Somewhere in the universe it was decided that today was the day I would receive gifts of homegrown citrus. First my wonderful friend and colleague Helen brought me a huge bag of mandarins from her parents-in-law’s backyard. (I’m not sure about the plurals and apostrophe in that sentence but I’m off the clock so make […]

It’s choir concert time this coming weekend and we all know what that means don’t we? Rehearsals in the church on Monday AND Thursday. I would like to thank Queensland’s winter for kicking in just in time to make it freezing in there. Apart from that, this is the time of choir that I like. […]

After three nail-biting weeks of impatient waiting I was informed that my application for a voluntary separation (i.e. redundancy) was approved yesterday. Instead of a July 1 leaving date I am staying until October 11. This means I will work through Term 2. The selfish part of me really wanted to be selfish and say […]

After reading the lovely @jackielb79 ‘s post I am going to share with you the things I would have rather done today too. 1. Slept in 2. Had a scrumptious breakfast instead of muesli. 3. Gone window shopping – or even real shopping! 4. Sewing 5. Reading for fun 6. Caught up on latest episodes […]

That’s right everyone. I have spent the day at my desk. This is my view.

For the last decade or so every Saturday morning I have gone out for breakfast and coffee with my Mum. Over the years there have been a variety of other companions – friends and family – but my Mum and I are the constants. We started off at Talking Point – a cafe now shut […]

Here is one of my all time favourite songs from one of my all time favourite TV programs. Enjoy.

EEEEEKKKKK……the worst question. The obvious answer is: “I want a job”. But in the world of job interviews that isn’t good enough. Job interviews are a kind of cruel and unusual punishment aren’t they. I say that as someone who had to sit on the other side of the table this morning as part of […]

Imagine my delight to wake up with a roaring head cold this morning! No seriously, imagine it. The joy of the sore throat. The rapture over the headache. The absolute love of the sneezing and sniffling. The wonder at the capacity of my nose to drip at inopportune moments, even if I had just blown […]