hard to fly under the radar but somehow, despite her best efforts, she is surrounded by drama. A few weeks ago she had to take her daughter for an ultrasound of a wobbly ankle so drove to the clinic in her massive 4-wheel drive. [...]
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