I’m on my own. The Chief is out earning a crust, leaving home at 7am this morning and not returning until way after 11pm this evening. That’s a long time to be alone with my own company. Wouldn’t it be easy to hide in our anonymous apartment, horizontal on the sofa in front of day-time […]
It’s all happening; life ticks over for a while and all of a sudden – whoosh! I mentioned in a post Embracing Change back in November that half the family will be moving to Brisbane, well that time has come. The Chef (Actually, I’m not going to call him that any longer. He doesn’t cook […]
After months of uncertainty and the odd feeling of limbo that comes with it, we have finally had confirmation that a move interstate, to Brisbane, is on the cards for us. When I say us I mean my husband and me; our young adult children have decided to stay in Adelaide; our daughter would prefer […]
Ten years ago today, along with hubby (the chef) and two children, we left our home country and the people we love more than anything else in the world for a new life in Australia. What a crazy thing to do; who does that? Who takes their children away from their friends and family that […]
Today I turned forty nine which means in twelve months’ time I turn fifty….FIFTY! I can’t believe that and I am so not ready for it. I feel like I’m in my twenties still. Doesn’t this mean I’m supposed to have helped build an orphanage, saved some orang-utans and climbed Everest by now? Well I’ve […]
This week has been one full of mixed emotions; on Tuesday my twenty one year old son attended the funeral of an old school mate who unimaginably took his own life. Such a tragedy that he was unable to seek help from the turmoil he was suffering. A very good friend of mine who is […]
Nowadays connecting with friends and loved ones scattered across the world is relatively easy with the invention of the ‘inter-web’. Imagine how difficult it would have been before the invention of the telephone; relying on a letter which may have taken weeks or even months to arrive at its destination. We are very fortunate aren’t […]
Today’s Blogging 101 challenge was to try a blog event and I was immediately hooked by Tuesday’s A to Z Challenge. I took this photograph when holidaying in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. I was underneath the jetty. We had just arrived by boat at this beautiful tiny island not even on the map. It was magical!
Waking the Wombat